I raise money or have fundraisers. I apply for grants. Um if I need to apply
for a grant where they need me to have a 501c3 um umbrella, I'm fiscally
sponsored by an organization like that in New York City, which a lot of
independent dance artists are. So, if you want to understand that more, I can
tell you more about it. But >> I think I think that um none of us have
a problem with you using the space and we appreciate you coming before us to
ask for permission. Um I think that the the fee structure that Debbie quoted is
really intended for commercial productions.
» We've had filming done here, for example, by you know, movies and
television shows, >> right? And um that's what the the fee is
designed for. Certainly, we want to support our local residents and their
independent um not for-profit uh artistic enterprises.
So, I have absolutely no problem. And I'll ask if any of the other members of
the >> I think Mrs. Crawford would be very
happy. >> I agree.
» Was she a dance fan? Mrs. Crawford's arts. Yeah.
Um, I have a comment. We just want to say one, you picked a beautiful location
for this film. [laughter] We're really happy that you're using the
park and will you give us a link so we can see it afterwards?
» Absolutely. [laughter] 100%. So, we'd love to be able to see that too, Deb.
I've hired I've hired a filmmaker who's a man who works in the Hudson Valley and
he's um he makes beautiful films and the two other dancers that I'm performing
with are incredible people and um I'm excited about you know we we we
choreographed a piece that we have been showing people in small um studio
sharings and about 50% of the people we that witnessed it said this should be a
film and sometimes there's things that aren't meant to be on stage they're
meant to be something else. So, this is the evolution of it, but of course,
you'll get to see it. Yeah. >> What What was your question, Debbie?
» What if we can be able to see the the link to see the film after
» the website? >> Absolutely.
» Well, that we have a we have a movie screen here.
» We could do a showing. We could have we could have search lights and popcorn. We
could do the whole thing. >> You should You should consider
talking to us about doing shows here. We have PE we have the Westchester Phil
Harmonic in the winter downstairs. Terrific acoustics. Okay.
» We have shows out here every week. >> Okay. I'm Yeah. I'm in to do a summer
dance. >> Debbie have dancing on the website.
» There we go. Debbie saw a piece that I made at the Katona Museum of Art. That
was one of the first performances that happened coming out of the pandemic when
we still weren't allowed to perform indoors. So, I made a a large thing that
people could follow around and around the grounds of the of the museum there.
So, outdoor [snorts] dancing is fun. >> It's hard, but it's fun.
» It's beautiful. >> Yeah. Thank you so much. I really
appreciate your time >> and uh yeah, I'll be in the in the park
next week. All goes to plan. [laughter] All right.
And if it's raining, >> come back,
» you know. Yeah, we'll come we'll make another another day. But if it's
drizzling, we'll do it. We'll still do it in a little bit of rain because it'll
be that'll give a different effect. But yeah,
» no slip. >> Yeah, exactly. [clears throat]
» There's a very famous dance scene. Dancing in the rain.
» Singing. >> Yes. [clears throat]
» There's a few actually people dancing. >> I'm thinking of the one with
» Yeah. With Jean Kelly. >> Jean Kelly himself.
» Jing. >> Thank you so much.
» Well, he was dancing while he was >> dancing and know that that brain was
actually milk. So, I think we can I don't know that we need a formal vote.
We certainly have our permission. Correct.
» Okay. >> Thank you. Thank you very very much. I
really appreciate it. Thank you for coming, Megan. Thanks for your time.
» You're welcome. >> Okay.
» Yes. >> Uh, next item, resolution to
appoint reappoint Dr. Yiannis Richards to serve as a member of the Righttown
Board of Assessment Review. Um,
I don't think I don't know that we need any further explanation. Yish has been
on the board of assessment review for many years, serves adequately and has
been recommended to be reappointed uh by the uh by the village of Portchester
and unless somebody has a further comment.
» How long has he served on the board or board? He was on the board of assessment
review when I was elected supervisor. So it's at
least 10 years. >> He's done very good service for the
town. >> So may I have a motion in a second?
» I'll make the motion. >> Second.
» Call the role, please. >> Council person Freriedman.
» Yes. >> Council person Jaffy.
» Yes. >> Council person CIA.
» Yes. >> Council person Nardy.
» Yes. >> And supervisor Zuckerman.
» Yes.
Uh the next item is also a taxert.
» This one is yours, Jeff.
» This is a >> This is a settlement of uh two Putnham
Avenue in Portchester. >> Yeah, this Hello everybody. Jeff Binder,
town attorney, special counsel for tax matters as well. Um, this is a very
minor matter. Um, this is a restaurant in uh in Portchester. Um,
the town refund is dimminimous. The village refund is about $1,400
and the school refund is about $2,900. This takes care of 2020 through 2023.
» And they didn't file for 2425. Okay.
Unless there's further discussion. May I have a motion in a second?
» This is the two Putinham Avenue one that we're looking at.
» Yeah.
» So moved.
» Okay. So move. >> Second.
» Please call the role. >> Council person Freriedman.
» Yes. >> Council person Jaffy. Yes.
» Council person Sier. >> Council [clears throat] person Arty.
» Yes. >> And supervisor Zuckerman.
» Yes.
uh resolution to engage DCC which is Delado Consulting
and they uh it's actually piggyback on the municipal contract between Delado
and the village of Portchester um providing information technology to
the uh town of Ry. Debbie, you want to explain this?
