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All right, welcome Woodbury to your
village board meeting of September 10,

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2026.
I would ask everyone to please rise for

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the pledge of allegiance and a moment of
silence from Michael Hansen and all

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those lives lost and all those lives we
continue to lose

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based on that faithful day 25 years ago.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.

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All right. Thank you, ladies and
gentlemen.

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All right. As I always do, I will start
with introductions of your village

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board. Starting at the far end with
deputy mayor Christopher Graciano.

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Next to him is an empty seat. Next to
the empty seat is trustee Kathleen

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Matah. Next to her is trustee Stephanie
Pal. Next to her is village clerk

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Jessica Mcclennon.
And I am your mayor Andrew Jackamaza.

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Tara Bureick is away on a special
assignment so she will not be here this

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evening. Uh we will start with
introductory local law 8 of 2026 extend

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the building moratorum. A public hearing
is being held to entertain public

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comments on introductory local law 8 of
2026

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extend building moratorum. The purpose
of this local law is to continue the

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moratorium on certain permits
certificate of o o o o o o o o o o o o o

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o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
o o o o o o o occ occupancy and

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approvals. Public notice was printed in
times held record on September 3rd,

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2026.
So, for the board and the public's

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clarity, we will not be able to conclude
tonight since the GML 239 is still not

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back from the county. In the meantime,
we will go out to the public for

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comment. Anyone in the public wishing to
speak on introductory local law 8 of

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2026,

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go to them. You go right up there.

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forget if you don't check your email,

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Mineral Springs. Um

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there is this new seeker law that
exempts

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um
multif family developments greater than

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one and less than 100 that becomes
active January 1 of this next year.

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Um the moratorum
um has to do with water and how this

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relates to the new law is that um hook a
connection to water and sewer is not

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required until occupancy habitation. So
the plan can go forward without water

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and sewer hookup. Um, it exempts
basically home rule law

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and leaves the planning board in a man
uh what's the right word?

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Old brain again, can't remember, but
ministerial role. Um, much of what we're

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used to being able to use to review
projects do not does not apply. As I

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have reviewed this law, uh, exemption
number 14 specifically identifies a

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single family dwelling. I think you will
find that if your council reviews this

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that that is an impertinence because
it's a local law and the state law has

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superiority
um uh sovereignty over over local home

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rule as the governor has written the
law. And the second one is that number

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15 is basically
um a welcome map

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because again they don't have a
development that would be qualify as an

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exempt uh development on disturbed land
doesn't have to have water and sewer

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until habitation.
This means the the capital investment in

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the property can go forward and
therefore any they have rights and then

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that they would have to have additional
value that would have to be bought out

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in any future thing. So be aware of that
going into this maybe review it again.

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Um I don't know if 15 was in the last
one but it it is to my perception

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basically I welcome that to these what
the seeker exempts. Thank you. Thank

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you. Anyone else wishing to speak on
introductory local law 8 of 2026

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Jimmy Highland Mills?
So this is just a rant.

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In four years I've seen you guys
between water moratoriums, sewer

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moratoriums, these building moratoriums
trying to

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do what's right for this area.

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You know because of your efforts there
was no drought. Um

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but at this point
at this juncture what is the point of

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this? Because when you have a governor
who wants basically she would eliminate

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secret she could the mandate is let them
bills um

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on and on the DC has not stepped in
otherwise certain things in South

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Blooming Grove would not have occurred
and you know I know you can't speak

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about it but we all know what this
annexation is about. They they're not

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asking for the annexation because you're
a dictator or whatever else. It's

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because of all these
moratoriums that's slowing down the

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overdevelopment. So at this point, what
is the point of this?

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It's it's oh, I'm still going to fight.
I'm still going to speak up. I'm still

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be opinionated. But it is frustrating
that you're here trying to do the right

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thing
and the the mayors, the supervisors,

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whoever's in charge of all these other
municipalities around us can do whatever

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they please
and nobody is stepping in. I don't want

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to hear about home rule and this and
that because if it was home rule, local

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mandates don't apply to us.
So,

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what are you going to do? You're going
to be the LA Are we going to be the last

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municipality standing fighting for
what's good for this area?

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You know, I know where you stand and I
know what you're going to do. what's

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right. But for me, I had to I'm just
frustrated because I of what I see

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because if it wasn't for you, what two
years ago, we would had the water trucks

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possibly, we would be backed up on sewer
most likely

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between the flooding that occurs on
every any rain because they pave every

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last inch. They not they cut down every
tree.

