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Good evening everybody.

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» You're on.

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» Good evening everybody.

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if we can start
start our meeting.

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And we're going to start off uh today's
town board meeting September 3rd, 2026

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um with a the first public hearing on
the proposed building department fee

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amendments.
Has anybody signed up? Does anyone have

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any comments?
Signed up to speak. Interested in

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speaking?
Okay, we'll close the public hearing.

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The second public hearing, uh, proposed
amendments to chapter 29,

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article 26, uh, on signs.
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» Oh, no. 26. Sorry. Chapter 29. My fault.
>> Latin was a long time ago for me.

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» Um,
is there anybody who's interested in

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speaking on the
the sign and amendment. Okay, go ahead,

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John.
>> John McAfflin Road. I just want to

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disagree with it. That's all you were my
responses before in the past, but uh

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that's all. Thanks. Thanks.
>> Okay. Anybody else?

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» I'd like to speak on that.
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» Michael Bryce Lou,
I've been looking into these sign

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things. I understand what you're looking
for, but you guys have a million more

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important things to worry about in this
town than signs. Signs have been going

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up for 30 years, 40 years probably.
Construction signs, selling eggs, uh,

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garage sales. Now all of a sudden, it's
coming election time and now there's a

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little sign issue and we all, everybody
in Wilton knows really what it's about.

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But why put so much effort into things
when maybe you can learn different

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things what you need to know such as
emergency response reverse 911 scenarios

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not signs give it a break already for
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» okay thank you Mike
anybody else want to speak all right

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we'll close the public hearing
and we'll call to order our regular town

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board meeting and we'll start with the
pledge of allegiance

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to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for it

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stands one nation under God indivisible
and justice for all.

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Uh, roll call. Sue.
>> Supervisor Stern present.

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» Deputy Supervisor Rowan
>> present.

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» Councilman
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» Councilwoman Culligan
>> here. Councilman Okconor

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» here.
>> And uh, public comment section. Has

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anyone signed up to speak?
>> Kristen Allen.

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» Good evening. Kristen Allen. 714 Wilford
Road. The history of this case is

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available through foil, but the public
record doesn't capture its cost. I began

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smelling sewage in February 2024.
February became spring, summer, fall,

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winter again, and spring again. I
shoveled snow while my nose was freezing

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from the cold and burning from sewage
odors. I tended my gardens on hot summer

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days, unable to escape the smell. I
stopped using my windows, and I even

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bought a hydrogen sulfide gas detector.
Have you ever been drinking your morning

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coffee when suddenly you smell sewage
coming in through the sliding door?

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Or have you ever been jolted awake in
the dark because the smell of sewage has

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filled your bedroom? Because I have.
Work is performed outside the town's

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instruction and the town expects it to
fail. Over a year of sewage exposure,

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another year in counting with no risk of
it happening again.

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The town tells me this is the priority
that it will take stay on top of. After

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years of the town's nonchalance, I no
longer trust that. So, I supervise it

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myself. I've tracked deadlines, caught
delays, followed up, and attended court.

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I do not work for the town, but the
town's own attorneys have now caused

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three preventable delays. Eight more
weeks lost. My third entire summer gone.

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The town has expressed frustration to me
about the town's own performance. The

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town has shown patience and financial
concern for people who refuse to comply,

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cooperate, or even communicate.
Meanwhile, as my hardships pile up, the

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town reminds me of their rights and
tells me repeatedly that this case is

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unusual because, quote, "Most people
comply. Again and again, I pay the price

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for the town's cavalier words and
actions. Town government is responsible

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for the safety and wellbeing of its
residents. I came to my government

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because an unimaginable harm is being
imposed on me.

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I needed help and I didn't get it. For
you, this is paperwork, but for me, it's

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my life. Even when the town acts, a lack
of follow-through and oversight allows

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preventable failures to continue. From
the start and over and over since, the

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town has treated something severe in my
life like it can wait.

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In a case involving sewage, the only
unyielding supervision has been mine,

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and that is appalling. I need relief,
but I can't count on my town has hurt

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me.
Please consider how much of this you

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would tolerate before you felt violated
in your own home and abandoned by your

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town. How many summers would you give up
while having to make sure your own

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government holds itself accountable?
The next Supreme Court date is September

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9th. I expect my elected leaders to one,
make sure the town's paid legal

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representatives are prepared for
possible outcomes and next steps, and

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two, regardless of how the court rules,
treat this with urgency until there is

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compliance or consequences. Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you,
John McCack.

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Again, John McCack.

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Good evening, everyone. I want to take a
few moments to thank the people who

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stepped up when the tornado hit our
neighborhood and left so many families

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facing a difficult and frightening
situation. First, I want to recognize

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our town highway department. Mike, uh
you were there when the roads were

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blocked, trees were down, and our
community needed help. Your hard work,

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long hours, and dedication helped begin
the process of getting our neighborhoods

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back on its feet. We are grateful for
everything you did. I also want to thank

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our first responders and all emergency
services. The men and women who answered

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the call, assessed the damage, helped
keep people safe, and responded to the

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needs of our residents deserve our
deepest appreciation. In a crisis, we

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count on you and showed up for our
community. But most importantly, I want

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to thank the citizens of Wilton who came
out to help their neighbors. You didn't

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wait to be asked. You saw someone who
needed help, and you stepped forward.

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You cleared branches, checked on
families, helped clean up, and offered a

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helping hand wherever it was needed.
That is what makes a community strong. A

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tornado can damage homes, knock down
trees, and disrupt our lives. But it

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cannot destroy the spirit of a community
that cares about one another. And that

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spirit was on full display right here in
our neighborhood. To every person who

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picked up a chainsaw, moved a branch,
checked on a elderly neighbor, helped a

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family, or simply showed up to lend a
hand, thank you. Your kindness and

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generosity made a big difference. We
often talk about what makes a town a

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great place to live. It's not just our
roads, our parks, and our buildings.

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It's the people who live here. It's its
willingness to stand together when times

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are tough. And after this storm, I could
not be prouder of our community. Thank

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you to our highway department, our first
responders, all emergency services, and

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especially our neighbors. You reminded
us when one of us is hurting, we all

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come together. That's what kind of
community we are and that's the kind of

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community we will continue to be. Thank
you and God bless Wilton Strong.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you, John.

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» Mike Bryce,

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» I'd like to ask you guys something here
because it's been going around on social

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media. Why? When you Google the town of
Wilton, it comes up. The town of Wilton

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consists of town supervisor Tony Stern,
deputy supervisor Conor Ruin, and Joe

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Conneal.
Okay. The board holds regular meetings

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on the first Thursday of every month,
700 p.m. Then states, key town

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officials. Tony Stern, town supervisor.
Conor Ruin, deputy town supervisor. Joe

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Canaly, town board member. Sue Baldwin,
town clerk, Mike Monroe, highway

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superintendent. David Town, and Chad
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Why the two longest standing members on
this board are not on it. Okay. It's

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very deceiving for people who have voted
for them, who might want to get in

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contact with them, or know more of
what's going on, and they're eliminated

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from the website. Why is that? And just
so you know, I already showed it to them

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if you'd like to see it.
>> Could we see it?

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» When did they come up?
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I know of.
>> Mike, is that the website or just

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Google?
>> It's a Google AI summary.

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» It's just a Google we can't control.
>> I Googled Maro, Boston, numerous ones.

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They show everybody. So, somebody put
your names on there, but they eliminated

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those names. Mike curious why that is.
>> The people who control the algorithm of

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Google are the people who own Google.
>> Okay. So they that's your answer. I'm

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just asking is that's your answer?
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website people are listed. So it's
peculiar and it's puzzling but

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» it's very deceiving. I find that they
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ago. They were on it. Every board member
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» So we do some googling here.
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» And I have it right here now. Uh maybe
it's on there now, but this was been

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going on social media for a while now
why they've been eliminated. So that's

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the question to you.
>> But that's a Google issue. It's not.

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» But even so, as the town supervisor, you
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should try to check into it. I correct
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» Do you have Do you have a bio on the
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» I think I do.
>> Do you have a bio on the website? Yeah,

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I think so. Do you have a bio on the
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» So, I just I just entered into Google a
question. Who are the Town of Wilton,

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New York board members? Tony Sturm,
Connor Rowan, Joe Connealy, Aaron

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Culligan, Rainbow Conor.
>> Well, here it is. I mean, I I did it

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only because it's been on social media.
And that's what's coming up.

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» Okay.
>> What? You can't believe everything you

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see on the internet?
>> Uhoh.

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» All right. Is there anybody else?
>> Yes. Lee Townson,

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come on up, Lee.
>> Yeah, you you have to speak in the

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microphone or else it doesn't go into
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Please,

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Mount McGregor Road. I just have a
question as to political signs and what

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is the point that they should be out
within the town. I was under the

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understanding that it was September 19th
before they should be displayed.

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» I haven't seen any.
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primaries.
>> There's all I know is going up the

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Corinth Mountain Road
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that have been posted.
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Constantinos and one Blake Jendabine
that those are left over from the

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primaries.
cuz the Yeah, the new code is 45 days

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before the event or before the
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So, should they be reending?
>> So, I can I can speak to this. I saw the

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gend park signs and I knew that they
didn't comply. I emailed Steve and I

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said, Steve, cuz he's the chair of the
Dems and I said, can you please reach

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out to the Gend campaign and have them
these removed because they're not

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compliant with the town. And I I he did
he loo me in and I I think I think

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they're gone. Are they not gone?
>> I didn't personally remove them, but I

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reach out to the John Dean campaign and
advise them that that's that's the

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regulation within this town.
>> Yeah. So I think if if there is a sign

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that isn't compliant that it it should
because they shouldn't be there and if

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they're maybe left over from the from
the campaign, maybe they're not. Uh

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reaching out to
>> remove all of them. It would not I

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wouldn't get arrested or saw these
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think the cleanest way
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» agree I think the cleanest way to do it
would be to reach out to John Hurley he

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can reach out to both of the uh the
chairs of the parties and they can

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coordinate it with the campaigns
>> and since it's so far out of cycle I

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think our code enforcement people can
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so we'll we can do that.
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» I didn't sign up. Would I be allowed to
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» We have one more person. Oh, so we'll do
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Good evening. First, I'd like to thank
Sandy, Sue, Josh. I've been requesting

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documents under the project, and they've
been very helpful. This is my third

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month speaking on the Car Jones project,
trying to show the board how this

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project misses the intent of traffic
plumbing that we were promised in our

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comp plan. This appears to be a
traditional roundabout design to satisfy

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peak hour traffic that will be right for
misuse at any other time. The

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traditional designs of yesterday led to
the traffic problems of today and the

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traditional designs of today are going
to lead to to traffic problems of

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tomorrow.
What are the issues this project is

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addressing? First, we're trying to fix
intersections with delays and crash

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rates above the state average. A
roundabout makes sense for those issues.

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Second, our residents are constantly
asking for help with speeding vehicles

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in the area. And third, this is a
Keystone project meant to finally bring

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pedestrian access into the corridor.
But vehicle speed is the number one risk

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to pedestrians. How does it make sense
to introduce pedestrians into an area

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where speeding vehicles is an existing
problem that's not also directly

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addressed? Requests for speed limit
reductions have repeatedly found been

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found unwarranted. What can we do? We
can engineer traffic calming into our

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projects to reduce vehicle speed as
identified in our comp plan. Last month

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we discussed the idea that single lane
roundabouts are traffic calming. Like we

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learned in elementary school, a square
is always a rhombus, but a rhombus isn't

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necessarily a square. In the same way, a
single lane roundabout can have traffic

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calming applied to it. But simply being
a single lane roundabout does not

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necessarily make traffic control traffic
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Would a thousand ft roundabout be
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traffic calming is inherent to
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because it's not to roundabouts. Is the
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that quantify it as traffic?
Please see the design plans and ask if

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these roundabouts have sufficient
deflection to slow traffic. What other

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elements of traffic calming are
incorporated in this traffic caling

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project? Why are some of the most
obvious traffic calming measures absent

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like pedestrian bunk house and compound
curves in the approaches? It's likely

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because traffic calming was never
requested. Our RFQ did not solicit

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traffic calling for design. The
engineer's proposal does not call for

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traffic caling in the design. I haven't
yet reviewed the contract to see the

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scope services. I don't know if traffic
calming was identified there. How can

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this be called a traffic calming project
if traffic calming design was never

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requested? Last month, we learned that
the project is increasing by 1.6 million

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for cost overruns and landscaping. I
asked the town to consider a better use

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of those funds would be to include
actual traffic calming measures to

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address vehicle speed as the residents
are constantly requesting. Thank you.

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» Thank you. Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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» Could I ask the question? What am I
looking at here?

