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All right, everyone. It's 7:00.
We're going to start our meeting. Please

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stand for the pledge.

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America, and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» Roll call, please.
Councilwoman Hartman?

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» Here.
>> Deputy Super- Supervisor Haner?

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» Here.
>> Councilwoman DeGroat?

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» Here.
>> Councilman Schatzel?

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» Here.
>> All right, I just want to remind

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everyone that there's emergency exits
to your right and to your left. Please

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don't push when you're going out.
Hopefully there won't be an emergency.

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Um,
additions or changes to the agenda? You

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want to go over the order?
>> Yeah, we're going to be adding an item

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at the end of new business, um, with an
issue in, uh, the courts, um, with the

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temporary hire of, uh, an employee.
>> Okay.

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Thank you. All right, if we have anyone
that would like to do have anything to

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say Sorry. About agenda items, please
remain to 3 minutes and you can come up

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to the podium now.
You ready?

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» I can be.
>> Anyone?

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On agenda items only.

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Seeing no one, I'm going to move on.
Um, communications? You said there was

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none, correct?
>> None, correct.

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» Department heads, who would like to go
first?

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Chief Barone?
Cuz you're trying not to look at me now.

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Oh.

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No, just a moment here.
You've got to move at some point, so.

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» I second that, Barone.
Good evening, town board.

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Good evening.
Uh 2026

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for the first 8 months have been a busy
year for the men and women of Ulster

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Police Department. Uh
currently we stand at we've handled

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11,736
calls for service. That's 8 and 1/2%

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higher than this time last year.
657 cases, 18% higher.

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498 arrests, 16% higher.
2015

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tickets, uniform traffic tickets, 53%
higher.

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477 accidents, 5.7% higher.
Uh slightly down in DWI arrests at 5.7%.

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That's 33 DWI arrests.
And we are currently up in detective

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cases at 22%.
Uh 314 cases so far. Uh as you can see,

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uh
with those numbers we're doing it with

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the current staffing we've had since
2025.

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Uh
while all doing that, we hosted or

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participated in seven community events.
That's uh either Operation Safe Child ID

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program or car seat checks.
Uh and we just uh had our biggest event

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we uh organized is our fourth annual
uh cops and cones event. We partner with

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uh the Jolly Cow.
Uh and it was a huge success. I'll say

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the weather was a little bit detrimental
to us, but

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uh nonetheless it was a good time by
all.

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Uh we've as of uh September 1st, we just
started our biannual fall in-service

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training cycle.
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we participate uh with the City Kingston
Police Department in this training.

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Uh current topics on the agenda for this
year's training are sexual harassment,

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workplace violence, trauma informed
interview,

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digital video evidence and resources,
EVOC, which is emergency vehicle

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operation.
If anybody goes by the I Park 87 campus,

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you'll see
what looks like a bunch of police cars

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fooling around over there. That isn't
it. It's

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it's controlled
emergency vehicle operation. We've been

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given plenty of accolades from our
insurance company because a lot of

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agencies they
get trained in EVOC in the police

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academy and never do it again.
So obviously it's a high liability

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operating motor vehicles on the highway
especially at high rates of speed.

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As well as we are doing our firearms low
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qualification round.
Questions? Concern?

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» Great job.
Very good job. Thank you to you and the

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police department.
>> to thank obviously they make it easy for

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me. So I want to thank them.
Everyday

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is a joy to come work with them. So
thank you.

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» The only thing I could say I heard about
the jolly cow thing like that afternoon.

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Is there a way to post
some of those events like on our

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calendar or
>> Is it somewhere scheduled?

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» I didn't share it. I will say that but
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» I know Suzy and I usually I would say
Suzy I know Suzy operates the Facebook

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page for the town and I do the one for
the police department. We usually try to

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share each other's stuff or like it just
so we're

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organized.
We can we can have a better

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communication about trying to trying to
post stuff so everybody is aware of it.

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So.
>> Cuz that was fun. I went last year. It

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was fun then.
>> Yeah, it was like I said it was a good

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time. Dunk a booth I got to say my my
new employees are

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usually volunteer for the for the dunk
booth dunk tank.

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They usually don't come back the second
year. So

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» [laughter]
>> Who got dunked?

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» What's that?
>> Who got dunked?

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We have Officer Leaders, Officer
Tunison, and Dispatcher Williams that

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volunteered.
This year.