» Yes. Uh our original
uh contract with DCC was a piggyback on Portchester's contract. That contract
ended. Uh Portchester issued an RFP. There were six proposals submitted. Um
all but one was non-compliant or non-responsive.
uh DCC, which uh has been the service provider,
was is is was and is compliant. Um and their hourly rate has not changed. It
was $200 an hour and it remains $200 an hour. So, this is a uh a new contract.
It's a three-year contract and I'm recommending that we adopt.
I would also add that I've checked and we are pretty much on budget right now.
So things are running as anticipated. [snorts]
» May I have a motion in a second? >> Can I can I ask a question?
» Let's do a motion in a second then ask a question.
» Okay. >> Motion in a second.
» So moved. >> Second.
» Question. >> I do have a question. Um how is it that
you said six out of seven were non-compliant or five out of six were
non-compliant. Was there something in the RFP that wasn't understood or that
wasn't clear that only the person that already held the contract was actually
able to submit a proposal that complied? I think the um
uh the requirements of um sieges and I always have trouble remembering what
sieges stands for when it isn't in front of me but it is essentially the rules
and regulations dictating how um information technology is handled around
the justice court and police matters. Um and there are very stringent thresholds
and requirements set forth by that agency and those were
in the RFP and um they were not met. >> Okay. Thank you for clarifying that.
» Is there is there a cap on this or is it um how does this work?
» The cap is our budget >> is our budget. So we set we adopt a
budget every year and >> um our um we we put it support in that
budget and uh we are held accountable to that.
» Okay.
» Any further questions or discussion? Nope. If not, please call the role.
» Council person Freriedman. >> Yes.
» Council person Jaffy. >> Yes.
» Council person Sier. >> Yes.
» Council person Arty. >> Yes.
» And supervisor Zuckerman. >> Yes. Next resolution is authorizing a
payment to Westchester Joint Waterworks for replacement of a pipe
» under what will be our new Honor Creek Bridge. Debbie, it's all yours.
» There are two homes that receive their fresh water with this pipe. Um, so to
fail to replace it would be to deny two residential properties freshwater. Uh
this is a um the estimate which I believe is 98,000 and change um is just
that it's a time and materials estimate. The rate is set by um the Westchester
Joint Waterworks which issues a bid every year for a contractor to perform
these services. So the rate is already set. It's not negotiable. Uh the
requirement of our doing work in this area is that we must do we must comply
with the Westchester Joint Waterworks um agreement. The the um organization is a
consortium of municipalities. Um so that's set. I would also add that
we have been including a a utility expense of $100,000
in our estimates uh for the last several years, ever
since we learned that we were going to have to do this. So, it's baked into the
cake as it were. Um, and as I put into my memo to the council,
um, we have been asking, as as you're all aware, we were advised by our design
engineer that the, um, that the in due to inflation just alone, our estimate
for the project is uh, a mill about a million dollars more than it was award
than than the budget in 2021 when we got this award.
And we have we were notified by the Department of Transportation that our
request for additional funding has been granted. And so we are um in the process
of we're we're going to be receiving a uh
revised agreement from the Department of Transportation which will cover this
cost. >> Okay.
My question is is that even [clears throat] though it's the
Westchester joints line and we're replacing it, I imagine we're replacing
because of the naturally because of the bridge and the line's not broken or
anything. Further down the line, if anything is that line is compromised,
are we responsible for it or is Westchester Joints Waterworks
responsible for it?
My assumption is if we haven't done anything that
» Yeah, >> that would be theirs.
» It would be theirs, but I I think we would have to figure
» It's their pipe. >> It's their we have to pay for it because
we're re relocating it because of the new bridge
» voluntarily. >> That's that's understandable. But then
going forward, if anything happens to it, it's their responsibility. That's
what I'm getting to. >> Okay. And and just to clarify if I heard
you correctly um with this new funding that we'll be getting because the cost
has increased significantly versus the original estimate that is going to cover
this. So this is not going to be an outlay that the town is actually making
ultimately that we're going to get >> correct. Well that's right that the
100,000 for the utility was built into our ask of a little bit more than
» granted. And was that for a 100% of the project? Was there a match with that
project? >> The project is essentially 95% 5%. So
the local match was assumed to be 5%. >> Okay. Okay. So this is not actually an
outlay for our taxpayers. This is an outlay that we need to do that. But we
will get that money back. This 100 this $98,000 or whatever the ultimate actual
cost. >> I would also add that this is their best
guess at what it is going to be. It could be less,
» but it also could be more. And it's determined by their time and materials.
» Do they have a kind? But they have a somebody in place who gave us this
estimate who said that they can do this work now for this money and we're ready
to get started on the work now. >> Yeah. I believe the work has to be done
before we start the work on our >> So the assumption is that there could be
slight variations in cost but it shouldn't double or
» That's correct. >> Correct. have a significant change
because this is a recent cost estimate that was provided and they were granted
or awarded the work. >> The the bid is not for our project
specifically. The bid is for any projects that come up in calendar year
however they defined their calendar year. So the Westchester joint
waterworks bids for this every year and they have
somebody engaged to do this work
whatever happens to come up. >> Okay. But they got Okay. But they still
got an estimate from them on this particular job of what it's going to
cost. >> Yeah. The the they worked out the that
with our design engineer that we provided,
» right? Okay. >> Many many many many sets of plans. This
has been going back and forth. >> Okay.