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» Those are my markups from the design
plans. Um I hope they give a little bit

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more maybe a visual understanding to my
words. So the reds are your

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recommendations or
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you can see where this vehicle path is
deflected. They have to go around the

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roundabout. This path, they have a
slight deflection that they have to that

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would be like a change lane kind of
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but this appears like it's just a wide
open curve and I don't see any

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deflection in it. Same thing for the
other intersection. And this is just a

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general idea. The black arrow is the
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A deflection or an appropriate
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before they come to the circle so they
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» Thank you.

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» Um, anybody else who wants to please
speak? Steve,

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» Steve Jurian, uh, 8 Woodland Drive. Uh,
just a a quick um comment in regard to

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the criticism of the lack of attribution
for our board members. Uh the town

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website very clearly lists elected
officials and they have the most senior

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at the top, Aaron and Ray. Uh you were
there and uh and then the rest of the

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board is is mentioned in total. So no
one was slated or left out. There was a

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picture missing of of Supervisor Stern.
However, so perhaps we will donate a

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picture to that. That would be

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» Thank you.

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The next item, uh, request a motion to
approve the pending minutes

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with the corrections as have been
submitted.

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» I'll make a motion to approve the
minutes with the so noted corrections

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» or amendments.
>> We have a second.

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» Okay. All in favor? I.
>> Any opposed or abstensions? Okay. Motion

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passes unanimously.
Next item, uh, follow up on the tornado

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event. Um,
you know, some of you here have lived

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through the reality of having trees fall
down, holes in your homes, um, losing

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electricity for many days. And what John
McCackan said was really, really

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beautiful that it really evidenced the
town people coming together, the

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incredible hard work of our highway
department, um, and all the first

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responders who were out and about. Um it
was a very trying time and they really

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put themselves out and the highway
department continues to be working every

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single day clearing brush. The the roads
are completely open now. A lot of the

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brush piles have been cleared, you know,
at least two times. Um and we're going

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to continue picking that up
periodically. Um, we engaged a tree

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company with largecale equipment to help
us and they were able to do a lot of the

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big clearing along some of the major
roads much quicker. Um, and I know

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people were very frustrated that it
seemed to take a long time to get into

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the smaller neighborhoods, especially
the one around Glenn Bernie and that

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whole neighborhood that was especially
hard hit. But the town's priority always

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has to be the major roads first to be
able to get first responders to

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different parts of town. Um, and I think
it's wonderful that the residents in

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those heavily hit neighborhoods, they
banded together and they cleared. They

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did a lot of the road clearing
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community just shown in terms of their
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as well. Um, so I and there's was no
reported injuries at all, which is truly

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remarkable
if you see, you know, when you go online

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and you see the swaths of of trees down.
So I I think as a community we can be

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proud of ourselves. Um, there was
frustrations with town hall's

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communication to the residents and
that's something that I've been looking

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into. Somebody at our emergency town
hall meeting Monday morning mentioned,

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"Well, what about the reverse 911
system?" It doesn't exist anymore. Um,

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what there is instead is a system that's
been rolled out um by the county goes by

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the acronym Wens WS, wireless emergency
notification system. And I had posted it

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on our website maybe 6 weeks ago
encouraging people to sign up for it.

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And now I'm really encouraging people to
sign up for it. There's a the bright

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orange paper on the side there. It's got
a QR code. It was it will be posted

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again prominently on our website. Um I
think there's even handouts, paper

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copies.
>> Um that is for Homeland Security

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emergency service. Okay. So that's to u
submit a claim if

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» so there's that's a separate thing.
Yeah. So, um, so there also is listed a

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link to go if you don't have a
smartphone to take pictures.

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somebody out in the audience we know
still doesn't but um

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there's the link on the county and you
can also go to the county website to the

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department of emergency management and
right there there's like four options

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and one of them is sign up for emergency
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and agenda and al yes yes it's and it's
listed on the agenda as well and what

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that allows us unfortunately it relies
on the on the public to do the active

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signing up. Um, but it then will allow
us to post notifications

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to reach out to people that we'll be
able to post ourselves without going

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through getting our website provider to
post something on the website. So, it

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can be really instantaneous.
Um, and so we're working on that. The

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other mechanism for us reaching out to
people is through the town email. And

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that's another thing that you know we're
working on posting more and more things

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and reaching out to people. So I'm we'll
encourage people on our main main page

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of the town website on the left hand
side there's a whole row of you know

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items to do and near the top or
somewhere up there is sign up for town

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email. Um so we're really encouraging
people to do that cuz that will also

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allow us to communicate faster and
better. And we're working with our um

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internet provider, not our internet, but
our webpage provider because things

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postings and the email has always had to
go through them to place these things

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and you know on a Friday night or when
we're down and phone service is down and

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our email is down. So, we're going to
reclaim control over our email account

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to be able to ourselves just shoot out
emails to people um which will allow

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obviously much faster communication. Um
one of the things we talked about at the

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emergency meeting was um we talked about
the extent of the pickup of tree debris,

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branches and things like that um and non
uh tree debris. So, our tree to be

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debris pickup, we're going to finish at
this point have the last put out of

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bundles and and just debris within that
ride ofway. So, it needs to be right up

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close to the road Sunday, September
13th. So, people have two more weekends

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to get stuff out and then we'll be
coming around Monday and perhaps Tuesday

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if need be. But people need that's the
end where people have to put their tree

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debris out right next to the road. Um
we're working with the county to be able

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to pick up similar debris from, you
know, houses that are on the county

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roads and we still haven't contacted
fully with the state to to find out, you

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know, when they're going to be doing
that and if they'll be doing that for a

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more extended time. Um,
we I spoke with people or we spoke with

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people at County Waste and those people
who have County Waste as their trash

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service, they they pick up 10 bags of of
yard waste free and I push them to

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increase that to 15 or 20 bags with each
round where they come around. And I

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haven't heard back from them, but to
remind people if you're a county waste

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person, you've got at least 10 bags that
they'll pick up each time. Cassella or

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Twin Bridges, whatever they're known as
now, has no limit on their bags. And

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they do accept sticks and things tied
up. You don't have to tie up your sticks

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because we'll be picking up sticks. But
they clearly said, "Don't put any sticks

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in the bags. We will not pick up a bag
if we see sticks in it." So, um, but

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that's already been their policy, so
it's just a reminder. Um, building

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debris, we had talked about at the
emergency board meeting. Um, and

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Ry had some connections through Veterans
Connections, a company called Jay Dog

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that picks up refu um building debris,
things like that. And we weren't able to

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get a commitment from them of a reduced
price, but they did say that if volume

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is sufficient, they will do that. So
that's one possibility you could try or

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any of one of the 1800 got junk junk
something like that. We've also arranged

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for two rolloff big trash collection
things. Um, one dumpsters. Yes, sorry.

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Um, one at Gavin Park and one at Town
Hall. They will be available for people

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to bring things to. Not
yard weight, not trees and and leaves,

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but construction type debris starting
this Wednesday for 2 weeks. However, no

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sheet metal, no concrete, no
electronics, no hazardous material. And

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that will go up on our website and the
email list again tomorrow to make sure

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that that's clear. And we'll put signs
on those dumpsters. So, the one at Gavin

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Park is going to be right off the
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Street exit parking lot. So, if you come
in Beverly Street, the closest parking

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lot, and at Town Hall here, it'll be
sort of to the side or behind the senior

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center. So, it will be easily visible
and we're asking people to go just

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during daylight hours, but that allows
them to do that on the weekends as well.

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Um,
and there's one final thing to that

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we're asking people who experienced
storm damage to sign up for. There's a

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um Department of Homeland Security puts
out a self-reported damage report. It's

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five pages of, you know, just a few
lines on each page. So, if you

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experienced any storm damage, so that's
going to be posted on our website

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tomorrow and that helps um FEMA
determine and the county determine what

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the extent of damage is for homeowners
in the county. For FEMA to consider this

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eligible for federal level aid has two
qualifiers and both have to be met. One

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is that Saratoga County must be able to
say that they had over $1.14 million in

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damage and that doesn't include what you
pay tree companies to clean up. It's

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structural damage. And then New York
State requires many, many millions. I'm

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forgetting how much it is. And it does
not seem that the state had much more

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activity other than in Saratoga County.
But the last one I spoke to people from

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the state yesterday, they felt that it
probably won't be declared at the state

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level, but it was too early to tell. So
that whole FEMA declaration is still

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pending in the air. Um,

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and I guess I'm going to ask for since
this is a sort of active issue if

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anybody has any questions from the
audience at this point in time on that

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item before we move on.

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Yes.
>> I'm just curious, have you decided to do

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or considered doing a debrief of
everybody? And does the town have an

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emergency response plan? They do.
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be doing a debrief and sort of convene
an emergency management group to review

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and to update things and to to sort of
and and I'm thinking of actually asking

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the county um cuz there's a lot of new
supervisors that came in this year and a

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lot of us who were elected in 2025 and
have two-year terms. We have to run

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again now. So there might even be
another batch of new supervisors um not

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in the cities. So, Saratoga Springs,
they kept their two-year terms, but the

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rest of us got cut one year short
because of the change in election law to

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see if they would be interested in doing
or or even sending their emergency

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management supervisor to Andre um Andre
Delvo to us to to work through stuff

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with us cuz a lot of emergency issues
come everything funnels down from the

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county down. But this was an issue that
happened and it was really limited to

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Wilton. So everything had to trickle up.
Um so yes, we will be reviewing that and

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as I said, we're updating our
communication systems to be able to

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really more readily reach out to people.
>> Might be useful to find a community

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aspect of that too because the people
are impacted obviously concerns but some

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of them can't be solved by the town.
They have to deal with them themselves.

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but to also have that opportunity for
people just to sit down and hear what

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the plan is. And I I kind of look
quickly, but I didn't find one. So I I

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was just curious to know how your record
gets updated is like comprehensive plan.

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» I mean, it was actually updated
partially in this year in 2026. There's

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a bunch of updates. Um but like that
what people thought existed, the reverse

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911 doesn't exist anymore and it's now
this new system. Um so which people have

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to sign up for
>> it should be like a playbook of sorts.

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We did it with some of my past work. We
work homeland security at bigger

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scenarios for more than this way.
>> Yeah.

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» Right. So, and
>> stuff like that. But the point is it

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gives people a playbook to work with so
that if you're preoccupied with somebody

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supervisor, maybe Ryan can handle it or
Connor, but everybody's got to be a

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player. So it's it's not one person
should bone you stop there but it's a

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team.
>> Right. Right. So yes and um we also put

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up um based on the meeting on Monday
people said can you help us? We feel

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overwhelmed. Are we getting fleeced by
the contractors coming the roofers? So,

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um, Connor put together a really nice
outline of, you know, things to do,

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things to look out for, and that got
posted Monday evening on our website, as

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well as, you know, the first iteration
of, you know, what what we're doing in

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terms of debris pickup and we'll have,
you know, sort of updates then again

413
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:11,840
posted tomorrow. Um, so
yes, Brenda,

414
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:17,760
» I have a question. So you're saying that
the orange sheet on the wall that is

415
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:20,720
that new system that you mentioned WPS?
>> Yes.

416
00:33:18,799 --> 00:33:26,559
» Because the one out here is if you have
a problem to report.

417
00:33:23,279 --> 00:33:32,480
» That's different. Yes. So the the orange
one is is the same as the QR code on our

418
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:39,120
agenda and it's the office of emergency.
It's the wireless notification, the

419
00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:44,720
Inspiron logics blah blah blah.
But there is in addition to to submit a

420
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:49,120
claim.
>> No, I just wanted to be sure that they

421
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:54,240
were because I have this one in hand. I
just wanted to be sure this is not the

422
00:33:50,799 --> 00:33:59,679
one to submit a claim. No, I scanned it
to that is that is on a separate piece

423
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:03,279
of paper over there and it is just a
link. They didn't have a QR code,

424
00:34:01,679 --> 00:34:06,159
» but it's basically the same thing. The
sheriff's the sheriff's notice whatever.

425
00:34:05,519 --> 00:34:09,760
Yeah,
>> the link. No. Oh, yes. Correct. Same

426
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:15,599
thing. Yeah.
>> Right. But these it's not a submit a

427
00:34:12,399 --> 00:34:21,639
claim. It's submit self-reported damage.
So it doesn't put you in. Yeah. So

428
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,639
» Okay.

429
00:34:21,919 --> 00:34:28,800
» All right. I also just want to say thank
you to Mike from the highway department.

430
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:35,040
It's actually the tornado was a week ago
today for the tornadoes and it is

431
00:34:32,879 --> 00:34:39,520
unbelievable to me how quickly we were
able to get the roads back open. And a

432
00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:45,119
lot of that most of that is because Mike
and his team were incredibly responsive,

433
00:34:41,919 --> 00:34:50,560
came prepared with uh with an action
plan with people we needed to work with

434
00:34:48,159 --> 00:34:55,760
um to get things up and running quickly.
Um very communicative. I spoke to him,

435
00:34:53,119 --> 00:35:02,920
you know, early mornings on the weekend.
Uh, so just want to say thank you and

436
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,920
the town appreciates us.

