[0:08] All right, everyone. It's 7:00. We're going to start our meeting. Please

[0:13] stand for the pledge.

[0:16] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the

[0:21] republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:27] justice for all.

[0:31] » Roll call, please. Councilwoman Hartman?

[0:35] » Here. >> Deputy Super- Supervisor Haner?

[0:39] » Here. >> Councilwoman DeGroat?

[0:41] » Here. >> Councilman Schatzel?

[0:43] » Here. >> All right, I just want to remind

[0:45] everyone that there's emergency exits to your right and to your left. Please

[0:50] don't push when you're going out. Hopefully there won't be an emergency.

[0:54] Um, additions or changes to the agenda? You

[0:58] want to go over the order? >> Yeah, we're going to be adding an item

[1:00] at the end of new business, um, with an issue in, uh, the courts, um, with the

[1:06] temporary hire of, uh, an employee. >> Okay.

[1:11] Thank you. All right, if we have anyone that would like to do have anything to

[1:15] say Sorry. About agenda items, please remain to 3 minutes and you can come up

[1:21] to the podium now. You ready?

[1:24] » I can be. >> Anyone?

[1:27] On agenda items only.

[1:30] Seeing no one, I'm going to move on. Um, communications? You said there was

[1:34] none, correct? >> None, correct.

[1:36] » Department heads, who would like to go first?

[1:39] Chief Barone? Cuz you're trying not to look at me now.

[1:44] Oh.

[1:48] No, just a moment here. You've got to move at some point, so.

[1:55] » I second that, Barone. Good evening, town board.

[2:02] Good evening. Uh 2026

[2:05] for the first 8 months have been a busy year for the men and women of Ulster

[2:08] Police Department. Uh currently we stand at we've handled

[2:13] 11,736 calls for service. That's 8 and 1/2%

[2:18] higher than this time last year. 657 cases, 18% higher.

[2:25] 498 arrests, 16% higher. 2015

[2:32] tickets, uniform traffic tickets, 53% higher.

[2:36] 477 accidents, 5.7% higher. Uh slightly down in DWI arrests at 5.7%.

[2:46] That's 33 DWI arrests. And we are currently up in detective

[2:49] cases at 22%. Uh 314 cases so far. Uh as you can see,

[2:56] uh with those numbers we're doing it with

[2:59] the current staffing we've had since 2025.

[3:03] Uh while all doing that, we hosted or

[3:06] participated in seven community events. That's uh either Operation Safe Child ID

[3:11] program or car seat checks. Uh and we just uh had our biggest event

[3:18] we uh organized is our fourth annual uh cops and cones event. We partner with

[3:23] uh the Jolly Cow. Uh and it was a huge success. I'll say

[3:27] the weather was a little bit detrimental to us, but

[3:30] uh nonetheless it was a good time by all.

[3:34] Uh we've as of uh September 1st, we just started our biannual fall in-service

[3:40] training cycle. Uh

[3:42] we participate uh with the City Kingston Police Department in this training.

[3:46] Uh current topics on the agenda for this year's training are sexual harassment,

[3:51] workplace violence, trauma informed interview,

[3:55] digital video evidence and resources, EVOC, which is emergency vehicle

[4:00] operation. If anybody goes by the I Park 87 campus,

[4:05] you'll see what looks like a bunch of police cars

[4:08] fooling around over there. That isn't it. It's

[4:11] it's controlled emergency vehicle operation. We've been

[4:16] given plenty of accolades from our insurance company because a lot of

[4:21] agencies they get trained in EVOC in the police

[4:24] academy and never do it again. So obviously it's a high liability

[4:29] operating motor vehicles on the highway especially at high rates of speed.

[4:34] As well as we are doing our firearms low light

[4:38] qualification round. Questions? Concern?

[4:43] » Great job. Very good job. Thank you to you and the

[4:46] police department. >> to thank obviously they make it easy for

[4:49] me. So I want to thank them. Everyday

[4:52] is a joy to come work with them. So thank you.

[4:55] » The only thing I could say I heard about the jolly cow thing like that afternoon.

[5:00] Is there a way to post some of those events like on our

[5:04] calendar or >> Is it somewhere scheduled?

[5:07] » I didn't share it. I will say that but he

[5:10] » I know Suzy and I usually I would say Suzy I know Suzy operates the Facebook

[5:14] page for the town and I do the one for the police department. We usually try to

[5:17] share each other's stuff or like it just so we're

[5:20] organized. We can we can have a better

[5:23] communication about trying to trying to post stuff so everybody is aware of it.