Weekly for months. >> Okay.
» Thank you. >> Yeah. This project the bid bids are due
to be open I think soon, right? Next Thursday.
I think next week the the the >> bridge replacement. Yeah.
» And we're expecting Debbie Debbie mentioned that we're
getting extra money. We've been fighting for extra money for a couple of years
now since well over a year since we found out the latest estimates were a
million dollars or so more than the original estimates. And I've written
letters to the state department of transportation,
to our state representatives, to the governor's office,
and Debbie got a phone call. So, we're waiting for the paperwork to confirm
that the money is there. And they said by the end of the month,
didn't they? >> They did say that. And we say that
» we shouldn't wait for this to be in writing before we go ahead and vote on
this. >> We need to do this work before the
bridge work starts. So we really have to do it now.
» Um we will the plan is that we are not going to award the contract for the
bridge replacement until we've gotten our in writing
» revised agreement. >> Okay? Because in the event that we do
this work and then something else happens and that doesn't come through,
then we spend the money on this work without being able to complete the
project potentially. >> Well,
» well, that's the >> the bridge has to be replaced because
the state's going to acquire it. So, it's really a moot point. The bridge is
already >> This is a red flagged bridge.
» Red flag. It's done. >> All good.
» It has to be done regardless at this point because otherwise if we don't do
anything with it, they're going to shut it down.
» Thank you. and we would rather they pay for it than we pay for it.
» Yeah, understood. >> Um
» that's all I had. Um I would add that we've been talking about um passing
adopting the resolution to award the contract in September. I think the
likelihood is with the DO's due diligence period, it will probably be in
October, not in September. >> Maybe.
» Maybe. >> Right.
with the best information we have at the time.
» We we have um I think Mr. Edwards is probably familiar
with this term from the military. Hurry up and wait.
» So this is um you know my my reference is always keep the wheel
turning. Keep the wheel turning. So we have a motion in a second. We're
going to vote. Is that correct? >> Yes.
» Okay. Please call the RO. >> No, we haven't voted yet.
» No, we have to vote. We have a motion in a second, though.
» Did we do that already? >> No, we don't.
» Okay, >> I'll make the motion.
» Second. >> Now we do.
» Now, >> now we have a motion to please call the
role. >> Council person Freriedman,
» yes. >> Council person Jaffy,
» yes. >> Council person Sier,
» yes. >> Council person Arty,
» yes. >> And Supervisor Zuckerman,
» yes.
This is a beauty. Resolution [laughter]
identifying the town supervisor as a responsible local official
authorized to access the Department of Transportation's equitable business
opportunity system.
Another administrative issue. You want to explain this, Debbie, or
should we just vote on it unless somebody else wants to be the one?
» I I'm happy to explain it. >> I'm glad you're doing it. So when when
uh administering >> um New York State DOT projects with
federal that are using federal funds, there is a uh a portal that must be
accessed to establish that we're paying the correct rates in the correct to the
correct entities and that compliance is all
entered through that portal. And so we need to open it
and the s supervisor Zuckermanman will have the authority to do that and then
we will do the rest for him. >> I was just going to ask that. Will you
be able to give the password to somebody else? [laughter]
» I am not going to hold on to the password. Believe me. Believe me.
» I have a motion and a second please. >> So moved. Second.
» All in favor? >> I
um >> Thank you. I was waiting for a
resolution that didn't require
» I was wondering who's we've had this discussion [laughter] before.
» We have had this discussion before >> but the criteria
» varies. It varies. >> It varies depending on your whim.
That's the general criteria is that if we're spending money or if
it's a an item that I consider of vast importance, we take a roll call.
Otherwise, like the minutes and something like this, we
» Sorry, I mentioned it >> and we could have already had three roll
calls in that time, Randy. But let's move on.
Um this one is the um
adopting a seeker resolution for a proposed action uh at Crawford Park to
put a what we're calling a park support building to replace the storage
containers that sit in a very ugly manner on the outskirts of the property.
Um we have applying for grants for this and uh in order to secure a grant we
have to complete the seeker. In this case, it's what's known as a type two
action. And in many cases, actually, we don't
there's a question as to whether a resolution is even required, but I
always felt that the best practice is to pass a resolution stating that it is a
type two action. And um the uh the work for this was done obviously by our
environmental consultant who advised us that say type two action and she
prepared the resolution. That's Sarah Brown. So if there are no other any if
there are no other questions I have a motion and a second.
» I have a question. Is there a cost to this?
» Is there a cost to doing this to us? >> To do what?
» Isn't this to do the So tell me what exactly we're doing.
» We're just declaring this to be a type two action.
» We're just declaring to be a type two. It doesn't need to be evaluated for
anything in terms of environmental or anything like that at this point.
» No, it has been by by our environmental. >> It will have to be
» or it already has been. >> It has been. That's why we're declaring
it a type two. >> Got it. Okay. Understood.
» It was a type one or unlisted. Okay. Then we would have
» if they've already viewed it and they've decided this is the class, it falls
under the type two category. >> Right. If it was if it was either an
unlisted action or a type one action, we would have to file an environmental
assessment form, which we do not because It's a type two.
» Okay. Thank you for that >> motion and a second, please. I'll make
the motion. >> Second.
» Well, let's call the role. >> She's good.
» Council person Freriedman. >> Yes.
» Council person Jaffy. >> Yes.