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So,
it's a good time. They had face

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painting,
raffles. We raffled off six bicycles,

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all donated by local businesses.
So, definitely a lot of a lot of

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community support. The PBA, Walmart,
Target, Sam's Club, the Aussie Jolly

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Cow. So, we couldn't make any of that
happen without their support and

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participation. So.
>> Great.

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Awesome. Thanks, Jay. Thank you so much.
All right. Jay, you're up.

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» Good evening, Town Board. I became Water
Superintendent 1 and 1/2 months ago.

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When I took over, the employees and
myself shared the same vision and have

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the same goals for the Water Department.
Some of those include implementing GIS

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technology for our distribution system,
accelerating meter replacements, having

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a stronger focus on our valve exercising
program, and focusing

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on plan focus on planning and completing
projects within the distribution system

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and water treatment plant. Now, speaking
in greater detail about these and what

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has been accomplished these last 4 and
1/2 months,

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implementing GS GIS technology. When I
took over, we decided to map out our

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distribution system using GIS
technology.

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This is a computer-based tool that links
location data with descriptive

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information.
Just for an example, what what that

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location what that location data is and
what the features are really just our

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water [clears throat] mains, fire
hydrants, mainline water valves,

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services, things like that. By storing
this information on a map, this

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information will not be forgotten or
lost. It also helps save valuable time

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and helps manage our valve exercising
program. The employees at the Water

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Department have already mapped out over
36 miles of distribution lines, 370 fire

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hydrants, 452 valves in the last 4 and
1/2 months.

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We will continue to add to this data and
improve on it.

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Um two, a strong focus on our valve
exercising program. Valves and valve

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boxes should be worked and cleaned
annually. This ensures quick and easy

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shutdown of sections of our distribution
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during emergency situations. You know,
just to give you an example, if I get

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called out at 3:00 in the morning and
it's 0° outside and I have to go shut a

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section down cuz we have a water break,
nothing's worse than, you know, taking

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off a valve lid and it's just packed
full of soil, the valve doesn't work.

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So, by doing this and exercising these
and cleaning out those valve boxes, this

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really this really helps out.
The employees did an overnight in the

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middle of July and completed all
mainline valves on Ulster Avenue and

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East Chester Street from the south end
at the highway department all the way to

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this
to the north end at the Glenerie Water

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District. We plan on completing the
valves on Albany Avenue sometime next

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month and all valves over the next year.
Uh number three, accelerating meter

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changes. Approximately 6 years ago, the
town and our previous water

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superintendent decided to switch to
Badger meters from Sensus.

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Uh this department has been very happy
with that decision, uh but changing over

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2,500 meters is a huge task and an
appointment requires access to a

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customer's meter inside their home,
which can be a huge inconvenience. In

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the last 6 years, this department
changed approximately 450 water meters

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or about 75 a year.
Uh the department's goal after I took

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over was to accelerate the rate at which
we are replacing meters. Uh this saves

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this saves the town money in the long
run because the price of those meters

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does increase annually.
Uh I'm proud to say the department in

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the last 4 and 1/2 months has replaced
236 water meters. This includes meters

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to finish the Cherry Hill Water
District, start and completed the Spring

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Lake Water District.
And now starting the Housing Park Water

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District. Changing a single meter
usually takes two employees 30 to 40

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minutes
as long as everything goes well. And

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this is a huge achievement by the guys
in my department. I would also like to

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thank our secretary Michaela, who has
helped me plan and schedule all these

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appointments. She's an invaluable member
of our team. Our goal is to continue

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slowly changing the meters in the Ulster
District,

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complete all the meter changes in the
Housing Park Water District by the end

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of the year, and then start one of the
two remaining small districts also by

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the end of the year.
We're focusing on and

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focusing on planning and completing
projects within the distribution system

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and water treatment plant.
We have a list of projects within the

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distribution system we would like to
complete over the next few years. Most

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of these projects include replacing and
fixing old valves. In the late '90s, the

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town decided to replace an 8-in cast
iron main around the water treatment

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plant, this is the Neighborhood Road
area, with larger ductile iron water

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main. This was a good idea, it solved
the problems of water breaks around our

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treatment plant. The valves, however,
which were Kennedy valves, it's a it's a

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good valve, but the bolts were not
stainless steel that were put on the

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valves. They were zinc coated. So after
about 10 or 15 years, we started having

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leaks at some of these valves.
Some, you know, some breaks possibly.