[5:27] So. >> Cuz that was fun. I went last year. It

[5:29] was fun then. >> Yeah, it was like I said it was a good

[5:32] time. Dunk a booth I got to say my my new employees are

[5:37] usually volunteer for the for the dunk booth dunk tank.

[5:41] They usually don't come back the second year. So

[5:43] » [laughter] >> Who got dunked?

[5:46] » What's that? >> Who got dunked?

[5:48] We have Officer Leaders, Officer Tunison, and Dispatcher Williams that

[5:53] volunteered. This year.

[5:55] So, it's a good time. They had face

[5:58] painting, raffles. We raffled off six bicycles,

[6:03] all donated by local businesses. So, definitely a lot of a lot of

[6:07] community support. The PBA, Walmart, Target, Sam's Club, the Aussie Jolly

[6:12] Cow. So, we couldn't make any of that happen without their support and

[6:17] participation. So. >> Great.

[6:20] Awesome. Thanks, Jay. Thank you so much. All right. Jay, you're up.

[6:30] » Good evening, Town Board. I became Water Superintendent 1 and 1/2 months ago.

[6:34] When I took over, the employees and myself shared the same vision and have

[6:37] the same goals for the Water Department. Some of those include implementing GIS

[6:41] technology for our distribution system, accelerating meter replacements, having

[6:46] a stronger focus on our valve exercising program, and focusing

[6:51] on plan focus on planning and completing projects within the distribution system

[6:55] and water treatment plant. Now, speaking in greater detail about these and what

[7:00] has been accomplished these last 4 and 1/2 months,

[7:03] implementing GS GIS technology. When I took over, we decided to map out our

[7:07] distribution system using GIS technology.

[7:10] This is a computer-based tool that links location data with descriptive

[7:14] information. Just for an example, what what that

[7:17] location what that location data is and what the features are really just our

[7:23] water [clears throat] mains, fire hydrants, mainline water valves,

[7:26] services, things like that. By storing this information on a map, this

[7:30] information will not be forgotten or lost. It also helps save valuable time

[7:34] and helps manage our valve exercising program. The employees at the Water

[7:38] Department have already mapped out over 36 miles of distribution lines, 370 fire

[7:43] hydrants, 452 valves in the last 4 and 1/2 months.

[7:47] We will continue to add to this data and improve on it.

[7:50] Um two, a strong focus on our valve exercising program. Valves and valve

[7:54] boxes should be worked and cleaned annually. This ensures quick and easy

[7:58] shutdown of sections of our distribution system

[8:01] during emergency situations. You know, just to give you an example, if I get

[8:04] called out at 3:00 in the morning and it's 0° outside and I have to go shut a

[8:09] section down cuz we have a water break, nothing's worse than, you know, taking

[8:13] off a valve lid and it's just packed full of soil, the valve doesn't work.

[8:17] So, by doing this and exercising these and cleaning out those valve boxes, this

[8:21] really this really helps out. The employees did an overnight in the

[8:25] middle of July and completed all mainline valves on Ulster Avenue and

[8:29] East Chester Street from the south end at the highway department all the way to

[8:33] this to the north end at the Glenerie Water

[8:36] District. We plan on completing the valves on Albany Avenue sometime next

[8:39] month and all valves over the next year. Uh number three, accelerating meter

[8:43] changes. Approximately 6 years ago, the town and our previous water

[8:47] superintendent decided to switch to Badger meters from Sensus.

[8:51] Uh this department has been very happy with that decision, uh but changing over

[8:55] 2,500 meters is a huge task and an appointment requires access to a

[9:00] customer's meter inside their home, which can be a huge inconvenience. In

[9:04] the last 6 years, this department changed approximately 450 water meters

[9:08] or about 75 a year. Uh the department's goal after I took

[9:12] over was to accelerate the rate at which we are replacing meters. Uh this saves

[9:17] this saves the town money in the long run because the price of those meters

[9:20] does increase annually. Uh I'm proud to say the department in

[9:24] the last 4 and 1/2 months has replaced 236 water meters. This includes meters

[9:29] to finish the Cherry Hill Water District, start and completed the Spring

[9:32] Lake Water District. And now starting the Housing Park Water

[9:37] District. Changing a single meter usually takes two employees 30 to 40

[9:41] minutes as long as everything goes well. And

[9:45] this is a huge achievement by the guys in my department. I would also like to

[9:48] thank our secretary Michaela, who has helped me plan and schedule all these

[9:52] appointments. She's an invaluable member of our team. Our goal is to continue

[9:56] slowly changing the meters in the Ulster District,

[10:00] complete all the meter changes in the Housing Park Water District by the end

[10:03] of the year, and then start one of the two remaining small districts also by

[10:07] the end of the year. We're focusing on and

[10:10] focusing on planning and completing projects within the distribution system