437
00:35:07,359 --> 00:35:16,800
» Thank you for your leadership, Mike.
>> Thank you. I will pass it on to

438
00:35:13,119 --> 00:35:20,079
» I'm sure they're all sleeping well
for 30hour blocks.

439
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:25,599
» Every time I wait in the neighborhood
today, they were still making their way

440
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:31,119
back.
And and I have to say also, Richard

441
00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:36,000
Sears Tree Company has been pretty
amazing. I mean, we had a limited

442
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:41,839
contract with them to help us with the
big stuff cuz they have like a 40in

443
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:47,440
chipper and these incredible machines.
Um, but they then went on looking around

444
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:52,079
for the elderly widow who's overwhelmed,
who is freaked out by, you know, the

445
00:35:50,079 --> 00:35:58,560
quotes she's getting from tree companies
and and they've helped several of those

446
00:35:54,560 --> 00:36:02,960
individuals. So, um, and you know,
they've been pretty remarkable and and I

447
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:07,359
think he's still available. So, if
anybody knows of somebody who kind of

448
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:11,280
fits that bill, who's really needy and
and just can't afford um cuz I'm sure

449
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:14,640
there's a certain amount of scalping
that goes on with what the tree

450
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:16,960
companies are claiming.
>> I have a lot of friends who live over

451
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:22,680
there. It sounds like a lot of the
companies are starting to undercut each

452
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:22,680
other, so they're ending up with

453
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:30,240
» they're ending up with better deals.
>> Yeah. Markets work. But friends of mine

454
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:36,880
that needed to take down stuff with
Sears because they stepped up so big.

455
00:36:33,119 --> 00:36:39,520
They were doing stuff at no charge just
to help out. The neighbors were buying

456
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:44,880
them pizza.
>> I mean it was it was a great community

457
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:47,760
effort in a tough time.
>> Very generous.

458
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:53,839
» Um if if I could mention just for a
second, Supervisor Sturm uh mentioned uh

459
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:58,480
Jay Dog junk removal and hauling. Um, I
I've used them in the past and a reason

460
00:36:56,240 --> 00:37:02,560
I became familiar with them is uh
they're a veteranowned business and have

461
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:08,560
been supportive of veteran causes that
I'm involved with. And um and the way

462
00:37:05,359 --> 00:37:11,920
they work is if you call them um they'll
come to your home, they'll take a look

463
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:16,000
at what you have and there's no charge
for that. They'll tell you, you know, of

464
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:20,160
the materials you have, what they can
take away and how much it would cost you

465
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:23,839
and you're under no obligation to use
them. And there are other services as

466
00:37:21,599 --> 00:37:28,400
well that are available in our area, you
know, if uh if you want to be

467
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:36,599
competitive and see what best deal you
can get. But uh but but I I found them

468
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:36,599
personally to be a good reliable outfit.

469
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:48,560
» All right. Um on to next item agenda.
Um, Saratoga Plan is um um

470
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:54,000
seating their conservation easement at
the property around the Kings Mill

471
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:56,480
development. Um, Ryan, do you want to
talk about that? There's not much to

472
00:37:55,839 --> 00:38:00,800
say, but
>> say they're just uh taking over the

473
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:04,079
conservation surrounding Kings Mill
property.

474
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:08,400
» Wilton is taking it over because it is
land that the town of Wilton owns. Kings

475
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:13,680
Mills is an older development, but it's
got streets that reach out and then so

476
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:15,839
the conservation land kind of these
fingers

477
00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:18,320
» on the town land.
>> So it's really duplicative to have

478
00:38:17,359 --> 00:38:20,480
another agency
>> just protected.

479
00:38:19,119 --> 00:38:22,240
» Yeah. All right.
>> Super.

480
00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:23,839
» No.
>> No. No.

481
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:28,480
» All right.
>> So, um, request a motion for resolution.

482
00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:31,280
» I'll make a motion for the assignment of
the conservation ement.

483
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:35,200
» I'll second.
>> Okay. All in favor? I.

484
00:38:33,359 --> 00:38:42,240
» Any opposed?
Thank you. Motion passes unanimously.

485
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:47,040
Next item, uh, report
sort of not quite quarterly. It's a

486
00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:52,000
month over. I think
>> Margo Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park.

487
00:38:50,079 --> 00:38:56,640
And I don't was it at our request that
you delayed the I I think we did.

488
00:38:54,240 --> 00:39:03,200
» It was your request and then it was my
request cuz last month I I went to

489
00:38:59,599 --> 00:39:07,760
Montana for my grandbaby a month early.
So, congrats.

490
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:12,800
» Thank you. Thank you. And I also see in
the agenda today, I did not bring a

491
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:20,079
PowerPoint presentation cuz I know you
wanted to kind of keep things moving.

492
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:25,920
So, um, so I just honoring people's
time. Um, so the report that I submitted

493
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:32,960
to the town board that you should all
have, um, it does cover our activities

494
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:37,520
through the end of the summer. Um, so it
covers everything that happened in the

495
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:43,440
second quarter, but then also because
the summer just ended, I included those

496
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:48,640
as well. So talking about uh what we've
been doing with the Larry Gordon Outdoor

497
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:53,520
Education Center that the uh building
the old winter lodge was demolished and

498
00:39:51,119 --> 00:39:58,000
again thanks to the highway department,
the building department who were able to

499
00:39:55,680 --> 00:40:02,400
get that done. We covered the costs of
that as we discussed at the town board

500
00:39:59,839 --> 00:40:06,960
meeting and so now we're moving on with
the next phase um and looking into

501
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:11,760
developing building that will then
replace that one that has been taken

502
00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:15,520
down. Um we just we got a survey done at
that area cuz again with the new site

503
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:21,040
work we need to know where the lay of
the land is. Ray and Ryan came out to

504
00:40:18,079 --> 00:40:28,079
help with that. Uh we had a surveyor who
named Matt Steves from Steve Matt Steves

505
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:32,079
» came and they uh Proono uh did the
points that we needed out there and that

506
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:38,560
information went to the LA group. Again,
Proono is developing the site plan so

507
00:40:35,119 --> 00:40:43,119
that we'll be ready to move ahead uh
hopefully as we move into the fall with

508
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:49,040
um the Ray Gordon Outdoor Education
Center. Um,

509
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:53,119
so I know the town is really I I think
the most interested in many times in

510
00:40:51,359 --> 00:40:57,839
what the programming is and how we're
serving the public. Um, so in the report

511
00:40:56,319 --> 00:41:02,800
you can see the list of all the
different public programs that we had.

512
00:41:00,319 --> 00:41:08,079
So again, all of the spring programs and
then running into the summer. Um, and we

513
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:12,319
make uh make a big effort to try to
reach all different audiences all the

514
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:16,720
way from preschoolers up through
retirees through the Academy for

515
00:41:14,720 --> 00:41:21,680
Lifelong Learning doing walks with those
retirees and preschool nature hour and

516
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:26,640
other programs so that we are covering
all of the different uh people in our

517
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:32,000
community who are looking for activities
and programming. Uh so a lot of of

518
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:37,200
course science and natural history and
environmental based programs but also a

519
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:42,560
lot of incorporating the arts into
nature as well. So we have different uh

520
00:41:40,079 --> 00:41:47,119
nature writing in nature painting in
nature sketching the sand plains

521
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:50,079
different kinds of programs that attract
different kinds of people and their

522
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:54,800
interest in getting them out onto the
properties at Camp Saratoga out on the

523
00:41:52,079 --> 00:41:59,440
trails out in nature which we all know
is beneficial to people. And again,

524
00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:03,520
there's a very long list. I know Aeron's
always looking at that list of all the

525
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:07,359
different schools and community groups
that we work with with these school

526
00:42:05,599 --> 00:42:12,560
after school and then the summer camp
programs. So, um we work with, you know,

527
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:17,040
from all over. I feel feel like we take
care of our local schools really well

528
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:23,200
and then also, you know, a broader
community um reaching down to Albany

529
00:42:19,839 --> 00:42:27,760
County and Wler County and Warren County
and so the surrounding areas. So really

530
00:42:25,599 --> 00:42:35,200
regionally um we're reaching all of
those. Um so looking at um the graph

531
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:38,800
there with the second quarter attendance
um I left it as the second quarter

532
00:42:37,359 --> 00:42:42,880
because I wanted it to be able to be
compared to past second quarters. So

533
00:42:41,119 --> 00:42:46,800
this does not include the numbers from
the summer programs. You'll get that

534
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:52,400
when you have the third quarter report.
Uh but I was kind of blown away to see

535
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:57,680
that it was over was 30% over the second
quarter of last year and our wildlife

536
00:42:55,359 --> 00:43:01,599
festival some of you were there um was
huge like at least double what it has

537
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:06,400
been in past years in terms of people
coming. So that was part of that

538
00:43:03,359 --> 00:43:10,800
increase but also the welcome cabin um
having people come in and stop at this

539
00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:14,560
newly renovated building parking lot
there at Saratoga. People are stopping

540
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:19,280
in for maps, stopping in for
information, coming in for programs. And

541
00:43:17,119 --> 00:43:23,119
so 20% of that number is people who were
stopping in the cabin. And just in case

542
00:43:21,839 --> 00:43:27,200
you asked, I looked and thought, well,
how many people have come so far this

543
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:32,319
year? And we're at over 3,000. Just over
3,000 people have stopped through the

544
00:43:29,839 --> 00:43:36,640
door of the welcome cabin this year so
far. So um those are all just really you

545
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:40,960
know it's exciting to see that when
you're working on things and then to get

546
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:44,079
this kind of validation that you know
they always say if you build it they

547
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:49,839
will come from
>> it is happening it is happening. So um

548
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:56,960
so those are kind of the main points
that I wanted to make. I also wanted to

549
00:43:52,880 --> 00:44:02,480
um thank Ryan um and all of the trail
stores uh tornado update from us as

550
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:08,240
well. you know, as you pass just souths
of Camp Ser Road. Um, so I went flying

551
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:12,240
up there to see and all the buildings
were good, but um, the trails, the

552
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:17,680
county trails at Eden Road are going to
be closed probably for some time cuz

553
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:24,560
there's tremendous tree damage on on the
southern part of that parcel. Um, and

554
00:44:21,359 --> 00:44:28,400
then, um, at the town's Neilman parcel,
our stewards went out and there's a lot

555
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:34,720
again, the other tornado went through
there. So, um, so we have it posted as

556
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:39,920
closed on the advice of, uh, of the town
to close Neilman for now. But I did get

557
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:44,480
a report from the county right at the
end of the day today that they have

558
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:48,400
cleared the county trails at Calvis
Perry. So, I take that to be that the

559
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:49,920
bike trails are still closed. The
county,

560
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:55,839
» there's a lot of trees in the bike
trails, Calvis Perry, and also the state

561
00:44:52,000 --> 00:45:01,200
trails entry back from Rose. State crews
were in there. the uh the rangers

562
00:44:58,319 --> 00:45:05,839
clearing trees too.
>> So that's that's our report on the the

563
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:11,520
tornado as well. And so our trail
stewards again are out there and they're

564
00:45:08,720 --> 00:45:16,079
GPSing trees down and then we send it to
the state to the county. We get every so

565
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:24,079
that everybody knows and so we can
update them on the trails as well.

566
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:31,040
I was out on the trails um following the
vicinity of Camp Saratoga and you'd

567
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:32,560
never know that you had a storm.
>> Yeah.

568
00:45:31,359 --> 00:45:36,640
» And there were Yeah, there weren't as
many just like a normal storm, you know,

569
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:43,520
there trees coming down, but when I came
in Friday morning to check on things, I

570
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:47,359
believe the the car the the the forest
ranger had already cleared the trail

571
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:53,359
that was blocking the way up to Camp
Saratoga. And then Roy and Greg were

572
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:58,480
taking down the trees that fell in and
around Camp Saratoga. They already had

573
00:45:55,200 --> 00:46:04,160
those cleared up. So, um, so
>> quick action by everybody.

574
00:46:00,240 --> 00:46:09,720
» Yes. Yes. Absolutely. Absolutely. So,
thank you everyone. And I don't know if

575
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,720
anyone has any other questions.

576
00:46:10,079 --> 00:46:16,160
Our our fall fundraiser is coming up. So
some of you will hopefully and most of

577
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:19,839
you will be able to get your hope your
invitations in the mail while the bell

578
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:25,520
blue will be wishing well again. This
year we are honoring Ann and Ethan

579
00:46:21,839 --> 00:46:29,680
Winter for creating helping create the
wonderful graphite range community

580
00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:35,680
forest here in the town of Wilton um in
partnership with the county and the town

581
00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:39,720
also helps with that.
>> Great. Thank you.