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And a few weeks ago, our department,
with along with the help from the

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Highway Department and Sewer Department,
on Neighborhood Road replaced

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the bolts on three 12-in valves, one
10-in valve, and one 8-in valve. So five

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valves all together. This is a very
careful process we do cuz we do do this

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while it's under pressure. We have to
pretty much cut off one bolt at a time

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and replace that bolt with a stainless
with a stainless steel

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bolt. We chose these valves due to their
location in regards to the Northeast

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Center. This was a preventive
maintenance. There were no leaks on any

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of these valves, but by doing this, we
We it helps prevent

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a possible catastrophic valve failure in
the future that would have disrupted

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water to a vital
to a vital building in our town. Again,

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thank you to my crew at the water
department and a special thanks to Frank

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Petramale, Matthew Molinaro, and all the
guys that helped from the highway

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department. Also, thank you to Vinnie
Majorie from the sewer. He loaned the

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vac truck and and and his operator Shawn
Ennis. So, thank you again.

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We are also focusing on our water
treatment plant which is now closing in

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on being about 40 years old. Because of
this, it's important to keep up on

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maintenance and start replacing valves
and pumps in the treatment plant. Our

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goal over the next few years is to
replace most of the valves and pumps in

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the treatment plant and to make upgrades
where necessary. This started a few

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years back and we continue to do so.
Back in May, we replaced

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two valves on filter three and hope to
continue this year and into next.

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Um
Now, outside of the plan stuff for my

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department, we replaced a fire hydrant
at Crosby School that was hit. Uh

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would like to also once again thank the
highway and sewer department for loaning

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men and equipment for that. We
accomplished that the same time we were

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doing the bolts
on the valves on Neighborhood Road. We

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do have one other hydrant in the Glenary
water district that we also plan on

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replacing in the near future that was
also hit earlier this year.

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The department also replaced two mixers
in two different towers. One in our

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south tower, one in our Glenary tower.
This is not a fun thing to do. Our

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Glenary tower is about 110 ft up in the
air and replacing those mixers is not an

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easy task.
Nevertheless, we got that done. We

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performed four water taps, changed the
carbon in the carbon units at the Post

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Park twice. That's again with the help
of the highway department, so thank you.

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Besides that, we also went on 214
service calls, 173 mark outs.

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I just like to thank everyone
all the employees at the water

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department and uh
and yeah, thanks. Thank you.

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» Thank you. Wow.
So, you didn't do much, huh?

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» Nah, we're very busy.
>> Nice joint effort by all of the

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departments. That's awesome.
Frank or Matt, which one is talking?

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» I am.
>> Oh, let's go back.

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» Uh good evening, everyone.
Uh all the highway employees are healthy

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and continuing to work hard. Our
equipment is all operating as it should.

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Uh we have no breakdowns as of right
now.

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As always, we continue to work with the
other departments on projects as needed,

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as you heard Jason say.
We have recently hired a new mechanic uh

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shop foreman who is working out very
well.

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Our new MEOs are in the field and
driving trucks, and they're working out

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well as also.
We are still looking to fill a position

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uh for another mechanic in the shop.
Uh for our current work and upcoming

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work, today we finished a town-wide
run-through of all of our brush pickup

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in all the neighborhoods.
We are working on repairing some catch

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basins and drainage work on roads that
are slated to be blacktopped uh for this

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season.
We received all of our bids back for

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paving. We plan to start our paving
season uh prepping roads, milling, and

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paving once we get our contracts uh
contractors' available dates.

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The leaf pickup will be next. That
season will start in November. The

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schedule's going to go out in the next
round of water bills, as well as a

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reminder letter of our brush and leaf
pickup priorities that we ask.

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All the mini parks and riverfront parks
are in good shape and continue to

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receive weekly maintenance.
The transfer station is operating as it

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should, open Tuesdays and Saturdays. You
do need to have a permit and tickets to

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dump or pay by check.
Uh but to dump brush, it is free for all

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residents, so we put that in there.
I am continuing to work side by side

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with Frank, Charlie, and Chris on the
transition process for the end of the

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month, and I'm feeling very confident in
our efforts and the efforts they're

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giving me.
The men at the garage seem to be

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adjusting to it uh pretty well, and I
appreciate them for standing by me and

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respecting me through this process and I
really appreciate the bosses for helping

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me with the training that they're giving
me.