[10:13] and water treatment plant. We have a list of projects within the

[10:16] distribution system we would like to complete over the next few years. Most

[10:20] of these projects include replacing and fixing old valves. In the late '90s, the

[10:25] town decided to replace an 8-in cast iron main around the water treatment

[10:28] plant, this is the Neighborhood Road area, with larger ductile iron water

[10:32] main. This was a good idea, it solved the problems of water breaks around our

[10:37] treatment plant. The valves, however, which were Kennedy valves, it's a it's a

[10:41] good valve, but the bolts were not stainless steel that were put on the

[10:44] valves. They were zinc coated. So after about 10 or 15 years, we started having

[10:49] leaks at some of these valves. Some, you know, some breaks possibly.

[10:54] And a few weeks ago, our department, with along with the help from the

[10:57] Highway Department and Sewer Department, on Neighborhood Road replaced

[11:02] the bolts on three 12-in valves, one 10-in valve, and one 8-in valve. So five

[11:06] valves all together. This is a very careful process we do cuz we do do this

[11:11] while it's under pressure. We have to pretty much cut off one bolt at a time

[11:16] and replace that bolt with a stainless with a stainless steel

[11:19] bolt. We chose these valves due to their location in regards to the Northeast

[11:25] Center. This was a preventive maintenance. There were no leaks on any

[11:27] of these valves, but by doing this, we We it helps prevent

[11:31] a possible catastrophic valve failure in the future that would have disrupted

[11:36] water to a vital to a vital building in our town. Again,

[11:40] thank you to my crew at the water department and a special thanks to Frank

[11:43] Petramale, Matthew Molinaro, and all the guys that helped from the highway

[11:46] department. Also, thank you to Vinnie Majorie from the sewer. He loaned the

[11:50] vac truck and and and his operator Shawn Ennis. So, thank you again.

[11:54] We are also focusing on our water treatment plant which is now closing in

[11:58] on being about 40 years old. Because of this, it's important to keep up on

[12:01] maintenance and start replacing valves and pumps in the treatment plant. Our

[12:04] goal over the next few years is to replace most of the valves and pumps in

[12:08] the treatment plant and to make upgrades where necessary. This started a few

[12:12] years back and we continue to do so. Back in May, we replaced

[12:16] two valves on filter three and hope to continue this year and into next.

[12:20] Um Now, outside of the plan stuff for my

[12:23] department, we replaced a fire hydrant at Crosby School that was hit. Uh

[12:28] would like to also once again thank the highway and sewer department for loaning

[12:31] men and equipment for that. We accomplished that the same time we were

[12:34] doing the bolts on the valves on Neighborhood Road. We

[12:38] do have one other hydrant in the Glenary water district that we also plan on

[12:41] replacing in the near future that was also hit earlier this year.

[12:45] The department also replaced two mixers in two different towers. One in our

[12:49] south tower, one in our Glenary tower. This is not a fun thing to do. Our

[12:54] Glenary tower is about 110 ft up in the air and replacing those mixers is not an

[12:58] easy task. Nevertheless, we got that done. We

[13:01] performed four water taps, changed the carbon in the carbon units at the Post

[13:05] Park twice. That's again with the help of the highway department, so thank you.

[13:09] Besides that, we also went on 214 service calls, 173 mark outs.

[13:14] I just like to thank everyone all the employees at the water

[13:17] department and uh and yeah, thanks. Thank you.

[13:21] » Thank you. Wow. So, you didn't do much, huh?

[13:24] » Nah, we're very busy. >> Nice joint effort by all of the

[13:27] departments. That's awesome. Frank or Matt, which one is talking?

[13:32] » I am. >> Oh, let's go back.

[13:37] » Uh good evening, everyone. Uh all the highway employees are healthy

[13:41] and continuing to work hard. Our equipment is all operating as it should.

[13:45] Uh we have no breakdowns as of right now.

[13:48] As always, we continue to work with the other departments on projects as needed,

[13:51] as you heard Jason say. We have recently hired a new mechanic uh

[13:55] shop foreman who is working out very well.

[13:58] Our new MEOs are in the field and driving trucks, and they're working out

[14:02] well as also. We are still looking to fill a position

[14:06] uh for another mechanic in the shop. Uh for our current work and upcoming

[14:10] work, today we finished a town-wide run-through of all of our brush pickup

[14:14] in all the neighborhoods. We are working on repairing some catch

[14:17] basins and drainage work on roads that are slated to be blacktopped uh for this

[14:21] season. We received all of our bids back for

[14:25] paving. We plan to start our paving season uh prepping roads, milling, and

[14:29] paving once we get our contracts uh contractors' available dates.