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And this is going to lead in this
November. I hope everyone's paying

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attention.
They have to vote. Even though there's

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no one running for TR, you know, there's
no opponents on trustee and supervisor.

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Our local elections are what they are,
but our state elections, we need help

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because you are fighting
the leaders in Albany. And how much

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longer can you guys do this?
You know, we do 500 500 acres. What do

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you do? Another five because
you won't allow them to overdevelop.

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Thank you. Thank you, Jimmy. Anyone else
wishing to speak on introductory local

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law 8?

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Maria Hunter,
I thank the board for doing this law

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again and I'm full in support of this.
So, I appreciate it. I know you're still

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actively looking for more water that we
never ever have to have a drought season

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affect us. So, I appreciate that what
the water department is doing, building

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department and this board. So, thank you
for putting this forward again. I'm in

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support of this. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Maria.

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Anyone else in the public?

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» Can I say something?
>> Yeah, go right ahead.

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» All right. I just want to make sure Let
me make sure everybody hears me. Um, I

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want to make sure that everybody
understands what this moratorium is

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about and not making it into something
it's not. Um, when I first got on the

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board over 6 years ago, the first thing
that I did was sit down with the folks

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in the water department, look at their
budget, look at their water supply

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situation, and look at what we already
had approved. This has nothing to do

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with development. Never did. This 100%
only has to do with the fact that we are

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not in code for state law for water
supply. So until we get there, we had to

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pause new hookups to the system because
all it would do is push us further

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backwards instead of getting forward. So
this was never being never ever was

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intended to be anti-development. None of
us are anti-development.

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It only had to do with we didn't have
enough water supply to to serve our co

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our constituents as is if the biggest
supply went out of service. That's the

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rule is if you lose your biggest supply,
you still have to have enough water to

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feed your average day. We didn't have
that and we're working diligently

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towards that. It's not a fast process.
We've gotten the well on. We're looking

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at another one. We're getting close.
They've done a lot of work, a lot of

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rehab work, a lot of fixing of the
system, and we've haven't had a summer

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restriction in a couple years now
because of all that investment and work.

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It takes a few years to catch up for 10
years of neglect of the water system

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that happened before that. So, please
don't take this as anything having to do

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with whatever the governor passed or not
passed because this was 6 years ago. Had

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nothing to do with any of that. That's
what the true nature of this moratorium

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is. All about water and how much supply
we have. Once we get above that hump,

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then I will be the first person to want
to rem to get this moratorum and remove

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it finally because it was my idea in the
first place when we first did this six

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years ago. It didn't it wasn't put in
six years ago when I first got here. It

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took a while, but it was all my idea
because of the situation we were in, but

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I want to make sure everybody
understands that it was not because we

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were trying to prevent any development.
We were trying to prevent us from having

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no water. which is a bigger item. So
just please remember that. Thank you.

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» Yeah, I think it's important to stress
that we are making progress. We just

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completed our third summer without water
restrictions and I can tell you that the

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previous nine 10 years. We had water
restrictions in place for the summer. So

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it has helped. CJ explain what the the
um basis of this building moratorum was

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which was about just giving us a pause
so that we can sort of get our the

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system that was neglected up to snuff
and we are making very good progress. I

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think we're turning a corner. So, um, I
think CJ cuz really CJ working with

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Jason and Mickey Phillips when he first
got on the board is why we're at this

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juncture now. So, um, any other comments
from the board? Anybody else? No. Okay.

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Any other comments from the public?
Okay. Can I have a motion and a second

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to adjourn the public hearing to our
September 24th, 2026 meeting?

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» Motion. Second.
>> All in favor? I. Okay. Introductory

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local law 9 of 2026 entitled field
changes. Public hearing is being held to

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entertain public comments on
introductory local law 9 of 2026

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entitled field changes. Purpose of this
local law is amending chapter 310 zoning

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article 8 site plan and special permit
review and approval of the code of the

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village of Woodbury to provide for
administrative approval of minor field

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changes to approve site plans. Public
notice was printed in the times held

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record on September 3rd, 2026.
So once again, we're not going to

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complete this local law tonight um
because the planning board has yet to

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opine on it. They will next week at
their meeting. So I will ask if there's

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anyone in the public wishing to speak on
this.