582
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,720
» Thank you.

583
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:51,200
Okay. Uh the next item
is a request for a motion for a 30-day

584
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:54,480
waiver uh for their liquor license for
Canopy.

585
00:46:53,359 --> 00:46:58,400
» Second.
>> And all in favor?

586
00:46:56,000 --> 00:47:03,599
» I. Anyone opposed?
>> Okay. Motion passes unanimously. And

587
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:08,800
Sue, this is a temporary. They're
changing over to offering liquor. Yes,

588
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:14,800
they they don't have anything now. they
they can't offer your wine. So, so yes,

589
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:19,160
this just expedites their their ability
to start.

590
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:29,119
Next item um is the addition of an
electrical inspector to the town

591
00:47:27,359 --> 00:47:34,400
approved list and this is for
residential inspections only. And the

592
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:40,800
inspector
is Timothy Staniac. uh he's got a

593
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:47,520
master's electrician's license.
So requesting and we have a list of in

594
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:52,880
certified approved electrical inspectors
uh in the town. So if anyone it would be

595
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:58,480
on in within the building department uh
listed on their pages.

596
00:47:55,920 --> 00:48:02,400
So,
sorry, Steve.

597
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:04,880
» Pardon?
>> We did it.

598
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:09,520
» We did.
It was so It was very quick.

599
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:16,960
» We were We were so efficient, Steve.
>> I must have been blinking.

600
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:22,800
» Um, so
yes. So requesting a motion to add uh

601
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:27,200
Timothy Staniac to our
approved electricians list.

602
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:36,119
» So just so I understand the vetting
process to for adding uh electrical

603
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:36,119
inspectors or others

604
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:45,440
» they have to basically submit their
credentials that they've been through.

605
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:49,520
» Mhm.
Once they've done that,

606
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:56,599
» okay,
they can be credential,

607
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:56,599
uh, residential, commercial.

608
00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:00,280
Okay.

609
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:09,040
» So, you're familiar with this level of
qualification or comfortable. Okay. And

610
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:15,359
this actually came up now in the tornado
with at least one person who had their

611
00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:19,599
meter box was outside of their residence
and then Nat Grid connected to it and

612
00:49:17,359 --> 00:49:24,400
Nat Grid needed them to have an
electrical inspector come and verify

613
00:49:22,319 --> 00:49:30,480
that the circuitry was safe from their
meter box so Nat Grid could then rering

614
00:49:27,119 --> 00:49:35,040
their wires to connect to it. Um, and it
was good to be able to give this person

615
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:38,880
a list because I think we had five
companies on the list, but each company

616
00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:42,240
has like five different people listed
individually.

617
00:49:40,240 --> 00:49:44,800
» So, this is if you don't know an
electrician.

618
00:49:43,119 --> 00:49:47,119
» It's not just an electrician, it's an
electrical inspector.

619
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:52,240
» Okay.
>> Many of which who are electricians.

620
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:55,280
» Perform electrical inspections.
>> You have to hire contract to do that.

621
00:49:54,559 --> 00:49:58,240
Got it.
>> So, it's typically every town has a

622
00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:01,119
list.
>> Mhm.

623
00:49:59,599 --> 00:50:02,960
That's what we got. Yeah.
>> All right. I'll make a motion to

624
00:50:02,240 --> 00:50:05,359
approve.
>> I'll second.

625
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:10,240
» All in favor?
>> I. Any opposed?

626
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:17,040
» Motion passes unanimously.
Next item um is a proposed amendment to

627
00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:23,280
the code uh building department fees and
those are those minor fees from 150 to

628
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:26,800
$300. There were two of them,
>> right? from the time when we had amended

629
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:33,280
the building department fees, but there
was a typo and that was corrected. Um,

630
00:50:30,319 --> 00:50:37,440
and that was actually the public
hearing, the first public hearing

631
00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:40,240
tonight that nobody had any comments on.
>> So, uh,

632
00:50:38,319 --> 00:50:44,720
» could I ask a quick question? Did all of
these recommended I know we voted on

633
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:48,480
this. Did all these recommendations go
through?

634
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:52,280
» Mhm.
>> H Okay.

635
00:50:52,720 --> 00:50:58,160
Yeah, because we the list on the
spreadsheet, we looked at all the

636
00:50:56,960 --> 00:51:00,880
surrounding communities. What?
>> No, I remember I remember doing this

637
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:05,680
list, but I remember having objections
to two things that I don't remember

638
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:10,119
approving that are on here as with check
mark. Um

639
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:14,920
I I'll look back through the minutes.

640
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:20,559
» I'm having this is on the accessory
structure, residential, and portable

641
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:24,640
storage unit. I don't have an issue with
this. Yeah. Is there a motion?

642
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:29,760
» Yeah. I'll make a motion to approve the
accessory structure, residential, and

643
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:32,800
portable uh storage unit um typo
amendments. I'll second.

644
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:35,359
» All in favor?
>> I.

645
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:38,839
» Any opposed?
>> Passes unanimously.

646
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:48,480
Maybe you made an objection, but we now
voted you.

647
00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:52,400
» Probably. You're probably a hostile
hostile actor.

648
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:56,160
Or maybe
>> I don't remember.

649
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:57,760
» Powers of persuasion such that we can
>> exactly.

650
00:51:56,720 --> 00:52:01,480
» We're going to have to Google that
later.

651
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:01,480
» Right. YEAH.

652
00:52:05,359 --> 00:52:17,040
» OKAY. Next item. Um
so this is about the uh changes to the

653
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:20,079
signs. Um and we're this was again part
of the this was one of the public

654
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:25,680
hearing items, right?
>> Um so I'm requesting an a motion to and

655
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:30,640
can I just clarify quickly of the two
things that the gentleman mentioned that

656
00:52:27,839 --> 00:52:34,559
his his two objections one the timing
for the election and two the reason

657
00:52:32,720 --> 00:52:37,520
we're doing it. One timing is not
applicable because we're doing it it's

658
00:52:35,839 --> 00:52:42,800
going into effect after the election on
December 1st. And two um why are we

659
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:47,680
doing it? It's because our current sign
code is unconstitutional and it's a big

660
00:52:45,599 --> 00:52:52,160
legal risk for the town to have it in
our code because anyone who challenges

661
00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:55,440
it, the whole thing will be thrown out.
So that's why this is something

662
00:52:53,839 --> 00:53:01,520
happening now and that is why we've
chosen the date at least for the motion

663
00:52:58,319 --> 00:53:06,319
to have it go into effect.
>> And actually didn't happen now. It

664
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:09,680
happened several months ago well before.
>> Yeah, this is around thection.

665
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:16,160
» We've had this has been Yeah, we had we
introduced it. We set a public hearing.

666
00:53:12,720 --> 00:53:20,720
We I think came back had some amendments
um and set another public hearing just

667
00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:24,000
because I you know just wanted it to be
ironclad that it's been introduced and

668
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:27,000
given enough time for the public to
consider.

669
00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:32,559
» All right. Um
next item

670
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:38,400
I'll make a motion to approve uh going
into effect December 1st. I'll second.

671
00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:41,880
» All in favor? I. Any opposed? The motion
passes unanimously.

672
00:53:42,240 --> 00:53:50,240
Next item, uh, building permit fee
waiver.

673
00:53:47,599 --> 00:53:54,760
Do we do we have
the verbiage of that?

674
00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:08,480
» I don't have it. But I also know that um
one of the wonderful

675
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:13,200
council that we have had a couple
changes that they wanted to make. So let

676
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:18,400
me pull those up. I didn't have an
opportunity to revise.

677
00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:22,839
» Was that your email, sir?
>> Yes. I think it

678
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:37,160
You have it.
I can read it if you'd like.

679
00:54:42,319 --> 00:54:51,359
I don't have it in that initial email.
I have it right here.

680
00:54:48,400 --> 00:54:57,839
I did send it. So the essence of it is
that the town is waving any building

681
00:54:54,720 --> 00:55:03,839
department permit fees resulting from
damages sustained in the recent storm.

682
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:08,000
Um and it's an extensive time period so
that the construction has to begin by

683
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:10,559
end of December.
>> End of December.

684
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:14,680
» So but if you want to go ahead with
>> Do you want me to read it?

685
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:14,680
» Email.

686
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:19,280
if you want to.
>> Yeah, I'll I'll read it and then and

687
00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:24,559
then we'll have a couple quick changes
to make to it as well. Resolution number

688
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:27,359
whatever of 2026 uh resolution
temporarily waving town building

689
00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:31,920
department fees for repairs related to
the August 27th, 2026 storm. Whereas the

690
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:35,599
severe storm and tornadoes of August
27th, 2026 caused substantial damage to

691
00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:39,280
homes and other properties within the
town of Wilton. And whereas the town

692
00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:42,480
board wishes to encourage the prompt and
safe repair of storm related properties

693
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:48,240
without imposing additional costs on
affected property owners. And whereas uh

694
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:51,119
chapter 4843 section 18 of the code of
the town of Wilton provides that the

695
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:55,280
building department fee schedule may be
established and amended by resolution of

696
00:55:52,559 --> 00:55:58,640
the town board. Now therefore, be it
resolved that the town board hereby

697
00:55:57,359 --> 00:56:01,920
temporarily amends the building
department fee schedule to wave all town

698
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:06,640
of building department permit and
inspection fees for work necessary to

699
00:56:04,559 --> 00:56:11,440
repair or replace property damages
result direct result of the August 27th,

700
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:15,119
2026 storm subject to the following.
One, the permit application must

701
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:20,079
identify the work as storm related and
be submitted on or before December 31st,

702
00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:24,240
2026. Two, the building inspector or
code enforcement officer John shall

703
00:56:22,720 --> 00:56:28,640
determine whether the work qualifies as
a repair or replacement of damage caused

704
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:31,599
by the August 27th, 2026 storm and may
request such information as is

705
00:56:30,079 --> 00:56:35,839
reasonably necessary to make the
determination. Three, the waiver applies

706
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:38,720
to repair or replacement of storm
related property, including work

707
00:56:37,119 --> 00:56:42,319
necessary to comply with current code
requirements, but does not apply to

708
00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:46,079
additions, expansions, or improvements
unrelated to the storm damage. where

709
00:56:44,559 --> 00:56:49,280
where an application includes both
qualifying and non-qualifying work.

710
00:56:47,839 --> 00:56:54,319
Ordinary fees shall apply to the
non-qualifying work. And four, the

711
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:57,680
waiver applies solely to fees imposed by
the town of Wilton building department

712
00:56:55,760 --> 00:57:01,359
and does not wave any fee imposed by
another governmental entity, third party

713
00:56:59,599 --> 00:57:04,960
inspection agency, other town department
of board, or outside consultant. Be it

714
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:08,799
further resolved that nothing herein
waves or modifies any permit,

715
00:57:06,559 --> 00:57:11,839
inspection, building code, zoning, or
other legal requirement applicable to

716
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:15,440
the work. Only the applicable town
building department fees waved. be it

717
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:19,119
further resolved that this resolution
shall take effect immediately and the

718
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:25,359
town board may extend the application
deadline by subsequent resolution.

719
00:57:22,079 --> 00:57:31,119
Uh ran this by the attorneys and they
recommend and I

720
00:57:27,520 --> 00:57:36,559
would like to amend to include language
uh adding or impede after wave and or

721
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:39,799
contractor after consultant in paragraph
number four.

722
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:48,000
If you want to take a minute to read it,
totally fine. I thought you had

723
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:50,720
» item four. Where?
>> Oh, paragraph paragraph number four.

724
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:59,480
» Yeah.
>> Um, add or impede after wave and or

725
00:57:55,119 --> 00:57:59,480
contractor after consultant.

726
00:58:00,079 --> 00:58:05,680
» So, it's not does not wave or impede.
>> Yes.

727
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:09,400
» At board or outside consultant or
contractor.

728
00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:09,400
» Yeah.

729
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:16,160
» Thank you.
I'll make a motion.

730
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:18,240
» I'll second it.
>> All in favor?

731
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:23,839
» I.
>> Any opposed or abstensions? Motion

732
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:29,440
passes unanimously.
Thank you.

733
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:34,319
Um the next item is
a discussion of the repaving of Hilltop

734
00:58:32,799 --> 00:58:39,440
Drive
and the first process in that will be

735
00:58:36,799 --> 00:58:43,200
milling that's done by Kubriki cuz we
don't have the capabilities to do that.

736
00:58:42,319 --> 00:58:46,960
Correct Mike?
>> Correct.

737
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:53,839
» Okay. And
there is a question that I'll pose to

738
00:58:49,280 --> 00:59:01,119
our legal counsel that there was issues
between some of the parties around that

739
00:58:56,480 --> 00:59:04,960
property that resulted in a lawsuit and
council has not been able to get some

740
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:12,400
information from results of that
lawsuit. But does the status of that

741
00:59:09,599 --> 00:59:16,640
make a difference? Can we go ahead and
fill our obligations that we have a

742
00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:19,839
letter of credit from them to complete
the paving?