[14:33] The leaf pickup will be next. That season will start in November. The

[14:37] schedule's going to go out in the next round of water bills, as well as a

[14:41] reminder letter of our brush and leaf pickup priorities that we ask.

[14:46] All the mini parks and riverfront parks are in good shape and continue to

[14:49] receive weekly maintenance. The transfer station is operating as it

[14:53] should, open Tuesdays and Saturdays. You do need to have a permit and tickets to

[14:58] dump or pay by check. Uh but to dump brush, it is free for all

[15:02] residents, so we put that in there. I am continuing to work side by side

[15:07] with Frank, Charlie, and Chris on the transition process for the end of the

[15:10] month, and I'm feeling very confident in our efforts and the efforts they're

[15:14] giving me. The men at the garage seem to be

[15:17] adjusting to it uh pretty well, and I appreciate them for standing by me and

[15:21] respecting me through this process and I really appreciate the bosses for helping

[15:26] me with the training that they're giving me.

[15:28] Uh I do know that I have a rather large chair to fill. I'm reminded that uh

[15:33] daily. Uh I don't take that lightly at all and

[15:36] I promise to make him most importantly but everyone else

[15:39] uh proud and to continue on his good work that he's accomplished over his

[15:43] time here. So, once this transition is complete, I'll be putting a short

[15:47] informational blurb on myself on our Facebook

[15:50] um just about myself and what we plan to do and

[15:53] uh what's going to be happening and I look forward to meeting the residents

[15:56] and working with everyone and the office will be open for anybody who wants to

[16:00] come up and say hello. >> Okay. Thank you.

[16:03] » Good. Thank you.

[16:04] » Thanks, Matt. Tashma, do you have anything?

[16:07] We didn't know what you were going to say.

[16:11] » She's going She's going to have to have a

[16:15] » Good evening, everyone. Uh I guess I have three different points

[16:19] to touch on tonight. Uh

[16:22] one is the implementation of our new payroll and

[16:27] payroll system, Re-Calibrate. So far, we've had five meetings, implementation

[16:32] meetings with them. Those meetings include some of the board members,

[16:36] myself, Peggy, and Jim. Uh we are looking to start our first

[16:42] payroll using this system on October 19th.

[16:46] Uh the second point is our

[16:50] » AP processing. We have now switched over about 15% of our vendors into ACH

[16:56] payments, direct payments instead of checks,

[17:00] which is big. It saves us about 100 checks a month. So, for a town, I don't

[17:05] think that that's that bad. Not saving the money Saving the money

[17:10] isn't the important part about this. It's about fraud and people theft and if

[17:16] we can keep those down to a minimum, that's what the state

[17:20] wants us to do, and that's what we shall do.

[17:22] » Mhm. >> Um we are in budget season right now.

[17:26] All department heads have already submitted their budgets. I am entering

[17:31] them into the system, and that's all I have.

[17:37] Thank you. >> Thanks, Sasha. Thank you.

[17:41] All right, it is 7:20, so we can start our public hearing.

[17:46] Um can I may have a motion to open the public hearing on local law blank of

[17:50] 2026, a local law regulating short-term

[17:54] rentals in the town of Ulster. >> I will make that motion.

[17:58] » Can I have a second? >> I'll second it.

[18:01] » Okay. All right, does anyone have anything to

[18:04] say for the public hearing?

[18:13] » And just to let you know, everybody has 3 minutes to make a comment.

[18:17] » I'll say that. >> Thank you. My name is Ed Hill. I live at

[18:20] 10 1 Hill Court in the town of Ulster. Um

[18:24] I had thought this was taken off I was told this was taken off the agenda. Then

[18:29] Mhm? >> That was my fault.

[18:30] » Okay. And then I was told to put back on, so I did not um

[18:34] necessarily read through the whole new proposed law. I had read through the one

[18:38] before, but um so I'm functioning on some things I was told, etc. So,

[18:41] something's off, I apologize. One, my understanding is that the

[18:45] limit's been removed. I think we need to have a limit, and it should be a

[18:48] percentage, 1 or 2%. Okay. Uh two, R10 and R30, I understand we're

[18:55] allowing them R10, R30, and R60. I think R10 and R30 are too small. For those of

[19:00] you here who don't um know the the means 10,000 square feet and 30,000 square

[19:04] feet. To put in perspective, 44,000 square feet is an acre. So, you're

[19:08] talking about less than a quarter acre. Uh I don't know if you would want an

[19:11] Airbnb like, you know, 50 ft from your house, but, you know, when you're on

[19:14] less than a quarter acre, that's what can happen. So, I think those uh

[19:18] districts are too small and should not allow them. I don't think there should