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Uh I do know that I have a rather large
chair to fill. I'm reminded that uh

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daily.
Uh I don't take that lightly at all and

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I promise to make him most importantly
but everyone else

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uh proud and to continue on his good
work that he's accomplished over his

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time here. So, once this transition is
complete, I'll be putting a short

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informational blurb on myself on our
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um just about myself and what we plan to
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uh what's going to be happening and I
look forward to meeting the residents

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and working with everyone and the office
will be open for anybody who wants to

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come up and say hello.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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» Good.
Thank you.

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» Thanks, Matt. Tashma, do you have
anything?

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We didn't know what you were going to
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» She's going She's going to have to have
a

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» Good evening, everyone.
Uh I guess I have three different points

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to touch on tonight.
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one is the implementation of our new
payroll and

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payroll system, Re-Calibrate. So far,
we've had five meetings, implementation

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meetings with them. Those meetings
include some of the board members,

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myself, Peggy, and Jim.
Uh we are looking to start our first

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payroll using this system on October
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Uh
the second point is our

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» AP processing. We have now switched over
about 15% of our vendors into ACH

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payments, direct payments instead of
checks,

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which is big. It saves us about 100
checks a month. So, for a town, I don't

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think that that's that bad.
Not saving the money Saving the money

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isn't the important part about this.
It's about fraud and people theft and if

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we can keep those
down to a minimum, that's what the state

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wants us to do, and that's what we shall
do.

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» Mhm.
>> Um we are in budget season right now.

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All department heads have already
submitted their budgets. I am entering

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them into the system, and
that's all I have.

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Thank you.
>> Thanks, Sasha. Thank you.

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All right, it is 7:20, so we can start
our public hearing.

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Um can I may have a motion to open the
public hearing on local law blank of

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2026,
a local law regulating short-term

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rentals in the town of Ulster.
>> I will make that motion.

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» Can I have a second?
>> I'll second it.

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» Okay.
All right, does anyone have anything to

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say
for the public hearing?

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» And just to let you know, everybody has
3 minutes to make a comment.

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» I'll say that.
>> Thank you. My name is Ed Hill. I live at

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10 1 Hill Court in the town of Ulster.
Um

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I had thought this was taken off I was
told this was taken off the agenda. Then

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Mhm?
>> That was my fault.

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» Okay. And then I was told to put back
on, so I did not um

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necessarily read through the whole new
proposed law. I had read through the one

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before, but um so I'm functioning on
some things I was told, etc. So,

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something's off, I apologize.
One, my understanding is that the

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limit's been removed. I think we need to
have a limit, and it should be a

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percentage, 1 or 2%. Okay.
Uh two, R10 and R30, I understand we're

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allowing them R10, R30, and R60. I think
R10 and R30 are too small. For those of

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you here who don't um know the the means
10,000 square feet and 30,000 square

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feet. To put in perspective, 44,000
square feet is an acre. So, you're

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talking about less than a quarter acre.
Uh I don't know if you would want an

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Airbnb like, you know, 50 ft from your
house, but, you know, when you're on

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less than a quarter acre, that's what
can happen. So, I think those uh

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districts are too small and should not
allow them. I don't think there should

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be an extension for people that are
currently operating Airbnbs. I

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understand that somebody is of the
opinion that they are law-abiding. At

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least in my neighborhood, the four near
me are not law-abiding at all. None of

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them are registered on the Cali
registry. And then, of course, they

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caught wind of what was going on and
suddenly registered. If I'm in my car

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doing 90 on the freeway, and my GPS
picks up and says, "Police spotted

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ahead," I slow down to 55, am I suddenly
a law-abiding driver? No, I'm not. So,

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let's skip that idea.
Uh, four, enforcement. We're only here

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because we're not currently enforcing
the laws that town already has. The town

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code specifically states that if
something is not specifically allowed,

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then it is not allowed. It very quickly
says that. Short-term rentals are not

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addressed. They are not allowed. But,
we're all here spending all this time

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because we're not enforcing the current
code. So, let's not make the same

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mistake again. Let's have enforcement
this time. Let's authorize the police to

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ask renters at any Airbnb not in
compliance, they're called, to ask them

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to leave. And if they do not leave, we
should authorize the police to charge

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the renters with disorderly conduct.
That will take care of the problem.

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Because they will leave. If they don't,
they're charged and they'll complain to

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Airbnb and do a really horrible rating
and everything else, and they'll take

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care of the problem.
And the same thought,

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the town, upon request and reasonable
proof that an Airbnb is not in

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compliance, should send a legal letter
to Airbnb requesting removal of that uh

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rental from their site.
Okay. Um, I also understand that the

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radius is no longer in.
I think for some of the smaller

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districts, the R30, especially if you're
going to allow them in R10 and R30, then

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you should definitely do a 500,000 ft
radius.