» Council person Sier. >> Yes.
» Council person Arty. >> Yes.
» And supervisor Zuckerman. >> Yes.
Uh resolution. monetary resolution. It was
actually probably redundant and [laughter] as you stated in your
prelude, not even necessary, but just being done out of an abundance of
caution. Nevertheless, >> I did it for you.
» I appreciate it specifically. >> I appreciate the opportunity to be heard
on an individual basis on that issue. >> I just wanted to you to know that I
heard you [laughter] >> and I said it tongue and cheek. Um,
resolution to engage pond and lake connection
with regard to mosquitoes. Debbie, >> Randy is interested in this.
» This this matter came up very suddenly um a week ago Wednesday. Uh we received
an week Wednesday. We received a an order from the
Department of Health with regard to the parcel that is pictured on the screen.
Um, it does not have a street address. It is roughly adjacent to Garden Road,
which is a paper road. There is actually no road that leads to this parcel. Um,
it is a salt marsh. Uh, we were ordered to uh create a uh a
plan and engage a licensed service provider
uh to remediate a mosquito infestation. um possibly involving fragmitees.
Um we have not up until now done anything
in terms of maintenance for the salt marsh. It was kind of taking care of
itself. Um nor could we reach it if we wanted to take care of it. Um however uh
we uh the town of Rye in its capacity as administrator for Rytown Park and
co-owner of Rytown Park. We've had a service provider that has been very
successfully uh addressing mosquito situation at the pond at Rytown Park. Uh
I inherited them when I came into this job in 2016. They're great. So, the
first thing I did was I was on the phone with with the Pond and Lake Connection.
Um, you have before you a proposal from Pond and Lake Connection um regarding
what it might cost to remedi remediate this program. All of that documentation
was submitted to the Department of Health. I received a number of questions
in response. Uh, answers to those questions were submitted uh the 18th of
August. Um, I know they've been read. I haven't received any questions in
response. So, good if it goes. At this time, the only thing we can do is apply
for permits. We absolutely can apply for a permit from the DEEC. That will cost
between $4 and $500. and um we will submit the coordinates of
this property to the New York State and they will tell us if we need um a permit
for that work and if they do it'll cost roughly $1,500.
That's where we are so far. Um, so while this agreement permits us to spend
an expense not to exceed $20,000, we are a far cry from spending that
amount of money. We're going to take it as it goes. Um,
» so the order that required some action within 14 days
is simply to provide some documentation >> documentation of our plan of what we
proposed to do and that we are putting that plan
we're engaging a licensed operator to implement the plans.
So is there a timeline about when the actual work is supposed
to be done? >> That did not come from the department of
health. Um I uh met with the village of a marin yesterday um to discuss what
they were doing. Involved in that meeting was also the Westchester land
trust which also received one of those orders. Um
» Grams. >> Yes. [laughter]
So each organization was responding in the way that they saw fit and we
discussed perhaps it would be a lot better idea if we worked together on
this. >> Um so one of the things I'm going to be
exploring is I'll be receiving shortly the village of a Marinx contract with
their service provider. I want to take a look at what that looks like. Um, and I
also will be uh trying to uh reach out to the deputy commissioner that was
responsible for issuing this order so that I can better understand exactly
what we need to do. >> Did they I noticed they I mean like like
Randy said, um you got 14 days to react to it before you start getting fined.
Now that we reacted to it, did they give us a timeline where say, "Okay, you got
a certain amount of time?" No. as long as you started the process.
» That's okay. Cool. >> We are in compliance with their order.
» Good. That's good. Okay. >> I also have a question which is um you
said that there's no road access there. So this remediation when it does take
place, what does that involve exactly? Do you know?
» Like how do they get in there? Is it just that they walk through and there's
a place to go? >> One thing I'm not going in there.
[laughter] aerial spraying like how how do they get
in there too? >> No, not aerial spraying.
» Um the pond and lake connection has this really cool amphibious
fragmitees mower. >> So they have a send something in that's
» they have a piece of equip >> it's a spray that or we don't know what
they do. >> You know it's a larvaide but I am not
clear if it's a spray. >> Um I've heard a lot about dunks.
I I know nothing about this. So, I was just curious. So, they when they gave an
estimate, they know how they're going to go in and they're gonna they know.
» Oh, yeah. And they provided >> We just [laughter] don't
» they've not only Yes. They provided the name of the chemical that they will be
using and the backup and the the DEC numbers etc. which I have passed along.
And I'm assuming again that they're, you know, again, this is designed to kill
the mosquitoes and not impact negatively impact the rest of the environment and
exact air. >> Right. Okay.
» They can only, >> which is why the f we start with a DEC
permit. >> You have to remember that
[clears throat] when you talk about environmental, the DEC is on top of this
stuff. So, if we get a de if we get a DEC permit, they're going to want to
know what's how how it's being done, and they will approve the methodology.
» Debbie, I just have a question. I'm having trouble
if I if you're going down Taylor's lane. >> Okay, now I need Charlie's help.
» Go to South View. >> Okay,
» it's right behind you. You know, you overlook
the marsh. >> Yeah,
» it's the marsh. >> Nobody's going to be able to hear you on
the video. >> To the dead end.
» No, it's right in the middle. Right near Creek.
» It's right the lot's right in the middle.
» If you go down Creek Road headed towards the preserve to the land trust
» and there's >> it's like if you kept going through
those >> right through that guy's property.