[19:21] be an extension for people that are currently operating Airbnbs. I

[19:25] understand that somebody is of the opinion that they are law-abiding. At

[19:29] least in my neighborhood, the four near me are not law-abiding at all. None of

[19:33] them are registered on the Cali registry. And then, of course, they

[19:35] caught wind of what was going on and suddenly registered. If I'm in my car

[19:39] doing 90 on the freeway, and my GPS picks up and says, "Police spotted

[19:43] ahead," I slow down to 55, am I suddenly a law-abiding driver? No, I'm not. So,

[19:47] let's skip that idea. Uh, four, enforcement. We're only here

[19:53] because we're not currently enforcing the laws that town already has. The town

[19:58] code specifically states that if something is not specifically allowed,

[20:02] then it is not allowed. It very quickly says that. Short-term rentals are not

[20:06] addressed. They are not allowed. But, we're all here spending all this time

[20:10] because we're not enforcing the current code. So, let's not make the same

[20:13] mistake again. Let's have enforcement this time. Let's authorize the police to

[20:18] ask renters at any Airbnb not in compliance, they're called, to ask them

[20:24] to leave. And if they do not leave, we should authorize the police to charge

[20:28] the renters with disorderly conduct. That will take care of the problem.

[20:32] Because they will leave. If they don't, they're charged and they'll complain to

[20:35] Airbnb and do a really horrible rating and everything else, and they'll take

[20:39] care of the problem. And the same thought,

[20:42] the town, upon request and reasonable proof that an Airbnb is not in

[20:47] compliance, should send a legal letter to Airbnb requesting removal of that uh

[20:56] rental from their site. Okay. Um, I also understand that the

[21:01] radius is no longer in. I think for some of the smaller

[21:06] districts, the R30, especially if you're going to allow them in R10 and R30, then

[21:09] you should definitely do a 500,000 ft radius.

[21:13] I think even R60 that would be a good idea.

[21:16] A utility stress, if a neighborhood's under utility stress, it should not be

[21:19] allowed. And quite frankly, you can't do any extension. Like my neighborhood

[21:24] doesn't have enough water for the people there now. You're going to allow these

[21:26] people to keep on operating? You need to shut it down right away, like within 60

[21:29] days or something. Okay.

[21:32] » You got to wrap it up. You got to wrap it up. You got to wrap it up. I'm sorry.

[21:34] » Thank you. Yep. Appreciate it. >> You can leave your comments with the

[21:37] clerk if you want to leave the full >> Do more of a formal email like that.

[21:41] I'll send you my email address right there.

[21:42] » Thank you. Anyone else have any comments on the public hearing?

[21:49] Anyone? I can't see. I'm sorry. There's a

[21:52] Oh. >> Oh.

[21:53] » Sorry. >> Okay.

[21:54] » [clears throat] >> My name is Retia Bidiakol Hill. I live

[21:57] on Juan Hill Court. I've lived there since 2008. Prior to that, I lived on

[22:01] Forest Hill Drive in the same community from 1997 to 2008. And prior to that,

[22:08] my parents purchased a home in the same community in 1986. So I'm familiar with

[22:13] the area and I'm making a comment about the short-term rental.

[22:17] So my only comment has to do with the

[22:21] water. So correct me if I'm wrong. I understand

[22:26] that our community water is now hooked up into Cherry Hill because it's on an

[22:31] emergency basis. So we cannot allow Airbnb. We cannot allow houses to

[22:37] function as hotels when our utility, our water, is on an emergency basis. It is

[22:44] for the people who live in the community, not for tourists, not for

[22:49] people who are travelers. We have hotels in other areas of our community for

[22:54] that. Thank you very much.

[22:56] » Thank Thank you. Anyone else?

[23:09] » Hi, Terri Tompkins. I own a home in Glenary Lake Park. It's

[23:14] the house that I grew up in. Um I inherited it upon my father's

[23:18] passing and I did turn it into a short-term rental.

[23:22] I hear everybody's concerns and I do want to say that I am

[23:27] I am registered. I do obey the rules that are out there. I do put a lot of

[23:32] the rules of the town in my rental agreement

[23:35] and I make the, you know, the people have to abide by them and if they don't,

[23:39] they are kicked out. So, I have no problems with a lot of the things that

[23:43] are said, but I also want to keep the house, use it as a short-term rental,

[23:48] use it as my own property as well, and be able to pass it on to my kids and not

[23:52] be forced out of it. Thank you. >> Thank you.

[23:57] Anyone else have anything to say?

[24:04] » [laughter] >> Go ahead. Come on up.