743
00:59:18,319 --> 00:59:25,119
» One of the questions we had cuz this
been going on for years was did the town

744
00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:28,319
ever adopt accept Hilltop Drive as a
road?

745
00:59:26,160 --> 00:59:33,599
» If we didn't, it's not ours to do. And
we were trying to go back years of

746
00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:38,480
paperwork to find out if we actually
ever took over ownership of the road,

747
00:59:36,319 --> 00:59:42,559
which I think was very hard to find. But
then the lawsuits were also

748
00:59:40,960 --> 00:59:46,079
happening.
>> Right. The first part we have no clue

749
00:59:44,319 --> 00:59:49,920
and no development. Then is it I don't
know if it's on is on our trips

750
00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:53,680
inventory. I I don't know. I don't we
have no idea nor would we have a way of

751
00:59:51,760 --> 00:59:56,960
knowing if it's been formally adopted
except there's a town road whether it's

752
00:59:55,119 --> 01:00:01,680
on our trips inventory or anything else
or things that maybe um I don't know if

753
00:59:59,599 --> 01:00:06,160
Mike knows or not.
>> As far as I know it was. I have the

754
01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:09,599
file. I seem to recall it is also but I
could be wrong but um

755
01:00:08,079 --> 01:00:12,799
» well you know what it was there were
contingencies.

756
01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:17,440
I believe that they were contingencies
and we were trying to determine whether

757
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:21,520
the contingencies were fulfilled.
>> But Erin's absolutely 100% correct that

758
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:25,680
we've tried pretty hard to find out
details of the litigation and so far

759
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:29,839
we've been spun along by the parties and
the court doesn't have anything further

760
01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:34,079
to offer.
>> Where does that leave us? Are both

761
01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:38,880
parties
in in the lawsuit?

762
01:00:37,119 --> 01:00:41,880
Both parties in the lawsuit are still
lying.

763
01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:49,720
» Well, we we only know of the council for
one who made reference

764
01:00:50,319 --> 01:00:55,520
to a settlement agreement or a judgment
of the court, but only made the

765
01:00:54,079 --> 01:00:58,720
reference without attaching the
document. We tracked it down to the

766
01:00:57,200 --> 01:01:03,040
county clerk's office. found the
agreement or or order I can't remember

767
01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:07,680
which but what was not found with it was
whatever the substance was saying what

768
01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:12,640
does or doesn't happen to the road or
more importantly whose responsibility

769
01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:17,359
for portions of the road who is
responsible for portions of the road

770
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:20,400
» so that lawsuit specifically does
potentially impact

771
01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:24,160
» the outcome
>> that could

772
01:01:23,359 --> 01:01:28,720
we'll try again
>> I mean we had talked about blocking off

773
01:01:25,599 --> 01:01:32,240
the road not making accessible because
it's not safe, right, once you get to

774
01:01:31,119 --> 01:01:37,119
the top with the way that it's
crumbling. But there's also issues with

775
01:01:34,319 --> 01:01:41,599
drainage infrastructure up at the top
that's now becoming more exposed and the

776
01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:45,599
more time goes by.
>> Well, for sure, but if it's not our

777
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:50,160
problem, we shouldn't be paying for it.
And that's what it's we've just it's

778
01:01:48,720 --> 01:01:53,680
like kind of one rabbit hole after the
other. But I think we need to find out

779
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:58,000
whose responsibility it is.
>> Could I just You're

780
01:01:55,599 --> 01:02:04,400
» talking how much money
to repair pay that $100,000. Yeah.

781
01:02:01,599 --> 01:02:08,799
» Yeah. If we're getting stonewalled, who
the what are we asking the parties that

782
01:02:06,559 --> 01:02:13,040
are not giving us
>> an agreement that supposedly the parties

783
01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:18,160
made that was supposed to be part of the
recorded order, but wasn't

784
01:02:16,480 --> 01:02:24,720
» it wasn't part of the recorded order? I
mean, is it then is it legally binding?

785
01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:29,839
» Can't tell you unless we see it.
>> Fair. Is there uh like anything we any

786
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:34,079
action we could take that would require
that as a part of discovery?

787
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:36,880
» Only if we only if we started a
litigation action

788
01:02:35,040 --> 01:02:39,040
» and we would probably be cheaper to
start a litigation action.

789
01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:44,160
» We weren't a part of the original
action. So we so we're not involved

790
01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:46,720
legally in terms of discovery.
>> Who were the parties

791
01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:50,240
at
>> ruin and

792
01:02:49,359 --> 01:02:56,319
correct?
>> Okay. And can I ask when was this street

793
01:02:54,000 --> 01:03:00,559
built? 15 plus years ago.
>> Okay. But we're not clear on the records

794
01:02:57,920 --> 01:03:05,200
of town acceptance.
>> We talked about before this is that the

795
01:03:03,280 --> 01:03:08,880
lawsuit stated the road to be built the
town's backs and town was taken over but

796
01:03:07,040 --> 01:03:14,319
it was never built back so it was never
topped and the binder course that is

797
01:03:11,359 --> 01:03:18,000
there is crumbled and failed and we need
we need to take it all out and start

798
01:03:15,680 --> 01:03:22,079
over. So that 100,000 is just for
material. That doesn't include highway

799
01:03:20,160 --> 01:03:27,280
labor, cost of our trucks,
>> right? Which should all be in turn

800
01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:31,440
counters suited against the developer.
>> Right. And I I was on the planning board

801
01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:37,119
at the time and I remember that we had
contingencies

802
01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:40,240
on that road before we adopted it.
>> Are they in the planning board minutes

803
01:03:38,480 --> 01:03:42,720
from that time? I mean, do we is that a
place to

804
01:03:41,039 --> 01:03:46,400
» That's part of the game. I don't even
know like sh

805
01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:49,920
» we pulled the letter of credit because
the bank was not going to read the

806
01:03:47,760 --> 01:03:52,920
letter of credit anymore.
So

807
01:03:56,640 --> 01:04:03,440
» right this has been many many years in
the works trying to figure out how to do

808
01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:06,799
this.
>> I mean

809
01:04:04,079 --> 01:04:10,960
» so does some of this legal uncertainty
exist for the very bottom portion

810
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:15,200
because that was a conversation we were
having. Should we just take

811
01:04:13,599 --> 01:04:20,240
» together? You can't just segregate
>> the whole thing. It's all

812
01:04:18,319 --> 01:04:23,680
» sounds to me like if we were going to
accept it if it's built to town specs

813
01:04:21,839 --> 01:04:27,119
and it's not built to town specs and now
we are facing the consequence of it not

814
01:04:25,599 --> 01:04:33,039
being built to town specs that's
probably not our road. And if we draw,

815
01:04:29,520 --> 01:04:37,599
you know, you stake a claim that it's
actually ex parties road, let them come

816
01:04:36,480 --> 01:04:41,760
back and say, "No, it's not." And we'll
say, "Okay, prove it."

817
01:04:39,440 --> 01:04:44,559
» Right? And then they have to bring court
paper,

818
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:48,079
» right? So they'll stop stonewalling at
that point, right?

819
01:04:45,920 --> 01:04:54,799
» So is that
a reasonable legal maneuver to

820
01:04:52,559 --> 01:04:57,200
» uh I'm not comfortable giving too much
legal advice at dealing with public

821
01:04:56,160 --> 01:05:01,680
committee?
>> Right.

822
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:04,400
» Okay. So So we can So we're going into
executive session discussion to

823
01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:06,319
executive session.
>> Yes.

824
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:10,720
» Yeah. Okay.
>> Good.

825
01:05:09,119 --> 01:05:15,039
All right,
next item. Uh, proposed lighting code

826
01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:21,760
update. Connor,
>> lighting code. Okay. Code zone revision

827
01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:26,640
committee has spent, we've touched this,
uh, for 3 months. Um, took half of a

828
01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:30,799
meeting, then a full meeting, and then
maybe a quarter of a meeting. Um, has

829
01:05:28,799 --> 01:05:35,440
gone through a few different rounds of
revision, but we have a proposed outdoor

830
01:05:33,599 --> 01:05:41,680
lighting chapter, an entire new chapter
to the town code. Um Ryan was in those

831
01:05:38,880 --> 01:05:46,799
meetings, John was in those meetings. Um
and this is something that we've heard a

832
01:05:44,160 --> 01:05:52,640
lot of at least I've heard a lot from
residents

833
01:05:48,400 --> 01:05:56,640
uh who have concerns with lighting um
who have reached out and asked what can

834
01:05:55,440 --> 01:06:01,119
we do and the answer is well we don't
have anything on the books. Um, so this

835
01:05:59,359 --> 01:06:09,280
is an attempt to rectify that and give
people what I believe is a uh reasonable

836
01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:17,599
course of action to take in the case of
uh real trespass. Um it is

837
01:06:14,480 --> 01:06:21,760
light light trespass. Yeah. Yeah. Um I
think it's fairly reasonable. It all

838
01:06:18,799 --> 01:06:27,440
hinges on a complaint um mechanism where
nothing's going to be enforced

839
01:06:24,880 --> 01:06:32,160
uh willy-nilly. It's if a neighbor has a
complaint, that is the point at which

840
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:36,640
someone reaches out, you know, to the
town and the town will uh investigate

841
01:06:34,079 --> 01:06:42,480
and see if it constitutes any sort of
trespass under these these series of

842
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:47,599
ordinances. Um
I've had we had one person reach out I

843
01:06:46,160 --> 01:06:53,520
they saw on the website who seemed to be
supportive of this um via email. I don't

844
01:06:49,760 --> 01:07:01,680
know who was on the thread um but happy
to happy to chat. So my first question

845
01:06:58,319 --> 01:07:06,480
is a lot of things that we have issues
with with their lights have been around

846
01:07:04,160 --> 01:07:12,000
for a long time. These are new reg
regulations. What kind of teeth do we

847
01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:19,280
have to
force someone to step up to what we're

848
01:07:16,079 --> 01:07:22,799
now instituting as a new code?
>> I mean it depends on it depends on the

849
01:07:20,799 --> 01:07:30,000
trespass. If somebody has a light that
is uh the size of five suns and nobody

850
01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:33,039
complains, there will be no action. If
someone has a and this is exactly what I

851
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:38,960
was trying to rectify. I remember
knocking on on a door last year and

852
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:43,359
speaking to uh to a resident who lived
near a self-s storage facility. They're

853
01:07:41,359 --> 01:07:47,520
like, "Every night we're blinded. Every
night we're blinded. We cannot sleep.

854
01:07:45,680 --> 01:07:52,559
What can we do?" I said, "I don't know.
Look into it. Nothing on the books." In

855
01:07:49,599 --> 01:07:58,319
the case that uh there is genuine light
trespass that is hurting residents where

856
01:07:56,400 --> 01:08:01,440
they can't sleep where it's it's
impacting their quality of life. Yeah.

857
01:08:00,160 --> 01:08:05,760
They can complain to the town and the
town can take action.

858
01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:09,039
» Um but a lot of that lighting is
determined during the planning process

859
01:08:07,359 --> 01:08:15,039
too because they have to go through they
they're submitting plans. The scope of

860
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:18,080
light has changed so much with the the
downward stuff instead of it being like

861
01:08:16,799 --> 01:08:21,120
a beacon in the sky.
>> Yeah. And a lot of it's really just a

862
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:24,120
shielding issue.
>> Yeah.

863
01:08:24,719 --> 01:08:30,440
» Could I add to that?
>> Um

864
01:08:30,480 --> 01:08:36,799
I think this is where the supervisor was
coming from the question, but I could be

865
01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:40,640
wrong. But there are certain situations
in which I would not necessarily agree

866
01:08:38,880 --> 01:08:44,400
with the blanket statement that the town
can enforce or prevent. And there's

867
01:08:42,480 --> 01:08:47,520
something I think Tony asked about,
correct me if I'm wrong, situations that

868
01:08:46,159 --> 01:08:50,799
have been in existence for a number of
years.

869
01:08:48,719 --> 01:08:57,279
» Well, there is an item number seven,
applicability to existing lighting.

870
01:08:53,759 --> 01:09:04,000
» Right? So, what I'm saying is is we
can't guarantee that adopting a lighting

871
01:09:01,359 --> 01:09:08,400
code provision now can necessarily be
successfully enforced against lighting

872
01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:13,040
that's existed for. That's my answer to
your question.

873
01:09:10,640 --> 01:09:20,000
Yeah.
>> So, a lot of what people then complain

874
01:09:16,239 --> 01:09:22,719
about in a sense we can't really do much
about.