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I think even R60 that would be a good
idea.

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A utility stress, if a neighborhood's
under utility stress, it should not be

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allowed. And quite frankly, you can't do
any extension. Like my neighborhood

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doesn't have enough water for the people
there now. You're going to allow these

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people to keep on operating? You need to
shut it down right away, like within 60

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days or something.
Okay.

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» You got to wrap it up. You got to wrap
it up. You got to wrap it up. I'm sorry.

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» Thank you. Yep. Appreciate it.
>> You can leave your comments with the

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clerk if you want to leave the full
>> Do more of a formal email like that.

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I'll send you my email address right
there.

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» Thank you. Anyone else have any comments
on the public hearing?

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Anyone? I can't see. I'm sorry. There's
a

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Oh.
>> Oh.

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» Sorry.
>> Okay.

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» [clears throat]
>> My name is Retia Bidiakol Hill. I live

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on Juan Hill Court. I've lived there
since 2008. Prior to that, I lived on

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Forest Hill Drive in the same community
from 1997 to 2008. And prior to that,

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my parents purchased a home in the same
community in 1986. So I'm familiar with

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the area and I'm making a comment about
the short-term rental.

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So
my only comment has to do with the

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water.
So correct me if I'm wrong. I understand

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that our community water is now hooked
up into Cherry Hill because it's on an

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emergency basis. So we cannot allow
Airbnb. We cannot allow houses to

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function as hotels when our utility, our
water, is on an emergency basis. It is

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for the people who live in the
community, not for tourists, not for

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people who are travelers. We have hotels
in other areas of our community for

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that.
Thank you very much.

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» Thank Thank you.
Anyone else?

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» Hi, Terri Tompkins. I
own a home in Glenary Lake Park. It's

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the house that I grew up in.
Um I inherited it upon my father's

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passing and I did turn it into a
short-term rental.

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I hear everybody's
concerns and I do want to say that I am

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I am registered. I do obey the rules
that are out there. I do put a lot of

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the rules of the town in my rental
agreement

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and I make the, you know, the people
have to abide by them and if they don't,

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they are kicked out. So, I have no
problems with a lot of the things that

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are said, but I also want to keep the
house, use it as a short-term rental,

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use it as my own property as well, and
be able to pass it on to my kids and not

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be forced out of it. Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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Anyone else have anything to say?

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» [laughter]
>> Go ahead. Come on up.

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Washington

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» Hello. Uh my name is Christian Haye. Um
I own a home on uh 288 Route 28. It was

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built in 1770 initially as a
uh short-term lodge. We do use it as a

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short-term rental when we're not able to
use it. We're the only home I think

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still existing after Dome's, if people
know where that is located. We're the

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the green cottage and then a white home
set back from the street and then

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there's no other residential properties
I don't think until you get closer to

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Woodstock. Um we strictly enforce the
rules of the town. We are registered in

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the town. We love our home. We see this
nice influx of people who come to enjoy

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our our home who I think bring revenue
into Kingston and Ulster and the

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surrounding areas, which I think is a
positive. Um, you know, we're not really

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struggling with water competition with
anyone around us, but I do think if,

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you know, I was living there full-time,
I'd be using the same amount of water as

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my guests who do come usually only on
weekends.

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Um, you know,
the home was on the market for a long

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time before we purchased it and really
painstakingly put um, energy, time, and

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love back into the home to bring it back
to what its original usages and without

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it being a short-term rental, I'm afraid
if we were to sell it, there would be no

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buyer because there are such a um,
pushback from being so close to Route

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28. We have made it once you come inside
and I'd love everyone to come and visit.

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It's a beautiful home. Um, it really
still maintains the character of, I

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think that strip of, Route 28, which is
now mostly all commercial. I think if we

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were to have to sell, it would be
torn down and probably made into another

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commercial property, like the building
adjacent to me. It's a big red barn

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that's now used as storage. That is
trying to be sold. All the land behind

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me will be sold with that. I think it's
over 300 acres. We're really still

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trying to preserve this, you know,
really charming look of Ulster and and

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I'm afraid if, you know, this law were
to pass and ban us from doing short-term

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rentals,
the home would, you know,

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would would
go on the market and probably go to a

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commercial developer.
Thank you for your time tonight.

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» Can you spell the address in that?
>> Uh, 286-288

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Route 28.
Like I said, it's domes and then you'll

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see a green cottage and then the main
home is tucked back.