[24:06] Washington

[24:09] » Hello. Uh my name is Christian Haye. Um I own a home on uh 288 Route 28. It was

[24:15] built in 1770 initially as a uh short-term lodge. We do use it as a

[24:21] short-term rental when we're not able to use it. We're the only home I think

[24:25] still existing after Dome's, if people know where that is located. We're the

[24:29] the green cottage and then a white home set back from the street and then

[24:33] there's no other residential properties I don't think until you get closer to

[24:37] Woodstock. Um we strictly enforce the rules of the town. We are registered in

[24:44] the town. We love our home. We see this nice influx of people who come to enjoy

[24:49] our our home who I think bring revenue into Kingston and Ulster and the

[24:54] surrounding areas, which I think is a positive. Um, you know, we're not really

[25:00] struggling with water competition with anyone around us, but I do think if,

[25:05] you know, I was living there full-time, I'd be using the same amount of water as

[25:09] my guests who do come usually only on weekends.

[25:13] Um, you know, the home was on the market for a long

[25:17] time before we purchased it and really painstakingly put um, energy, time, and

[25:21] love back into the home to bring it back to what its original usages and without

[25:27] it being a short-term rental, I'm afraid if we were to sell it, there would be no

[25:30] buyer because there are such a um, pushback from being so close to Route

[25:35] 28. We have made it once you come inside and I'd love everyone to come and visit.

[25:39] It's a beautiful home. Um, it really still maintains the character of, I

[25:45] think that strip of, Route 28, which is now mostly all commercial. I think if we

[25:50] were to have to sell, it would be torn down and probably made into another

[25:54] commercial property, like the building adjacent to me. It's a big red barn

[25:58] that's now used as storage. That is trying to be sold. All the land behind

[26:02] me will be sold with that. I think it's over 300 acres. We're really still

[26:06] trying to preserve this, you know, really charming look of Ulster and and

[26:11] I'm afraid if, you know, this law were to pass and ban us from doing short-term

[26:15] rentals, the home would, you know,

[26:17] would would go on the market and probably go to a

[26:20] commercial developer. Thank you for your time tonight.

[26:24] » Can you spell the address in that? >> Uh, 286-288

[26:27] Route 28. Like I said, it's domes and then you'll

[26:31] see a green cottage and then the main home is tucked back.

[26:35] » I think it's lovely. >> Thank you.

[26:40] » Anyone else have anything?

[26:46] All right, last call for the public hearing.

[26:49] All right, can Can a motion to close the public hearing?

[26:51] » I'll make that motion. >> Thank you.

[26:54] » I'll second.

[26:57] » Second. >> Thank you, Michael.

[26:59] Okay. All right, on to new business. We have

[27:02] presentation and acceptance of the monthly supervisor's report for the

[27:05] month of July 2026.

[27:10] Can I have a motion? >> I'll make that motion.

[27:13] » Thank you. Can I have a second? >> I'll second.

[27:18] » Okay, thank you very much. Motion to accept the resignation of a mechanic in

[27:22] the highway department. That would be you.

[27:25] » That would be me. September 1st to Frank Petramale.

[27:29] We received a resignation from Justin Binning. I am resigning from my position

[27:34] as municipal garage supervisor effective September 5th, 2026.

[27:39] I am requesting to continue my employment in the highway department as

[27:43] an MEO. Thank you, Justin Binning.

[27:50] » All right, can I have a motion for that? >> I'll make that motion.

[27:53] » Can I have a second? >> Okay.

[27:55] » All in favor? >> I.

[27:56] » I. Oh, yeah, I guess so.

[28:00] Resolution on the purchase of a truck and appropriation of highway capital

[28:03] reserve.

[28:09] » Um This is a

[28:12] uh it's going to be purchased through a capital reserve.

[28:15] Uh we had the opportunity to get a truck before the 1st of the year.

[28:20] Um and hopefully it'll save us over 15 or 20,000 dollars if we wait till after

[28:25] the 1st of the year. After the 1st of the year, there's new

[28:28] emission controls that are being instituted by the by the government. And

[28:34] um it looks like there's some big changes

[28:36] coming down the way. Going from 12 12-V uh truck to 24-V

[28:41] truck. And they're not sure if it's even going

[28:45] to work. Uh manufacturers are having a having a

[28:48] hard time, so this is part of the We have an opportunity get jump on an open

[28:52] spot in the at the factory, and uh that's what it's for.

[28:58] » Thank you.

[29:01] Can I have a motion? >> I'll make that motion.

[29:04] » Can I have a second? >> I'll second that.

[29:06] » All um all all in favor? >> I.

[29:08] » Thank you. Motion to authorize the supervisor to

[29:11] sign a renewal with MVP Health Group for 2027

[29:16] for the HDHP EPO health insurance spending account services application.