875
01:09:20,719 --> 01:09:27,440
» Well, well, it doesn't mean that if a
complaint is filed and the town takes

876
01:09:24,640 --> 01:09:32,400
action that even someone who may have
had, you know, that lighting in

877
01:09:29,279 --> 01:09:37,440
existence for years won't comply. You
know, just is there a commercial

878
01:09:35,440 --> 01:09:43,000
property that's the issue or is it
residential? for me personally.

879
01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:43,000
» Oh, never mind.

880
01:09:43,359 --> 01:09:50,560
» It's the Target warehouse all along
Ballard Road. There their there lights

881
01:09:48,319 --> 01:09:55,520
along their their building. There are a
few that are nicely aimed down. The rest

882
01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:58,800
are straight out. And when I have a
migraine at the end of the day and it's

883
01:09:57,120 --> 01:10:03,360
dark out and I'm driving home, it's like
right in your eyeballs and you see this

884
01:10:01,040 --> 01:10:08,560
haze of light in the sky. It's like
major

885
01:10:05,520 --> 01:10:11,199
» Sorry, Ace Hardware. Mercedes. Yes, Ace
Hardware

886
01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:15,679
» hardware that say Ace,
>> but but they're also those are light

887
01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:18,560
fixtures that are what 30 ft up at the
top of the building and which is

888
01:10:17,440 --> 01:10:23,760
different I guess if you have a
residential neighbor who can just change

889
01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:28,480
the light bulbs or you know hopefully
make some simple modifications.

890
01:10:26,560 --> 01:10:32,560
Um so
>> usually commercial entities will comply

891
01:10:31,440 --> 01:10:35,440
if it's something that they can
reasonably do.

892
01:10:33,440 --> 01:10:40,320
» Sure. you know um but if it's something
for their safety or their operation you

893
01:10:38,159 --> 01:10:42,080
know then that's something needed to
hold them why did the spread of the

894
01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:44,400
light
>> right

895
01:10:42,560 --> 01:10:49,520
» right right
>> there can also be issues as to timing

896
01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:53,360
when who was there first who/ what was
there first

897
01:10:51,199 --> 01:10:59,920
» oh yeah you build your house right
>> next to the existing lighting correct

898
01:10:55,360 --> 01:11:04,080
» and gee I'm unhappy on the golf course
about mowers

899
01:11:02,640 --> 01:11:06,080
» yeah build it yeah built the house that
backs through to the northway.

900
01:11:05,120 --> 01:11:09,800
Somebody's got to do something about
those cars,

901
01:11:06,800 --> 01:11:09,800
» right?

902
01:11:09,840 --> 01:11:15,040
» So, without getting or without getting
into too much detail, again, at an open

903
01:11:13,360 --> 01:11:20,640
public meeting, there's a legal
principle called coming to the nuisance.

904
01:11:18,080 --> 01:11:24,480
» And like Ray says, if you build a house
by the Northway and say, "Oh my god,

905
01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:27,920
look at the traffic in my backyard."
State New York's not going to close down

906
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:30,920
the Northway because there's traffic.
>> Mhm.

907
01:11:31,840 --> 01:11:34,880
But all we're doing at this point is
setting a public hearing.

908
01:11:34,320 --> 01:11:39,920
» Correct.
>> Yes.

909
01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:45,520
» All right. So requesting anyone else
have questions, comments here.

910
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:53,440
» So request a motion to set public
hearing refer to the San County October

911
01:11:49,760 --> 01:11:58,159
1st 7 p.m.
>> All right. All in favor?

912
01:11:55,199 --> 01:12:02,960
» I I Any opposed for abstensions? Motion
passes unanimously. Sorry, who seconded

913
01:12:00,320 --> 01:12:08,320
that?
>> Okay, thank you.

914
01:12:05,360 --> 01:12:12,159
» Uh, the next Oh, all right. So, we have
some sort of public servicesy

915
01:12:10,080 --> 01:12:19,120
announcements that were not on the
agenda. Um,

916
01:12:16,159 --> 01:12:26,320
September 13th, Sunday, uh, there is a
historic home open house.

917
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:33,000
It's I don't think it's an open house at
their home. I think it's a presentation

918
01:12:28,640 --> 01:12:33,000
at the historical society.

919
01:12:33,840 --> 01:12:40,159
» Hold on.
>> I had the invitation from the

920
01:12:38,320 --> 01:12:44,239
» historic
presented to Andy's

921
01:12:43,840 --> 01:12:48,239
Parker.
>> They're on Parker Road in

922
01:12:47,440 --> 01:12:52,159
Parker.
>> Okay. So, it is it's a presentation the

923
01:12:50,239 --> 01:12:56,719
Spanos are going to do about their very
historic home on

924
01:12:54,560 --> 01:13:02,880
» You can't show up there.
No, we can't get a free house tour,

925
01:13:00,400 --> 01:13:08,480
but it's one of those houses. It's at
the corner of Parkhurst and uh Gaylar

926
01:13:06,640 --> 01:13:13,360
Road that then turns into goes up the
hill to the Wilton Grinfield, the old

927
01:13:10,719 --> 01:13:14,560
Styles Tavern, which is very, very, very
old.

928
01:13:13,840 --> 01:13:16,880
» What time is it?
>> So, September 13th,

929
01:13:16,159 --> 01:13:21,760
» 1 to 3.
>> 1 to 3, but it's at the Wilton

930
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:25,320
Historical Society, which is um five
Parker Road.

931
01:13:25,760 --> 01:13:31,520
If people are not, keep reading it to
show that they're not.

932
01:13:28,400 --> 01:13:34,400
» The next item um
>> I'm getting in.

933
01:13:33,600 --> 01:13:39,760
» Where is everyone?
>> Is uh Saturday, October 10th. It's our

934
01:13:37,040 --> 01:13:45,840
hazardous waste and electronic waste uh
day, and you need to register it. The

935
01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:50,000
the registration spots are already up on
the town website. You actually have to

936
01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:54,719
list what hazardous waste you're going
to bring. Uh the electronic waste is has

937
01:13:53,040 --> 01:14:00,640
descriptions of what kind of things you
can and cannot bring. Um so it's a

938
01:13:57,600 --> 01:14:04,719
reminder to please and hazardous waste
is really the last one was about four or

939
01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:08,719
five years ago and it's sort of a big
deal to put together and probably won't

940
01:14:06,719 --> 01:14:13,679
happen for a couple more years
>> and it takes a lot of volunteers.

941
01:14:11,440 --> 01:14:20,560
Uh you said I'm sorry the 10th October
10th Saturday from 8 to 1

942
01:14:18,800 --> 01:14:25,760
» and sorry that is at the town hall
property. The next item is bulk waste

943
01:14:23,520 --> 01:14:32,000
day, which is the following Saturday,
October 17th. And it's at both town hall

944
01:14:29,120 --> 01:14:36,640
and Gavin Park from 9 to 1. And that's
things like couches, refrigerators,

945
01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:40,480
stoves, and again, that has a list on
our website of what kind of things you

946
01:14:39,360 --> 01:14:43,120
can bring.
>> Just show up.

947
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:49,159
» And that's right. You don't have to
register. You can just show up. Time to

948
01:14:45,679 --> 01:14:49,159
» 9 to 1.

949
01:14:51,120 --> 01:14:58,320
All right. Uh, going on to committee
reports. No.

950
01:14:55,199 --> 01:15:00,719
» Um, Ray, do you have Well, veterans in a
certain fishing pier.

951
01:14:59,520 --> 01:15:04,560
» Oh, yeah. So, we have really nice
turnout and perfect weather thankfully

952
01:15:02,800 --> 01:15:11,360
for the grand opening of the Roy
McDonald Veterans Fishing Pier and uh

953
01:15:08,480 --> 01:15:16,239
Roy uh two of his daughters uh two of
his grandkids, his wife uh were all

954
01:15:13,600 --> 01:15:22,960
there uh to share on that celebration
with us. And um in fact I saw Roy gosh

955
01:15:21,120 --> 01:15:27,920
probably about a week later I ran into
him. We had something to eat together

956
01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:31,360
and uh the guy was still smiling ear to
ear about being recognized and his his

957
01:15:30,080 --> 01:15:37,360
wife and one of his daughters was with
him when I saw him. Uh so it went really

958
01:15:34,239 --> 01:15:43,280
well. Uh I appreciate uh the town board
support for the naming of uh the

959
01:15:40,320 --> 01:15:49,199
facilities and certainly uh Mike getting
you know more accolades for the uh path

960
01:15:45,840 --> 01:15:54,560
work and other uh work done on the site.
Um it came out really well. So uh yeah

961
01:15:53,520 --> 01:15:58,800
couldn't be happier.
>> There's a beautiful crushed stone path

962
01:15:56,320 --> 01:16:02,320
in a big crushed stone isn't the right
word.

963
01:15:59,440 --> 01:16:06,000
» Stone dust. stone dust path um in a big
circle and then it branches off to go

964
01:16:04,480 --> 01:16:09,199
down to the stream with this big
elevated fishing pier and already Ray

965
01:16:08,159 --> 01:16:14,080
you've seen
>> a lot every time I I probably drive down

966
01:16:11,199 --> 01:16:21,040
to Northern Pines Road you know almost
every day and there's almost uh always a

967
01:16:17,760 --> 01:16:25,280
a car or two or three in the lot. Um, I
was there I think the day before

968
01:16:22,320 --> 01:16:29,360
yesterday uh after taking the tour of uh
tornado damage uh to see what sort of

969
01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:34,480
damage there might be at the park there
and uh there was a dad there with three

970
01:16:32,080 --> 01:16:39,280
kids uh fishing. Uh they weren't
catching much but they were enjoying the

971
01:16:36,159 --> 01:16:42,239
heck out of it anyway.
>> I want to tell one more story about the

972
01:16:40,640 --> 01:16:45,440
day when Ray and I showed up. There was
a mom there biking with her two

973
01:16:43,600 --> 01:16:50,320
daughters and I had a Folds of Honor
t-shirt on. They are a recipient of

974
01:16:48,239 --> 01:16:54,560
fulls of honor and a tone of towers
family. They lost their husband and

975
01:16:52,080 --> 01:16:57,199
their dad who is in the Navy and she was
like I don't even know what brought us

976
01:16:55,679 --> 01:17:00,960
here this day but I think we're meant to
be here and they joined us for the they

977
01:16:59,520 --> 01:17:02,880
were there for the ribbon cutting too.
So it was

978
01:17:02,000 --> 01:17:07,440
» it was great.
>> Yeah. Yeah. So that's the other thing is

979
01:17:04,960 --> 01:17:12,640
uh if there is a group of people that's
visiting more than any other um it's

980
01:17:10,080 --> 01:17:16,040
kids on bikes and uh you know anything
about that John

981
01:17:16,159 --> 01:17:22,640
» but uh yeah I see you know kids in bike
on bikes in there all the time so it's

982
01:17:20,560 --> 01:17:28,400
pretty cool
so and there's a beautiful glade behind

983
01:17:25,199 --> 01:17:31,760
a row of I think arborvite big tall
mature ones and then behind there

984
01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:35,920
there's some big pine trees so it's this
shaded glade and when you step past the

985
01:17:34,560 --> 01:17:40,239
pine trees, all of a sudden you're
looking down and it's a steep embankment

986
01:17:37,840 --> 01:17:44,080
cuz the stream kind of goes like this
and you're right looking down on the

987
01:17:41,920 --> 01:17:47,600
stream. So, we want to get a nice bench
in there.

988
01:17:45,199 --> 01:17:52,000
» Um, so it it's really has potential for
being a a really nice site even if

989
01:17:49,679 --> 01:17:55,840
you're not a fisher fishing person.
>> Oh, one other thing, you know, there's

990
01:17:53,600 --> 01:18:00,480
uh subsidized veteran housing just north
of the site and a handful of the

991
01:17:57,840 --> 01:18:06,080
veterans that live there uh came down.
Uh they all introduced themselves to

992
01:18:02,560 --> 01:18:10,880
Roy, you know, who's a decorated Vietnam
veteran. So that that made the day extra

993
01:18:08,239 --> 01:18:15,840
special having those folks there. And
we're looking to put in a path. There's

994
01:18:12,560 --> 01:18:22,080
a little shallow wetland wet area
between that fishing pier area and those

995
01:18:19,199 --> 01:18:28,560
veterans apartments. So, we're looking
to calling out an Eagle Scout

996
01:18:25,840 --> 01:18:33,280
to help put in, you know, sort of a
little elevated raised through the

997
01:18:30,640 --> 01:18:36,960
wetland pathway to connect the two
areas.

998
01:18:34,640 --> 01:18:40,320
» Um, anything else, Ray?
>> Nope.

999
01:18:37,760 --> 01:18:44,719
» Okay. Uh, Aaron,
not right now. I have a meeting with the

1000
01:18:42,640 --> 01:18:50,960
school district on the 14th and Sue and
I have a meeting with the

1001
01:18:47,360 --> 01:18:56,480
uh county treasurer about the short-term
rental information to come in October.