» That's fascinating. And that's because it's surrounded by land trust
properties. >> Correct. We're the That's the only
parcel we have inside the land trust. >> How historically did that piece of land
get >> historically? I don't know.
» Why didn't you give it to the land trust?
» Well, actually, Randy, there is a question.
» There is a story behind that. If you'll recall, the land trust was negotiating a
piece of approximately 200 square foot property,
» right, >> to do the bridge. Yep.
» That a negotiation that should have taken
» five minutes. >> Five minutes took a year and a half.
» So, >> and and over $10,000,
» right? So, >> and we had to threaten them with eminent
domain. >> And we had to threaten them with eminent
domain. So, if you may ask, my original thoughts about this property a long time
ago were to give it to the land trust, but God knows what would happen if we
started negotiating with the land trust about this. So, we still have it. If
they want it, I would be happy to talk. >> How did It's just fascinating. How did
that end up being property of the town of
» I don't know the answer. Charlie might know
» the property the property card was from the 60s.
» Yeah, it's been like that for a very long time.
» It's just very strange. [snorts] >> Can we look? We should look and see who
owned it before. >> I don't have any records for us.
» We can go. We'll we'll ask our when when our town clerk comes back, we'll ask her
to search the records back to 1660. >> A big mistake.
» Why not? [laughter] >> Unless they're already boxed up. I like
that. >> I hope we can find it so before we spend
any more money on it. >> I like that idea a lot.
Anyway, let's have a motion in a second.
» So moved. >> Second.
» Please call the role. >> Council person Freriedman.
» Yes. >> Council person Jaffy.
» Yes. >> Council person Sier.
» Yes. >> Council person Arty.
» Yes. >> And Supervisor Zuckman.
» Yes. The next two resolutions involve the
Association of Towns. Um the first [clears throat] one is in
support of the of the New York Association of Towns Bill of Rights,
which is basically the Association of Towns is asking each individual town
who is a member. And there are over 900 towns in the state of New York, in case
you're interested, to pass this resolution,
which affirms certain things. I'll just
read briefly. Protection and defense of municipal home
rule. Local control of land use and zoning free from statewide zoning rules
that override the voice of resident taxpayers.
Freedom from unfunded mandates. Modernized transparency, accessibility,
and engagement. And a meaningful voice in state
decisions affecting the hometowns that towns govern, among other things.
Um, do
does anybody have a comment? Otherwise, may I have a motion in a second?
» Make a motion. Second. >> All in favor?
» I >> I.
And the last one is authorization for a delegate to the
legislative meeting of the New York Association of Towns.
Uh the association of towns is having a legislative conference and meeting
September 22 to 23 and I am going and I believe Debbie is
going. Is that correct? And this the the town pardon me the association of towns
needs an official resolution uh naming an official delegate and that
resolution. The resolution before you names me as
the designate and Debbie as the alternate.
Any questions?
If not, may I have a motion and a second?
» Second. >> All in favor? I
» enjoy yourself. >> And that ends our resolutions.
» Okay. >> Thank you everybody.
Um reports. Charlie, do you have an assessor's report? No assessor's report.
» Crawford Park. Does Candy have a report? I know that
» it's submitted with the agenda. >> Okay. Submitted with the agenda.
Um,
Vic is here. >> Uh, Vic may be on Zoom.
» Vic, are you on Zoom?
» Hi. >> I hear you, Vic.
» We can't see you, but we hear you. >> We hear you.
» This camera's off.
Oh, questions.
» [snorts]
» Which stone is this, Vic? >> The replacement stone.
» It's the It's the large decorative stone.
» The cemetery. >> Yes.
» Yes. Okay. We're talking Crawford Park. I thought Vick is also our cemetery guy.
Okay. Yes. Thank you.
Oh, good. Okay.
I'm sure
that it can't be cut up in place.
All right.
» A large tree.
pretty big. Yeah, I saw the pictures. All right.
Excuse me. All right. The uh the path came out
really really nice, Vic.
I'm gonna I will uh bring I'll bring up the picture.
That worked. Okay. So that's what our our path looks like everyone
and um I'm what I'm showing is a flyer um that uh we have uh around and our
website is open for people to donate pavers for our
path.
» I think that's great. What is the price of the pavers?
» 300. We decide >> 250
» chance. Can you hear me? I think it's 200 and it turns out, thank you very
much. It's 200 for the 4x8 pavers and our uh contractor surprised us and also
put in 8 by8 pavers. So, we didn't realize we were getting two different
sizes of pavers. So, we put that in at 500.
So 200 and 500. >> Okay.
» So people know that's the removal of the PA, having it etched and then
reinstalled. That's the whole package, right?
» We have blank pavers installed. I'm sorry. You want to take this, Vic? Okay.
So,
» okay. >> So, it's a fresh paver. So, we've got
blanks. >> Um the uh people who order
» Yeah. pavers. Uh we'll we'll have them delivered in bunches
» so that it's cost effective and then we'll put in
» I'm not going to do them one at a time. >> We we right we uh we also have this
program at Righttown Park. >> Yes.
» And the cost there is a little bit more. >> Yes. Yes. the donations
are are higher and we've at Rytown Park we are uh our donations are are
well over $10,000.
» Good. Which basically pays for the
installation. >> So, we'll see where we are at at
Crawford. It's we're just starting at Crawford.
» My question always is how are we promoting it?