[29:23] Can I have a motion? >> I will make that motion.

[29:27] » Can I have a second? >> I'll second that.

[29:29] » All right. All in favor? >> I.

[29:31] » All right. Just so we all know, we negotiated down to 7%, which is almost

[29:35] half of what they were originally going to um

[29:39] increase us. Motion to appoint members to the

[29:42] comprehensive plan committee.

[29:46] You guys all have that list? >> Yeah.

[29:48] » Okay. Can I have a motion? >> But um we need to read

[29:51] » read? >> We should read the we um

[29:53] » Go right ahead. >> Uh so the the people that have applied

[29:57] for the comprehensive plan committee are uh and that we are accepting are Mary Jo

[30:03] Frederick, Thomas Polk, Rob Sweeney, Judith Hanson,

[30:08] Nathaniel Gorman, Victoria Lucarini, Colin Bryce, Julie Wallin, and Kevin

[30:15] Reginato. >> All right. So now can I have a motion?

[30:19] » I'll make that motion. >> All those in favor?

[30:21] » Thank you. And can I have a second? >> I'll second that.

[30:23] » All those in favor? >> I.

[30:26] » I'd like I just would like to say one thing to thank my fellow board members

[30:30] for their support in this, and um I can tell you that everybody This is a really

[30:35] diverse list of people. They come from all over town,

[30:39] um and lots of different experiences, so I expect they're going to have a lot of

[30:43] great input into this plan. Um and we're very excited to get working

[30:47] uh this month. We're as soon as uh my first opportunity is to email them and

[30:52] get the first meeting planned. So, everybody's excited and I just want to

[30:56] thank Mary Ann and Michael for your support. Thank you.

[31:00] » And thank you for pulling all this together and doing it as quick as you

[31:04] said you were going to do it, so thank you.

[31:06] » Thank you. >> All right, next resolution to

[31:10] authorizing emergency repairs to the sanitary drain system in the basement of

[31:14] town hall. Top priority.

[31:19] » Yes. >> I'll say more than I did in pre-meeting.

[31:22] I'll say I've been working with plenty of board members and past board

[31:26] members with this project. Uh the sanitary sewer system has

[31:31] been causing us quite issues over the years and it continues to get worse. Uh

[31:35] recently uh Councilman Shatzel has uh I don't know if he was volunteered or

[31:40] volunteered to work with me on this and we are

[31:44] currently uh accepting a uh quote relative to the

[31:50] repair of it with a UV lining. Uh

[31:54] what is it like a it's like a fabric or whatever. Um so,

[31:59] it's on the schedule. Should be uh fixed on Tuesday. They will be coming after

[32:04] hours. Uh they're starting at 4:00 on Tuesday to avoid uh the upstairs uh

[32:10] usage. And

[32:12] uh it all should be done by the end of the

[32:14] evening. So, thank you very much. >> During the time it's getting fixed,

[32:18] we're not going to be having anybody use the septic system.

[32:23] » We're going to work around that. I'll say it's only it'll be just my members

[32:27] that will have to accommodate, but they said it should be

[32:30] » take a They can take a water with them. >> Okay.

[32:34] Okay. >> [clears throat]

[32:34] » I'm just asking if we had sent them elsewhere.

[32:38] » Chief, thank you for your work. >> Thank you.

[32:40] » Time is valuable. Thank you.

[32:43] » Thank you. All right, we have a new hire for Judge

[32:46] Flood Myers, Laura. You didn't vote on that last one.

[32:49] » Oh, we already did. >> No.

[32:50] » Yeah. >> We did.

[32:51] » We We need the resolution. >> We need a motion and a second on that

[32:54] resolution. >> Yeah.

[32:56] Isn't that what we're doing right now? >> No, we went to the vote for

[33:00] » For the sanitary drainage >> Yeah, there was no vote.

[33:03] » Oh, we didn't do a separate vote. I motion Can I please have a motion a a

[33:07] vote for this action? Yes, thank you.

[33:09] » I'll make that motion. >> Thank you, Mike. Can I have a second?

[33:13] » I'll second it. >> Thank you, Maryann.

[33:14] » You're all in favor. >> All in favor.

[33:16] » I. >> Perfect, thank you. I was so worried

[33:19] about forgetting this. New hire for Judge Flood Myers, Laura.