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» I think it's lovely.
>> Thank you.

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» Anyone else have anything?

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All right, last call for the public
hearing.

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All right, can Can a motion to close the
public hearing?

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» I'll make that motion.
>> Thank you.

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» I'll second.

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» Second.
>> Thank you, Michael.

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Okay.
All right, on to new business. We have

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presentation and acceptance of the
monthly supervisor's report for the

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month of July 2026.

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Can I have a motion?
>> I'll make that motion.

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» Thank you. Can I have a second?
>> I'll second.

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» Okay, thank you very much. Motion to
accept the resignation of a mechanic in

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the highway department. That would be
you.

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» That would be me. September 1st to Frank
Petramale.

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We received a resignation from Justin
Binning. I am resigning from my position

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as municipal garage supervisor effective
September 5th, 2026.

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I am requesting to continue my
employment in the highway department as

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an MEO. Thank you, Justin Binning.

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» All right, can I have a motion for that?
>> I'll make that motion.

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» Can I have a second?
>> Okay.

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» All in favor?
>> I.

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» I. Oh, yeah, I guess so.

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Resolution on the purchase of a truck
and appropriation of highway capital

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reserve.

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» Um
This is a

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uh it's going to be purchased through a
capital reserve.

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Uh we had the opportunity to get a truck
before the 1st of the year.

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Um and hopefully it'll save us over 15
or 20,000 dollars if we wait till after

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the 1st of the year.
After the 1st of the year, there's new

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emission controls that are being
instituted by the by the government. And

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um
it looks like there's some big changes

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coming down the way.
Going from 12 12-V uh truck to 24-V

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truck.
And they're not sure if it's even going

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to work.
Uh manufacturers are having a having a

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hard time, so this is part of the We
have an opportunity get jump on an open

426
00:28:52,640 --> 00:29:00,920
spot in the at the factory, and uh
that's what it's for.

427
00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,920
» Thank you.

428
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:05,120
Can I have a motion?
>> I'll make that motion.

429
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:08,080
» Can I have a second?
>> I'll second that.

430
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:10,040
» All um all all in favor?
>> I.

431
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:14,600
» Thank you.
Motion to authorize the supervisor to

432
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:19,640
sign a renewal with MVP Health Group for
2027

433
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:25,240
for the HDHP EPO health insurance
spending account services application.

434
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:28,360
Can I have a motion?
>> I will make that motion.

435
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:31,120
» Can I have a second?
>> I'll second that.

436
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,160
» All right. All in favor?
>> I.

437
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:36,920
» All right. Just so we all know, we
negotiated down to 7%, which is almost

438
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:41,000
half
of what they were originally going to um

439
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:46,160
increase us.
Motion to appoint members to the

440
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:46,160
comprehensive plan committee.

441
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,120
You guys all have that list?
>> Yeah.

442
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,680
» Okay. Can I have a motion?
>> But um we need to read

443
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,360
» read?
>> We should read the we um

444
00:29:53,320 --> 00:30:00,560
» Go right ahead.
>> Uh so the the people that have applied

445
00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:07,040
for the comprehensive plan committee are
uh and that we are accepting are Mary Jo

446
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:11,800
Frederick, Thomas Polk, Rob Sweeney,
Judith Hanson,

447
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:17,560
Nathaniel Gorman, Victoria Lucarini,
Colin Bryce, Julie Wallin, and Kevin

448
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:20,640
Reginato.
>> All right. So now can I have a motion?

449
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,680
» I'll make that motion.
>> All those in favor?

450
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,960
» Thank you. And can I have a second?
>> I'll second that.

451
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,960
» All those in favor?
>> I.

452
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:33,640
» I'd like I just would like to say one
thing to thank my fellow board members

453
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:37,440
for their support in this, and um I can
tell you that everybody This is a really

454
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:41,640
diverse list of people. They come from
all over town,

455
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:45,560
um and lots of different experiences, so
I expect they're going to have a lot of

456
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:50,400
great input into this plan.
Um and we're very excited to get working

457
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:54,840
uh this month. We're as soon as uh my
first opportunity is to email them and

458
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:58,680
get the first meeting planned. So,
everybody's excited and I just want to

459
00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:01,960
thank Mary Ann and Michael for your
support. Thank you.

460
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:06,360
» And thank you for pulling all this
together and doing it as quick as you

461
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,800
said you were going to do it, so thank
you.