Well, so far we've just got our >> we're just, you know, walking. We the
website is up not even a week or two. >> Okay.
» And uh we are well, you're looking at our flyer.
» And uh there's our uh sandwich board uh sign is in production.
» Okay. >> That will be out near in Crawford. So
when people walk by, they can see that they can donate
» and then we'll go from there. What I would like to do, I'm sorry to interrupt
you. What I'd like to do, I know we didn't because I'm just finding out
about this is when we have our car show, put that in with the cars that are
coming in. You know, the people that pay to come in to show the cars, slip them
in. Slip them in. >> Oh, put the flyer in.
Anybody who walks >> Most of those people aren't local.
» Doesn't matter. >> I'm sorry. I do not
» I said most of those people are not local people.
Almost all of our car show people are local.
» They're local. >> Are they within the town? From the town.
» A lot of them are local. >> Okay. Sorry. I did not know that.
» Yeah. >> Okay.
» Even if not, even if they're from Greenwich, they got relatives in
Portchester and Rybrook, I'm sure. >> Okay. No, I didn't realize that the
people that were coming to show their cars were that local.
» Oh, yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. Debbie, just by the way, for Sue
and Chance and you, um, when you want to come up with a multi-ter marketing plan
for this, I'm very happy to help. >> That's a great idea. Yeah, because I
think for both of them, you know, I don't know $10,000 at Rytown Park is
fantastic, but certainly there are more ways to generate, you know, generate
funds for both of these. >> Speaking about generating interest, I've
had a lot of people come up to me and tell me how great
the concerts are here. >> Well, that's fantastic,
» right? And then they say, "But there should be more people.
We have to we have to promote the Crawford Park concerts better than
we have. I know that we put publicity out, but Pam, if you could put your mind
to that, too, because you are so inventive on how to do these things
because they are very good. People come up all the time and say, "I was at this
guy. It was fantastic, but there were only 50 people there or
something like that, >> right?
» We have enough room for thousands." >> I think we also may want to look into
working with Rybrook and and consolidating that a little bit. I think
there's a lot of local concerts and maybe we want to look at that also.
Fewer concerts with more people attending each one as opposed to having
as many as we've had. >> Well, we don't have that many
» like eight. >> I think it's really not that many
people. Some people come to all of them, some just to a few.
» Understand? And I've been and I and I came to them, but it is smaller groups.
» So, something to consider, that's all. All right, that's it for the park, Vic.
» Okay, thank you, Vic. Um, financials.
[clears throat]
» I can close these, right? >> Mhm.
» And you have no other mediums, right? >> Do you have any other media?
» No. >> No.
» But I there should be some open reports. in the project.
» Excel. Let's pop open Excel working.
» Isn't there a hard drive there? >> Yeah, there is.
» No, that's not it. >> Wasn't it at the top?
» It was at the tops of the PDFs that of the screen that I had open before
» because you only have that one. [snorts] My apologies.
» So, we can't use >> No, no, I'll move the file out of it.
» Okay, great. Yeah.
those two. >> Well, they are two people.
» All right, I'm just I'm just going to temporarily move them out of here
because I know you prefer to use the mouse.
» Why?
» Just temporarily
» might be in that room. >> Would it be in that room?
» That's one. That's the other one.
» Okay. So, they're both up here. Great. >> Okay. Jumpers can tell comproller.
» Um, before I start before I start, I just want to go through some highlights
for the month. >> A little small. Do you think you can
make it larger?
» Okay. Let's focus on where did it go?
» Put this one up for now. >> This one's not working.
» What do you need? >> I need the final inrem first.
Great. Okay. So, some before I get started on the schedules, I just want to
go over a couple highlights. >> We did receive our band proceeds for the
month and 5.2 million and the net interest rate is 3.058%.
Really a good favorable rate. Um, also, um, currently with New York class, we
have about 16.6 million invested. um 13 of which we're going to have to
pay out in October to the county because they allow us to hold on to money uh for
three or four months and gain interest on that. And uh for the month we've
already for the month of July, we earned about $43,000 in interest. So I expect
that to go up in September and October because we took some of the band
proceeds and put 2 million of it into New York class. So good news. Good news.
and um cash and CD balances as as of today are about 2.7 million. So, moving
in the right direction, trying to gain as much interest as we possibly can on
our investments. Okay, here we go.
Um yeah, here we go. Just wanted to point out that here on
this line, compared to last year, you know, we're
in I'm not concerned. We're in relatively good shape. Overall
receivables, what I call trade receivables are at about
4.25 million versus last year 4 million and 9,000. So I think it's reasonable.
I'm not concerned that um we're increased by about $250,000.
I think we're going to I think receivables are going to start coming
down. I I do know some items are on the hopper and I think we're going to re
some receive some material balances. Okay, so let's go back up to the leans
here. I do have a couple of concerns, but there's always a story and um if you
look at the inrem lean totals again this year 2.1 million versus
last year about 1.6 6 million. In this 2.1
million up here in this 1.1 1.159 million, there's um a $656,000
receivable due from 111 South Ridge Street. Um a lot of that is dependent on
refinancing. I think once that gets refinanced,
there's a good chance we'll get that money. It's a discussion we always have
and we have it every day and every week and but we're confident that we're going
to receive that. All righty. Another concern I have or not a concern but
something to keep we like to keep our eyes on is in this 1.8 million here
already there's a receivable from 900 King Street. So it's a new lean really
it won't go into inrem in 2028 but [snorts] we're keeping our eyes on it.