[33:24] » Yes, I got a call this morning from Judge Flood Myers that her clerk fell

[33:30] and broke her leg in two places and was heading into emergency surgery. Um

[33:35] needless to say, she'll be out for a few weeks. And uh Judge Flood Myers can't

[33:39] wait that long to have uh her full staff, which isn't really quite full at

[33:44] the moment because she only has one part-time and and two full-time um

[33:49] members. So, she is asking um to immediately be able to hire her sister

[33:55] who is ready to go um and uh can fill in and but who will be doing this

[34:02] temporarily only while her her permanent um

[34:07] clerk is uh incapacitated. So, with our new ethics

[34:12] law, um she needs to get a waiver from the town board in order to hire her

[34:18] sister. So, um that's what she's asking us to allow her to do that so that she

[34:23] can immediately hire her and keep working.

[34:27] » Laura, does she have one full-time? >> Yes, one full-time.

[34:30] » She only has one full-time. >> I'm sorry, I said it backwards. One full

[34:33] time, >> One full-time and Yeah, sorry.

[34:39] » And this is on an emergency basis, so >> Exactly.

[34:43] Okay, can I have a motion? >> I'll make that motion.

[34:46] » Motion to do what? >> We are to hire

[34:49] » For the waiver or for the hire? >> For the waiver only.

[34:52] » To hire Judge Flood Myers' sister, Ann Odority,

[34:59] temporarily in an emergency basis as her

[35:05] » clerk. >> Part-time clerk?

[35:06] » Is it a full-time clerk or part-time? >> Part-time.

[35:10] » Okay, full-time. >> Darlene is full-time?

[35:12] » No. >> Darlene is part-time.

[35:14] » She's going to be hired as a part-time. >> Yes.

[35:16] » Sorry, part-time clerk. >> Sorry.

[35:20] » Yeah, I didn't get that. >> It's okay. I wasn't sure cuz I was like,

[35:23] I don't know. Okay. All right, so I need a motion for the

[35:26] waiver. >> I will make that motion.

[35:29] » And I'll second it.

[35:32] » Now, do we need to make a motion for the hire?

[35:34] » No, not yet. >> We'll do that at the next

[35:37] meeting. >> No, this is only this is only a

[35:39] temporary >> want to make sure we're doing it

[35:41] correctly. >> We're not yet.

[35:43] » Okay. All in favor?

[35:45] » I. >> Perfect. Motion to set a public hearing

[35:48] for 2000 for the 2027 East Kingston Fire Company for Thursday, October 1st, 2026

[35:55] at 7:10. Now, this is a procedure we do this every year to support our

[36:00] department in East Kingston. Can I please have a motion?

[36:04] » I'll make that motion. >> I'll second it.

[36:06] » Thank you. All in favor? >> I.

[36:08] » I. >> Thank you.

[36:10] Motion to set a public hearing for local law blank of 2026,

[36:15] a local law amending chapters 190 and 191 of the code of the Town of Ulster

[36:21] relating to the Zoning Board of Appeals and alternate members for Thursday,

[36:25] September 17th, 2026 at 7:20. Can I have a motion?

[36:31] » I'll make that motion. >> Can I have a second?

[36:33] » I'll second it. >> All in favor?

[36:35] » I. >> Perfect.

[36:38] Motion to authorize the supervisor to sign the development services agreement

[36:42] with the New Energy Project Management LLC for the pre-development of ground

[36:46] mounted solar PV at two town-owned facilities in the amount of $19,800

[36:53] and to authorize the first payment of $6,600

[36:57] for milestone one. Laura? >> Uh this is the an item we discussed last

[37:02] week that we are rescinding the current RFP for these two solar projects and

[37:08] we're hiring uh New Energy to be the project manager. Um so that's what this

[37:13] contract is and and the first payment to get them started.

[37:18] » Can I have a motion? >> I'll make that motion.

[37:20] » Can I have a second? >> I'll second it.

[37:23] » All in favor? >> I.

[37:24] » Thank you. Motion to accept the award New York

[37:27] State OGS quick quotes for blacktopping, tack coat, and cold milling to

[37:32] Callahan's Industries. Do you guys want to say anything on that?

[37:35] » Just procedure. The new procedure we're going through with

[37:38] the last meeting they approved to go out to bid. Bids are in. We reviewed them.

[37:43] Callahan's lowest bidder. >> Perfect, thank you. Can I have a motion?

[37:47] » I'll make that motion. >> Can I have a second?

[37:49] » I'll second that. >> All in favor?

[37:52] » I. >> Okay.

[37:54] All right, well that concludes our agenda. If anyone has any comments about

[37:59] anything, you may come up now. Anyone?

[38:09] No one? Seeing no one, can I have a motion to

[38:12] close the meeting? >> I'll make that motion.

[38:14] » Can I have a second? >> And I'll second that.

[38:18] » All in favor? >> I.

[38:21] » Thank you, guys.

[38:24] » Thank you, Lana. >> That was wonderful.

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