462
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:11,840
» Thank you.
>> All right, next resolution to

463
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:16,040
authorizing emergency repairs to the
sanitary drain system in the basement of

464
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:19,040
town hall.
Top priority.

465
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:24,560
» Yes.
>> I'll say more than I did in pre-meeting.

466
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:28,840
I'll say I've been working with
plenty of board members and past board

467
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:32,880
members with this project. Uh
the sanitary sewer system has

468
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:39,520
been causing us quite issues over the
years and it continues to get worse. Uh

469
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:42,520
recently uh Councilman Shatzel has uh
I don't know if he was volunteered or

470
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:47,840
volunteered
to work with me on this and we are

471
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:53,560
currently uh accepting a uh
quote relative to the

472
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:55,800
repair of it with a UV lining.
Uh

473
00:31:54,200 --> 00:32:01,840
what is it like a
it's like a fabric or whatever. Um so,

474
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:07,200
it's on the schedule. Should be uh fixed
on Tuesday. They will be coming after

475
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:11,560
hours. Uh they're starting at 4:00 on
Tuesday to avoid uh the upstairs uh

476
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,240
usage.
And

477
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:17,040
uh
it all should be done by the end of the

478
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:20,720
evening. So, thank you very much.
>> During the time it's getting fixed,

479
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:25,000
we're not going to be having anybody use
the septic system.

480
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:29,920
» We're going to work around that. I'll
say it's only it'll be just my members

481
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:33,080
that will have to accommodate, but they
said it should be

482
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,542
» take a They can take a water with them.
>> Okay.

483
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,080
Okay.
>> [clears throat]

484
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:39,280
» I'm just asking if we had sent them
elsewhere.

485
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:42,360
» Chief, thank you for your work.
>> Thank you.

486
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:44,200
» Time is valuable.
Thank you.

487
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:48,760
» Thank you.
All right, we have a new hire for Judge

488
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:50,360
Flood Myers, Laura. You didn't vote on
that last one.

489
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,280
» Oh, we already did.
>> No.

490
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,280
» Yeah.
>> We did.

491
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:55,400
» We We need the resolution.
>> We need a motion and a second on that

492
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:59,040
resolution.
>> Yeah.

493
00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:02,240
Isn't that what we're doing right now?
>> No, we went to the vote for

494
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:05,040
» For the sanitary drainage
>> Yeah, there was no vote.

495
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:08,440
» Oh, we didn't do a separate vote.
I motion Can I please have a motion a a

496
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:11,040
vote
for this action? Yes, thank you.

497
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,800
» I'll make that motion.
>> Thank you, Mike. Can I have a second?

498
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,680
» I'll second it.
>> Thank you, Maryann.

499
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,080
» You're all in favor.
>> All in favor.

500
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:21,120
» I.
>> Perfect, thank you. I was so worried

501
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:26,680
about forgetting this.
New hire for Judge Flood Myers, Laura.

502
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:32,440
» Yes, I got a call this morning from
Judge Flood Myers that her clerk fell

503
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:36,600
and broke her leg in two places and was
heading into emergency surgery. Um

504
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:41,840
needless to say, she'll be out for a few
weeks. And uh Judge Flood Myers can't

505
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:46,120
wait that long to have uh her full
staff, which isn't really quite full at

506
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:53,200
the moment because she only has one
part-time and and two full-time um

507
00:33:49,480 --> 00:34:00,280
members. So, she is asking um to
immediately be able to hire her sister

508
00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:04,280
who is ready to go um and uh can fill in
and but who will be doing this

509
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:09,679
temporarily only while
her her permanent um

510
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:16,399
clerk is uh
incapacitated. So, with our new ethics

511
00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:21,960
law, um she needs to get a waiver from
the town board in order to hire her

512
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:26,240
sister. So, um that's what she's asking
us to allow her to do that so that she

513
00:34:23,919 --> 00:34:29,639
can immediately hire her and keep
working.

514
00:34:27,240 --> 00:34:31,320
» Laura, does she have one full-time?
>> Yes, one full-time.

515
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,760
» She only has one full-time.
>> I'm sorry, I said it backwards. One full

516
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:37,440
time,
>> One full-time and Yeah, sorry.

517
00:34:39,919 --> 00:34:45,120
» And this is on an emergency basis, so
>> Exactly.

518
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:47,720
Okay, can I have a motion?
>> I'll make that motion.