So again, uh, not really concerned with that one. More concerned with the INR
rem run in REM balance, but again, I think we're going to get that money
sooner rather than later. >> John, I'm pretty sure we're going to get
the 900 King Street. They're they're waiting. They're uh they're going to go
into demolition of that building in October.
» And uh I'm sure that >> we we will be getting that money
shortly. And if not, >> Carla will send him a letter. Another
[laughter] letter.
» Another letter. >> All right. So,
any questions so far? Okay. Um, but you know, something to be concerned about
when you look at our receivables is at year end what we don't collect gets
reserve. There's an expense reserved for it. So, it's really incumbent upon us to
get as much money as we can by year end because if we don't, the auditors are
going to say, "Okay, well, you didn't receive all this money. we're going to
hit your P&L, which affects the general fund. So, it's really incumbent upon us
to to receive this money and start collecting. And I do know we do legally,
we do as much as we can. I know Carl is constantly sending out letters. Jeff's
telling her what to do. So, there's definitely communication going on that
really, really, really um is continuous. Okay. So lastly, um
» on the other side of the coin, people who don't pay their taxes when
they do pay them, they're getting charged 12 plus percent in interest.
» Yes, they are. So >> So we have an interest figure in our
budget. So that we want them to pay. We don't want to have to reserve against
collection, >> right?
» But if they don't pay, they're borrowing. They are borrowing
essentially borrowing money at 12% which is not a good rate for them.
» Exactly right. So um what else? I lost my train of thought but anyway once you
do not collect this money it affects the general fund but just trying to move in
the right direction. Lastly what's not on this report is a receivable from
Rytown Park. Okay. So um it's about $2 million. There really hasn't been a
process set up to collect that money, but right now we set up a policy to
invoice quarterly to Rytown Park for any monies that we've incurred on their
behalf. And in addition to that, come probably November, October, November
time frame. We're going to look at what we think Rytown Park needs next year in
the beginning of next year. And any excess, we're going to try to claw back
and pay off that receivable from Rytown Park. Can can you tell me what $2
million was for? That >> the $2 million a lot of it's a lot of
it's um payroll that we've paid on behalf of Rytown Park.
» And why doesn't Rytown Park have the money to pay that to us?
» Uh well, you know, um they blow through it pretty easily, I think. I mean, we
spend money there and um we're waiting for funding for some of the capital
projects at Rytown Park and also at year end the city arai and us we make them
whole for any deficits that Rytown Park may incur. So towards year end both us
and the city of Ry will pay that money to to Rytown Park. In addition to that,
we're waiting on additional capital project funding from one of our sources.
» But if the money is being used for payroll,
how does the capital funding that's coming in that's
going to capital projects? >> We've spent money on capital projects
that we need to get reimbured for. >> Okay.
» Okay. So, I'm just talking overall cash. There's a couple of components.
» Okay. Like I said, you know, we spent money on a project and we're waiting to
get it reimbured. So that goes into cash, right? And also we're waiting to
city arai and the town arai will pay right town park monies towards year end
to reimburse them for any deficit that's incurred.
» But they I'm confused. Sorry. [laughter] You're saying that the Ry Town Park owes
the town of Ry >> Yes.
» $2 million. >> Yes. And then you're saying at the end
of the year, the city of Rye and the town of Rye will make Rytown Park whole
by giving them money >> for any deficit, any operating deficit.
» For any operating deficit, >> which means that we're we end up with
that deficit as the town. We're part of it and the city's right. We end up hit
we end up expensing some of it and the capital project portion of it goes at
the capital project fund which doesn't affect our results. It goes into the
capital project fund which is a different category in our financial
statements. >> Debbie Debbie can we hold this
conversation? I I I'll explain something to you. Okay. Um finish
» uh I'm pretty much done. Any other questions?
» Yeah. Is there a reason why you can't explain it now?
I I don't understand. I'd like to understand how it works and in the name
of transparency is the reason why we can't.
» Yeah. The the it's a fairly complicated situation.
over the years. Apparently,
the uh the town of Rye may have overpaid
what it's due to Rytown Park and our audit reports have shown
that the commission owes the town money and we're trying to put a figure to it.
It's not definite how much that figure is and where it's coming from. So
basically, it's an incomplete report that John has given and I'm trying to
get it complete so that I could advise the council
exactly where we are. >> Okay?
» It's not a complete report. >> Okay? Because a $2 million deficit
sounds large number. >> It is. And I don't think
» and it sounds like something that we should be incredibly concerned about.
» I don't think that that's an accurate number.
Okay. >> Okay. Any other questions?
Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you,
» Jeff. >> Nothing to report.
» We You're going to start the next interim in January. Correct.
» Hi, Jeff Binder, town attorney. Um to that question, the answer is yes. We
have an ongoing uh periodic commencement of INREM
proceedings against those who didn't pay. So um I have a basket of old cases
and then our new cases start and then our old cases start to resolve but I
have new cases. This is like a neverending saga. But we're as diligent
as we can be to collect which would help John
Nothing further to report. >> Are we in court on any of these inrimms
right now? >> Uh we have one inrem that's uh actively
in court that has to do with one property in Portchester which I will be
conferencing as soon as we can schedule that. We've been offering going back and
forth on dates. This is the property that has to do with the Knights of
Columbus and other properties uh in other batches
are in various stages of letters, petitions um but no active court
appearances at the moment except for the old cases which we're we're at uh the
the oldest case is the Knights of Columbus case. So,
» all right. Thank you. Y Carlo, do you have anything?