1002
01:18:53,840 --> 01:18:59,679
» Great. And you had tons of stuff last
month about all the sorts of things that

1003
01:18:57,920 --> 01:19:03,199
you have in park.
>> Okay. Uh Joe,

1004
01:19:01,840 --> 01:19:06,800
» um the emergency service planning
committee uh traditionally takes off the

1005
01:19:05,280 --> 01:19:11,440
last Monday of the summer. So we did
that and it also was good because they

1006
01:19:08,640 --> 01:19:17,040
had had a long weekend.
storm response. So what I said, what do

1007
01:19:13,840 --> 01:19:22,159
we postpone or not have one this month?
Okay. Yeah, fine. That's fine with us.

1008
01:19:19,440 --> 01:19:26,719
No, no, we're in that group. I did just
have a conversation with Mr. Kogan um

1009
01:19:24,719 --> 01:19:31,280
going forward. So this month he and I
will collaborate and try and make

1010
01:19:28,560 --> 01:19:37,199
progress towards this revised code to
present to Conor's revision committee

1011
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:41,520
for the uh nuisance alarm systems
because what we have is antiquated. I

1012
01:19:39,760 --> 01:19:46,320
did do a little research online what
other communities do and it's just kind

1013
01:19:44,239 --> 01:19:52,239
of
you could reel because some communities

1014
01:19:49,520 --> 01:19:56,719
do and some don't and it's just just a
lot to absorb to

1015
01:19:55,440 --> 01:20:01,600
move forward to figure out what makes
sense for us. But for us, for our

1016
01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:05,600
especially our our fire departments that
are all volunteer, when you have alarms

1017
01:20:03,600 --> 01:20:09,600
that are malfunctioning and they go off
three times a day, four times a day, you

1018
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:14,239
know, five times in a week, these are
volunteers who are dropping everything

1019
01:20:11,520 --> 01:20:20,480
and leaving their jobs and rushing out
and it's just it's a horrific waste of

1020
01:20:17,440 --> 01:20:23,840
resources and it really taxes the fire
departments.

1021
01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:26,960
» Transportation Committee had a quick
meeting yesterday.

1022
01:20:24,880 --> 01:20:30,320
» Oh. Oh, so I want to announce we have a
new member for alternative

1023
01:20:28,400 --> 01:20:35,120
transportation committee and I think he
faded Steve Wilcox is now has joined the

1024
01:20:33,760 --> 01:20:41,600
alternative transportation committee.
>> Good evening bunch.

1025
01:20:38,640 --> 01:20:45,199
» Um and then uh it's not in the formal
committee report but uh supervisor Sturm

1026
01:20:43,760 --> 01:20:51,760
asked me to put together a land hawk
group and we met here with Miss Baldwin,

1027
01:20:47,679 --> 01:20:59,440
Mr. Riper, uh Dominic what? Deandre
Deandre Deandre our IT man and Colin

1028
01:20:56,000 --> 01:21:03,360
from Greensbury an audiovisisual design
professional.

1029
01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:08,560
» So he's going we talked with him um and
expressed uh

1030
01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:12,719
problems in this room and he understood
and he knows how to do this and it's all

1031
01:21:10,880 --> 01:21:18,880
about you know committee meeting
presentation meetings and then you know

1032
01:21:15,120 --> 01:21:24,080
public capability so being able to zoom
better. So he's going to make up come to

1033
01:21:20,960 --> 01:21:30,640
us with a presentation of a unified new
system uh new microphones probably

1034
01:21:28,320 --> 01:21:36,719
roughly sketch ideas perhaps an LED
screen there LED screen here a camera

1035
01:21:34,080 --> 01:21:41,280
here for if someone's zooming in if one
of us are zooming in or a presentation

1036
01:21:39,199 --> 01:21:46,000
they can see the audience and then a
better one screen can be split two

1037
01:21:43,679 --> 01:21:51,120
different views. So, that's sort of the
idea. And then

1038
01:21:48,159 --> 01:21:53,360
we're going to take the wall down.
>> Yes.

1039
01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:59,040
» We're talking about this is all prompted
by the um overflow meeting from zoning

1040
01:21:56,560 --> 01:22:02,880
board of appeals where extra folks had
to go to the senior center. There just

1041
01:22:00,320 --> 01:22:07,040
wasn't enough space here. So, we're
going to take that wall down. We'll have

1042
01:22:04,560 --> 01:22:12,480
more space from here to the lobby. Uh
and a more enhanced

1043
01:22:10,080 --> 01:22:15,920
presentation system. Nice. more to
follow.

1044
01:22:14,080 --> 01:22:20,480
» Great.
Connor, do you have any?

1045
01:22:17,679 --> 01:22:27,280
» Yes. Uh, we spent the last meeting
I wrote some a draft of new multi-use

1046
01:22:25,040 --> 01:22:32,400
path code. Uh, it's come to our
attention that, you know, we only have a

1047
01:22:28,560 --> 01:22:36,800
sidewalk code and we are building a
multi-use path on car road. So, we need

1048
01:22:34,639 --> 01:22:42,960
uh we need some code to say what that
means because a sidewalk code is not

1049
01:22:38,480 --> 01:22:47,520
going to apply to it. Um so did a draft
there have realized that there is now

1050
01:22:45,120 --> 01:22:51,920
actually a need for to distinguish three
things multi-use paths sidewalks and

1051
01:22:49,520 --> 01:22:55,760
trails and that's largely the
maintenance responsibilities and the

1052
01:22:53,600 --> 01:23:04,480
relative liabilities to people with
easements to adjoin land owners. Um so

1053
01:23:02,320 --> 01:23:09,199
that has been reddrafted. Ryan got me
some notes today. I'm going to look

1054
01:23:05,440 --> 01:23:14,719
through them. Uh and it's coming along.
Um and I met yesterday with Eric and um

1055
01:23:12,960 --> 01:23:21,520
woman Eva from Saratog Springs, a
subcontractor in Nicerta to discuss some

1056
01:23:18,320 --> 01:23:28,239
uh battery energy storage system
uh code essentially. Eric has drafted

1057
01:23:24,960 --> 01:23:33,120
some and we were getting feedback from
that advisor. Uh it was I think it was a

1058
01:23:31,840 --> 01:23:37,199
good meeting.
>> Yeah.

1059
01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:41,199
» And well yeah right and solar.
>> Yeah. because we have a concern

1060
01:23:39,280 --> 01:23:47,520
» because we have a moratorum
>> on best. So we have and we have solar

1061
01:23:43,280 --> 01:23:51,840
code on the books. The issue which um is
you know is a real issue is that for

1062
01:23:49,600 --> 01:23:55,920
solar if it's regulated as a public
utility um the state can just come in

1063
01:23:54,480 --> 01:24:00,400
and put it wherever they want.
>> And the code that we have in the books

1064
01:23:57,199 --> 01:24:04,480
right now is not written in such a way
that can

1065
01:24:02,480 --> 01:24:07,920
prevent that essentially. And the
objective is not to prevent the use of

1066
01:24:06,239 --> 01:24:15,520
public utility, but rather to site
properly and ensure that should a solar

1067
01:24:11,679 --> 01:24:20,239
provider come into town um that they are
being treated reasonably

1068
01:24:18,159 --> 01:24:27,199
um and that we don't have like a blanket
ban on the books. um which essentially

1069
01:24:23,120 --> 01:24:33,440
can give us a lot more leverage not only
with any provider but also just to be

1070
01:24:30,239 --> 01:24:38,920
fair and equitable and allow things that
are cited well to happen.

1071
01:24:39,440 --> 01:24:47,120
» Can I just add one thing to avoid a ban
in disguise?

1072
01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:52,320
» Yes, that's a big no no too because bans
are easily defeated. There's no no teeth

1073
01:24:50,159 --> 01:24:57,199
and people react
happily to a ban where it's banned but

1074
01:24:54,719 --> 01:25:03,679
means nothing in the courts are
demolishing bans left and right. So you

1075
01:25:00,400 --> 01:25:09,840
can't write a piece of code in disguise.
This has got to be a wellthoughtout

1076
01:25:06,560 --> 01:25:15,679
piece of legislation that addresses real
issues and shows that we are thoughtful

1077
01:25:11,920 --> 01:25:20,480
about how these facilities can be cited
as much as people may regret it. But the

1078
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:26,800
thing is the code can speak for itself
and most of the time we're going to be

1079
01:25:22,639 --> 01:25:33,520
facing less than 25 GW anyway whether
it's for gas or for solar. So like won't

1080
01:25:30,320 --> 01:25:39,440
necessarily find our legislation overly
burdensome or substantially burdensome.

1081
01:25:36,320 --> 01:25:44,960
I can't remember the words. So it's just
to have give us the best chance we have

1082
01:25:42,960 --> 01:25:51,719
to have control as much control as
possible in citing these things to keep

1083
01:25:47,440 --> 01:25:51,719
community. That's what this channel,

1084
01:25:52,159 --> 01:26:02,400
» right?
Even though we may be the the collide

1085
01:25:59,040 --> 01:26:07,840
money if they want money to be made and
so invest and you know that's the

1086
01:26:05,520 --> 01:26:13,040
biggest challenge.
>> Thank you.

1087
01:26:09,360 --> 01:26:18,159
» Great. All right. Um
our controllers report Maria.

1088
01:26:15,360 --> 01:26:22,800
» Thank you. So the first item is our
budget transfers. We only have one. Uh

1089
01:26:20,560 --> 01:26:27,679
last month, if you recall, we added the
open form development to our road

1090
01:26:24,800 --> 01:26:32,400
maintenance schedule related to some
poor samples that were taken and uh you

1091
01:26:30,400 --> 01:26:37,840
know, recommendation made to go ahead
and and pave that section of town. Um as

1092
01:26:35,679 --> 01:26:44,639
a result of doing that work, we need to
purchase more cherry asphalt solid for

1093
01:26:40,480 --> 01:26:50,000
the machines. So that cost is $11,340.
And that money is coming from our

1094
01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:52,800
maintenance of road blacktop budget.
>> I'll make a motion to approve that

1095
01:26:51,199 --> 01:26:57,199
budget transfer. Second.
>> All in favor?

1096
01:26:54,239 --> 01:27:01,840
» I. Anyone opposed or abstaining? Motion
passes unanimously. Thank you. Our

1097
01:26:59,760 --> 01:27:07,679
second category is the 2026 budget
amendments. And the first three items

1098
01:27:04,560 --> 01:27:13,199
are related in that the summer camp
salaries went over budget this year. uh

1099
01:27:10,880 --> 01:27:17,600
they went over budget because and this
is this represents the totality because

1100
01:27:15,760 --> 01:27:21,199
summer camp is now over. So we're able
to analyze the salaries portion. We

1101
01:27:19,920 --> 01:27:24,639
certainly haven't received all of the
invoices yet. We haven't gotten the bus

1102
01:27:22,960 --> 01:27:29,360
transportation invoice. We won't get
that for several months. So this might

1103
01:27:26,480 --> 01:27:33,280
be, you know, to be revisited for summer
camp in general, but salaries in

1104
01:27:31,280 --> 01:27:39,360
particular went over budget. And I
questioned um about that as to to why.

1105
01:27:36,639 --> 01:27:44,480
Uh apparently there have been staffing
um challenges in relation to ensuring

1106
01:27:42,159 --> 01:27:49,199
that there is the proper ratio between
counselors and campers. In addition to

1107
01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:53,760
that, we had accepted more campers. So
we needed more stackers. Um so for

1108
01:27:51,920 --> 01:27:58,639
several reasons, we went over budget by
approximately $21,000.

1109
01:27:55,840 --> 01:28:02,480
Um so pulling money from the additional
monies that we received as a result of

1110
01:28:00,480 --> 01:28:06,480
having more campers, we had more fees
that we collected for field trips and

1111
01:28:04,320 --> 01:28:10,400
for summer camp fees. So, we're able to
use some of that to offset the salary

1112
01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:14,159
cost. And in addition, I'm going to use
some of our surplus and interest in

1113
01:28:12,159 --> 01:28:19,120
earnings to offset the remainder. So,
that's items 1, 2, and three. Item four

1114
01:28:17,120 --> 01:28:23,840
is related to summer campus for program
supplies. So, more campers means more

1115
01:28:21,679 --> 01:28:28,480
cost for supplies that they needed, so
arts and crafts and so forth.

1116
01:28:26,719 --> 01:28:32,880
And I'm just going to make a comment
about the summer camp. It is so

1117
01:28:31,199 --> 01:28:39,199
successful that when they open
registration in March, it's filled

1118
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:42,080
within a couple hours.
>> Sorry.

1119
01:28:40,800 --> 01:28:47,600
6 minutes.
>> So successful does work overtime.