519
00:34:46,240 --> 00:34:51,399
» Motion to do what?
>> We are to hire

520
00:34:49,679 --> 00:34:57,040
» For the waiver or for the hire?
>> For the waiver only.

521
00:34:52,480 --> 00:35:05,080
» To hire Judge Flood Myers' sister, Ann
Odority,

522
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:05,080
temporarily in an emergency basis as her

523
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:09,080
» clerk.
>> Part-time clerk?

524
00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:11,440
» Is it a full-time clerk or part-time?
>> Part-time.

525
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,600
» Okay, full-time.
>> Darlene is full-time?

526
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,960
» No.
>> Darlene is part-time.

527
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:19,280
» She's going to be hired as a part-time.
>> Yes.

528
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:21,200
» Sorry, part-time clerk.
>> Sorry.

529
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:24,880
» Yeah, I didn't get that.
>> It's okay. I wasn't sure cuz I was like,

530
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:27,960
I don't know. Okay.
All right, so I need a motion for the

531
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:32,000
waiver.
>> I will make that motion.

532
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,000
» And I'll second it.

533
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:36,000
» Now, do we need to make a motion for the
hire?

534
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,680
» No, not yet.
>> We'll do that at the next

535
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,360
meeting.
>> No, this is only this is only a

536
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,480
temporary
>> want to make sure we're doing it

537
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,440
correctly.
>> We're not yet.

538
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,200
» Okay.
All in favor?

539
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:52,080
» I.
>> Perfect. Motion to set a public hearing

540
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:57,760
for 2000 for the 2027 East Kingston Fire
Company for Thursday, October 1st, 2026

541
00:35:55,360 --> 00:36:01,920
at 7:10. Now, this is a procedure we do
this every year to support our

542
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:05,800
department in East Kingston. Can I
please have a motion?

543
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,960
» I'll make that motion.
>> I'll second it.

544
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:08,960
» Thank you. All in favor?
>> I.

545
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:12,400
» I.
>> Thank you.

546
00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:18,040
Motion to set a public hearing for local
law blank of 2026,

547
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:23,360
a local law amending chapters 190 and
191 of the code of the Town of Ulster

548
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:30,400
relating to the Zoning Board of Appeals
and alternate members for Thursday,

549
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:32,640
September 17th, 2026 at 7:20. Can I have
a motion?

550
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,880
» I'll make that motion.
>> Can I have a second?

551
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,480
» I'll second it.
>> All in favor?

552
00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:40,080
» I.
>> Perfect.

553
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:44,120
Motion to authorize the supervisor to
sign the development services agreement

554
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:49,680
with the New Energy Project Management
LLC for the pre-development of ground

555
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:55,640
mounted solar PV at two town-owned
facilities in the amount of $19,800

556
00:36:53,880 --> 00:37:00,200
and to authorize the first payment of
$6,600

557
00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:05,760
for milestone one. Laura?
>> Uh this is the an item we discussed last

558
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:11,240
week that we are rescinding the current
RFP for these two solar projects and

559
00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:16,080
we're hiring uh New Energy to be the
project manager. Um so that's what this

560
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:19,240
contract is and and the first payment to
get them started.

561
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,240
» Can I have a motion?
>> I'll make that motion.

562
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,920
» Can I have a second?
>> I'll second it.

563
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,760
» All in favor?
>> I.

564
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:30,480
» Thank you.
Motion to accept the award New York

565
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:34,680
State OGS quick quotes for blacktopping,
tack coat, and cold milling to

566
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:37,480
Callahan's Industries. Do you guys want
to say anything on that?

567
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:40,760
» Just procedure. The new procedure we're
going through with

568
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:45,160
the last meeting they approved to go out
to bid. Bids are in. We reviewed them.

569
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:48,880
Callahan's lowest bidder.
>> Perfect, thank you. Can I have a motion?

570
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,520
» I'll make that motion.
>> Can I have a second?

571
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,240
» I'll second that.
>> All in favor?

572
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:56,240
» I.
>> Okay.

573
00:37:54,280 --> 00:38:03,400
All right, well that concludes our
agenda. If anyone has any comments about

574
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:06,000
anything, you may come up now.
Anyone?

575
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:13,400
No one?
Seeing no one, can I have a motion to

576
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:15,440
close the meeting?
>> I'll make that motion.

577
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:19,160
» Can I have a second?
>> And I'll second that.

578
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:21,600
» All in favor?
>> I.

579
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,600
» Thank you, guys.

580
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,240
» Thank you, Lana.
>> That was wonderful.