Not really.
» Yeah. Close this, please. I don't want to mess this thing up. Thank you. We're
going to need the image back up, so don't completely put it away.
» That's fine.
» I don't have anything to put up there. >> You have no presentation?
» No. >> No.
» Just close it. Um, hi K. Please receive our taxes.
I don't have too much to say. Um, the school bills will be going out, all
schools, the first week of September. They'll be out in the mail and online
for all residents. That's it.
The leans were filed July 31st for anyone who owed taxes in 2025.
And everybody who needs to know about them
knows about them. and um they have been coming in to pay most people. So that's
a plus. >> Yeah, that's it.
» Thank you. >> Thank you.
» Anybody have anything any members of the council wish to speak on any item before
we turn? >> Yeah, I just want to mention put in your
date books. October 4th on a Sunday, we're going to have the our second uh
car show here. Uh, it's always a good It was a good time. Had a lot of cars last
year. We're planning on having the same thing. We're going to have food trucks,
hot dogs, and all different stuff. >> Excuse me.
» You just invite only No. Do you If you got a show card and
you want to show, cost 20 bucks to enter. We start taking cars at 8:00 a.m.
Judging stops at 1 uh 1 or 1:30, I forget, but it's like 1 or 1:30. We stop
with the judging. Uh we're going to give out trophies. Um spectators are free. Uh
we're going to have a 50/50 raffle where the proceeds are going to go for the
friends of Crawford Park. Um so it was a good time. We had a lot of fun last
year. Uh so we're doing it again this year and uh just put in your books. We
have I have one more meeting uh at the end of the September just to have
everything finalized to get it ready for October 4th. We're just praying for good
weather again. That's it. >> The weather will help.
» Beautiful. >> Do we do we do we have an alternate
date? >> We have an alternate date. Uh I believe
it's the 8th, I believe. >> No, no.
» 18th. >> I knew there was an eight in there
somewhere. I'm just going to double check my phone.
» Um >> no. Uh yeah, the 18th. Yep. It'll be the
following week. So, you know, if you don't bring a show
card, that's fine. You come come for free. Bring your family. Um you know,
the kids, we got the park. You know, you get tired of walking around, let your
kids go on the in the park, enjoy the enjoy the playground.
» All right. Anything else? >> October is filling up. Um, I believe we
have now scheduled our multimmunicipal community cleanup day for October 17th
and we need to start our meetings on that one. Um, I missed the trunk or
treat meeting today. What date is that? >> Uh, we rescheduled the trunk or treat
meeting because uh, Chance Fesi was all in on getting
this the uh, media for today's meeting up. So, um, that I think the meeting is
going to be rescheduled for either later this week or early next week.
» Okay. And the date for trunk or treat this year?
» I was say, did you choose a date? >> I think so. Hold on just a minute. I I
just saw the flyer. >> While we're talking about October, which
is right around the corner.
» What else do we have for October? While she's getting there,
» we've got the car show. We've got community cleanup. We've got trunk or
treat. I'm sure we have concerts coming down the pike. So,
holiday lights coming at us in December. >> Hi everyone.
» So, you guys want me to talk about trunk or treat? Um, so I'm recycling the past
wind signs banners that we have. So, we try not to spend money yourself candy.
Oh, I'm Gandhi Laame Mahia. I assist Vic Feder Rico. I am his assistant, so I'm
also his shadow. Um, so in regards to trunk or treat, I
have some of the old wind signs and banners that we've had lying around from
last year and the year before. So, what I usually try to do is recycle
and reuse. So that's what I will try to do for this um not only for the car show
but also for trunk or treat and holiday lights.
» What what's our date for O for trunk? >> October 23rd.
» Friday, October 23rd. Got it. >> And it's first the trunk or treat from
5:30 to 6:30 and then right after it will be the the movie which this year
will be Toy Story 5. >> And then we will have Mr.
Softy here as one of the ice cream trucks.
This will be the first time we'll have an actual truck on premise.
» We never had a truck before. >> No.
» No. >> I didn't I didn't realize that.
» Yeah. I mean, there's so much candy and popcorn that most of the time most of
the kids are >> filled with that. But
» speaking of holiday lights, we have trucks. Well, holiday lights, we always
have trucks. Yes. And for the car show, >> but this year for the car show, we are
trying to see if anybody will sponsor the inflatable
so kids will have something to do here at the car show besides climb all over
fire trucks. >> Correct.
» Yeah. >> Right.
something else to do besides trying to drive the cars that are there.
» Right. [clears throat] Correct. >> It's not good to have a six-year-old
trying to drive a car, >> especially when they're classics and
they could get scratched, damaged. Most owners don't want that. So, we're trying
to find other distractions. Last year we had a vendor,
but he had bubbles and [snorts] um that silly string and it really didn't work
out because some of the individuals that had their cars on display were getting
bubbles all over their cars and they had to keep wiping down the cars.
So, they weren't happy. No, they weren't happy.
» All right. All right. Thank you, Candy. >> You're welcome.
» Anything else? All right. Motion to adjurnn, please.
» So moved. >> Second.
» All in favor? >> Yes.
» I
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