1120
01:28:45,520 --> 01:28:52,639
» So it's pretty remarkable.
>> It is. It's a excellent program. It's

1121
01:28:49,679 --> 01:28:58,320
very popular obviously. Um, and I am
going to be working with Ross and Matt

1122
01:28:55,440 --> 01:29:02,239
as far as the revenue schedule for the
um the various tiers that we have. So,

1123
01:29:00,480 --> 01:29:07,360
Wilton residents, non-residents,
non-school district residents, um, you

1124
01:29:04,880 --> 01:29:12,400
know, just to kind of revisit because
everything goes up. The cost of salaries

1125
01:29:09,920 --> 01:29:16,239
obviously rehab, you know, the cost of
everything goes up. So, um, we're going

1126
01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:21,120
to be taking a look at that. Right now,
the fee that somebody pays for 6 weeks

1127
01:29:19,120 --> 01:29:26,239
of sending their child to full-time
summer camp every day, 6 hours, 7 hours

1128
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:31,440
a day, is in the range, it's less than
$1,000. And if you add field trips to

1129
01:29:28,159 --> 01:29:36,800
it, it's less than $1,500. So, it it's a
really very very good deal, you know, as

1130
01:29:34,880 --> 01:29:39,840
opposed to paying for daycare or
something over the summer while you're

1131
01:29:38,080 --> 01:29:44,480
working to have someplace for your child
to go. Um, hence, you know, between that

1132
01:29:42,800 --> 01:29:49,520
and most importantly the excellent
programming, it's um a very popular

1133
01:29:46,639 --> 01:29:53,679
program. So, I think that we're going to
take a look at that and hopefully not

1134
01:29:51,600 --> 01:29:57,920
run into any overages next year. I would
like to approach this as a break even

1135
01:29:56,159 --> 01:30:01,520
activity. Not that we want to make a
profit, but we certainly don't want to

1136
01:29:59,520 --> 01:30:07,520
run into these types of situations where
we're so far under budget.

1137
01:30:05,760 --> 01:30:12,560
» Okay. Thank you. So, that was that took
us through items 1 through four. Items

1138
01:30:09,760 --> 01:30:20,159
five, six, and seven are related and are
pertaining to our tornado cleanup. Um,

1139
01:30:15,280 --> 01:30:25,040
we have used uh Richard Sears uh for a
day that we're being charged at $18,000.

1140
01:30:22,639 --> 01:30:32,000
In addition, we've rented a chipper at
the cost of nearly $4,000. So, I'm

1141
01:30:27,920 --> 01:30:35,679
asking for $22,000 in total coming from
two places. One is our interest earning

1142
01:30:34,000 --> 01:30:40,480
surplus and the other is our emergency
disaster budget which of course this

1143
01:30:37,440 --> 01:30:44,800
fits that category 2. Um so we had
$10,000 in our emergency disaster. I'm

1144
01:30:42,560 --> 01:30:48,880
using all of that plus an additional
12,000 from interest in earnings to

1145
01:30:46,960 --> 01:30:53,440
create a transfer to the highway fund
from the general fund of a total of

1146
01:30:50,800 --> 01:30:58,960
22,000.
The next three items are pertaining to

1147
01:30:56,960 --> 01:31:03,840
the Hilltop Drive and I know that
there's going to be additional

1148
01:31:00,159 --> 01:31:08,880
discussion in executive session. Um I
want to add to that that there is a

1149
01:31:05,920 --> 01:31:14,639
letter of credit that we drew last July,
so a year ago July to the tune of

1150
01:31:11,679 --> 01:31:18,480
$72,000 and as Mike had said uh a few
minutes earlier, the total estimated

1151
01:31:16,159 --> 01:31:23,760
cost right now is about $100,000 to do
what we plan or contemplate doing on

1152
01:31:20,880 --> 01:31:27,040
Hilltop Drive. So the $72,000 that we
took from the letter of credit, we book

1153
01:31:25,600 --> 01:31:30,560
as deferred revenue on the balance
sheet. Now that we're contemplating

1154
01:31:28,719 --> 01:31:33,520
actually using the money as an expense,
we can match the revenue to the expense.

1155
01:31:32,320 --> 01:31:39,920
Take that money off the balance sheet,
put it as revenue. So the forfeite of

1156
01:31:36,560 --> 01:31:43,760
deposits will be increased by coming off
of the balance sheet and going onto the

1157
01:31:41,440 --> 01:31:47,600
income statement. And then the
remainder, the $28,000 that we'll need

1158
01:31:45,840 --> 01:31:52,800
to get to the $100,000 will be taken
from interest and earnings surplus. So

1159
01:31:50,159 --> 01:31:57,280
that covers items 8, 9, and 10. Are we
holding off on that or are we going to

1160
01:31:54,480 --> 01:32:01,920
go ahead and just get that? So that that
therein is the question. So I mean, we

1161
01:31:59,440 --> 01:32:07,360
can we could move the money now so that
if it's determined between now and the

1162
01:32:04,000 --> 01:32:10,000
next uh budget meeting that there we can
go ahead and do it, the money is there

1163
01:32:09,040 --> 01:32:12,560
to do it.
>> If if we can't do it, then we'll put the

1164
01:32:11,840 --> 01:32:17,280
money back.
>> Yeah. I'd be I'd be inclined to go with

1165
01:32:14,880 --> 01:32:21,280
their recommendation is to fund it.
Yeah. Yeah, for London and then you know

1166
01:32:19,360 --> 01:32:25,679
so it's there to use because I think
that paper is going if we can proceed

1167
01:32:23,360 --> 01:32:28,960
paper needs to start there needs to
start.

1168
01:32:26,639 --> 01:32:34,320
» Okay, thank you. And then items 11 and
12 which are the last two items on this

1169
01:32:30,800 --> 01:32:40,239
category. Um, there is a an initiative
to do some work to have CT now do some

1170
01:32:37,760 --> 01:32:44,000
site work at Smithbridge Road to pretty
much bring up to speed from the last

1171
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:49,600
time CT now ML looked at Smithbridge
Road to now to to bridge that that span

1172
01:32:48,159 --> 01:32:52,239
of time maybe it was two years that
they've done that work at least.

1173
01:32:51,440 --> 01:32:57,040
» Yeah.
>> It's really an engineering assessment of

1174
01:32:54,400 --> 01:33:02,159
the road right over the dam. Right.
>> Just a visual assessment in comparison

1175
01:32:58,960 --> 01:33:07,600
to where it was prior.
Right. So that cost is $2,800. We

1176
01:33:05,040 --> 01:33:11,840
received the uh proposal for that and
that's going to come from interest

1177
01:33:09,520 --> 01:33:17,120
earnings as well to transfer from the
general fund to the highway fund

1178
01:33:14,800 --> 01:33:21,040
appropriation.
So those were the the 12 budget

1179
01:33:18,960 --> 01:33:24,400
amendments. I have a motion. I'll
second.

1180
01:33:22,080 --> 01:33:27,360
» So all in favor I
>> any opposed or abstensions? Motion

1181
01:33:26,560 --> 01:33:32,960
passes.
>> Thank you. And on the the back side, I

1182
01:33:29,920 --> 01:33:38,480
have some other items on personnel. Um
Marcus Sila, he's currently a seasonal

1183
01:33:35,440 --> 01:33:42,480
worker in um our building department,
and he is available to fill the

1184
01:33:41,120 --> 01:33:48,239
full-time position for the building
inspector that was vacated by John

1185
01:33:45,120 --> 01:33:53,520
Purley in January. If he's approved, Mr.
Consilla's rate of pay would continue as

1186
01:33:50,480 --> 01:33:57,440
what it is now, at $40 an hour, and it's
going to be effective pending the

1187
01:33:54,960 --> 01:34:02,320
completion of paperwork. Uh we estimate,
you know, that that should be around the

1188
01:34:00,159 --> 01:34:04,800
22nd of September.
>> Okay.

1189
01:34:02,880 --> 01:34:07,360
» All right. Request a motion.
>> I'll make a motion to approve, Mr.

1190
01:34:06,159 --> 01:34:09,520
Gilla.
>> Second.

1191
01:34:08,239 --> 01:34:12,960
» All in favor?
>> I. Any opposed? Abstensions? Motion

1192
01:34:12,239 --> 01:34:16,880
passes.
>> Thank you. And then we have our JCAP

1193
01:34:14,800 --> 01:34:20,800
grant application. Um, Justice David
Town is requesting to apply to the state

1194
01:34:18,960 --> 01:34:26,239
for funding from the Justice Court
Assistance Program. The court wants to

1195
01:34:23,040 --> 01:34:31,199
digitalize their records. Um and so
they're going to apply for $30,000. Um

1196
01:34:29,360 --> 01:34:36,960
they had received a quote in that
amount. Uh the quote is just to get an

1197
01:34:33,840 --> 01:34:40,080
idea of about how much it would cost. Um
but they would have to go through the

1198
01:34:38,159 --> 01:34:43,920
regular procurement channels to you know
actually have the work done. So it's

1199
01:34:42,159 --> 01:34:48,800
just to apply for the grant and then the
state will review it and if the money is

1200
01:34:45,920 --> 01:34:55,040
granted then the town can you know fund
the budget for that. Make a motion. I'll

1201
01:34:51,280 --> 01:34:57,920
second. All in favor? I. Any opposed?
Motion passes.

1202
01:34:56,320 --> 01:35:03,199
» Thank you. And lastly, this
isformational only um power ORPA money.

1203
01:35:00,480 --> 01:35:08,000
The state local rescue fund uh money
that came from the treasury uh has been

1204
01:35:05,760 --> 01:35:13,199
completely spent as of December 31st,
2025.

1205
01:35:09,679 --> 01:35:17,840
So, um we have filed all of our reports
and we received information from the

1206
01:35:15,280 --> 01:35:22,880
Treasury that they have reviewed our
reporting and no additional reporting is

1207
01:35:20,320 --> 01:35:26,480
necessary. So at this point we're done
with reporting. We're done with the

1208
01:35:24,159 --> 01:35:31,199
spending obviously and um no additional
work is done as needed. So that was

1209
01:35:29,440 --> 01:35:33,840
justformational.
Okay. Thanks for your work on that.

1210
01:35:33,280 --> 01:35:36,239
Thank you.
>> Thank you.

1211
01:35:34,400 --> 01:35:39,239
» It was
very

1212
01:35:40,320 --> 01:35:46,560
» All right. Uh thank you Maria. And I'm
making a motion to go into executive

1213
01:35:44,880 --> 01:35:53,120
session and
>> the generic reasons for executive Oh no.

1214
01:35:51,120 --> 01:35:56,719
Sorry.
>> I make a motion going to executive

1215
01:35:55,040 --> 01:36:00,400
session for discussions regarding
proposed, pending, or current litigation

1216
01:35:58,960 --> 01:36:03,440
in medical, financial, credit, or
employment history of a particular

1217
01:36:01,679 --> 01:36:07,040
person or corporation or matters leading
to appointment, employment, promotion,

1218
01:36:05,280 --> 01:36:11,679
demotion, discipline, suspension,
dismissal, or removal of that person or

1219
01:36:09,199 --> 01:36:14,400
corporation.
>> I'll second.

1220
01:36:12,480 --> 01:36:19,120
» Thank you.
Can you give me a general idea of the

1221
01:36:15,760 --> 01:36:21,440
proposed topic? Cerseiary
>> certary. This one.

1222
01:36:20,880 --> 01:36:27,040
» Okay.
>> Certary and um hill personnel and

1223
01:36:25,679 --> 01:36:31,520
hilltop.
>> Okay. The hilltop one won't fit the

1224
01:36:29,199 --> 01:36:35,840
executive session war criteria, but we
can talk attorney client privilege

1225
01:36:33,920 --> 01:36:40,040
» even though there's litigation involved
and we're

1226
01:36:36,400 --> 01:36:40,040
» not involving us.

1227
01:36:41,440 --> 01:36:44,800
» Okay.
>> All right.

1228
01:36:43,760 --> 01:36:49,480
» All in favor? I
>> All in favor? I

1229
01:36:52,320 --> 01:36:58,960
» I'm going to rephrase that. All in
favor?

1230
01:36:56,080 --> 01:37:02,719
I
>> are you guys in favor of the motion to

1231
01:37:00,639 --> 01:37:07,800
go?
I Okay. Any abstensions? No.

1232
01:37:09,040 --> 01:37:11,760
I understand.

1233
01:37:16,239 --> 01:37:24,639
All in favor? I. Anyone opposed?
>> At your own peril, say no.

1234
01:37:22,880 --> 01:37:31,119
Unanimously.
>> Passed. Okay. Uh, no action taken uh

1235
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coming out of uh executive session. And
I will make a motion to adjourn.

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» Also second. Who second? Aaron. Oh,
Aaron. All in favor?