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Okay. Anyone on the board have any
questions for council? No.

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» Have any anything? I supply my comments.
You want to go through them or

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» No, we could wait till the public
hearing if you want to do that. That's

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fine. Okay. Okay. Hearing no further
com. Well, can I have a motion in a

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second now to adjourn this public
hearing for our September 24th,

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2026 meeting?
>> Second.

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» All in favor?
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» All right. So, just fair warning, the
September

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24th meeting, please bring snacks for
the mayor, okay? Because I think it's

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going to be a long one. I think I have
like five or six public something. I got

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something crazy on that night. So,
anyway, public comment on agenda items

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only. This is a very light agenda for
this evening. We will make up for it on

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the 24th. So, is there anyone in the
public wishing to speak on anything

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that's on the agenda for this evening?
Going once, going twice.

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Okay. Administrative business, can I
have a motion and a second to accept

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seat of the minutes of the meeting held
on August 27, 2026?

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» Motion.
>> Second.

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» All in favor?
>> I.

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» Okay. Village clerk mlennon, will you
please read abstract 7? Abstract 7

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contains vouchers 26270578
through 26270725

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and totals 1,232,6058.

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» All righty. Thank you, village clerk
mcclennon. Got a motion and second to

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approve track seven as read.
>> Second.

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» All in favor?
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» We have no old business to discuss. I'm
going to have to start creating old

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business, I think, just to have it on
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» We are old business.
>> Yep, that's true. I am 57. Okay. Badge

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meter smart cover renewals. Can I have a
motion in a second to authorize me, the

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mayor, to sign a contract with badge
meter incorporated for $6,732.95

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for smart covers for the water
wastewater department?

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» Motion.
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» there you go. All right. Village clerk
mlennon, will you actually let me just

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say this first? Electric lockin renewal
and the board doesn't know this is

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coming. So, village treasurer Desire Pin
and I met with M&R Energy Resources

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Corp. That's the villages energy
consultant. At the current rate

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proposed, the village would see an
increase of roughly $66,000 a year.

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Normally, we would agree to this and
move forward because the rates change

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daily.
Our consultant is suggesting holding off

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and having the board authorize me, the
mayor, to sign an agreement if and when

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the rates slightly reduce. So, I will
ask Jessica Mlennon, the village clerk,

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to shorten the abridge version of the
resolution.

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Now therefore, be it resolved that the
village board of the village of Woodbury

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hereby authorizes acceptance of the bid
submitted by the lowest responsible

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bidder, provided the pricing remains
valid and within the perimeters outlined

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herein in the time of execution, and be
of further resolve that the mayor is

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hereby authorized to execute an
agreement with the lowest responsible

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bidder in a form approved by the village
attorney and to take any action

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necessarily necessary to secure the
pricing in a timely manner consistent

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with prevailing market conditions.
Thank you, village clerk mcclennon.

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» Okay, I have a motion and a second to
approve the resolution as read.

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» Motion.

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» All in favor?
>> I already.

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» And last but not least, can I have a
motion and a second to authorize

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engineer Sean Hoffman of Lanken Tully to
coordinate publication and a bid opening

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date for the Hazard Lane Culvert Repair
Project.

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Motion second.
>> All in favor?

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» I.
>> Ladies and gentlemen,

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in new record time.
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Public comment on every anything and
everything. Doesn't matter to me. Tell

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us about You just You don't even have to
raise your hand. You just go to the

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podium. Is that what they do in
Cornwall? They make you raise your hand.

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» Should be respected. Uh, pusha pusha. I
put my pants on one leg at a time.

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» I
>> and I wear boxer briefs.

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» Greg Roby, Mineral Springs. I have to
say I have very much enjoyed uh my time

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here in Woodbury uh municipal
enterprises. The spirit and the ease and

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the comfort is is refreshing uh given
that my experience is in Cornwall.

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I was aware of the uh water crisis that
Woodbury is under and

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I see things through my Cornwall
glasses. Uh so my apologies for any

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inference otherwise. Um it is well
considered. It is cool that you're

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getting it together. Um, and that
I have the hazard of living as much in

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the future as the present. My wife does
the present very well. I do the past and

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the future exceptionally well. And with
the change in the seeker, nothing that

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we've been planning, including the skill
sets our lawyers have, are are

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particularly relevant. Um the the the
section 8 hyphen 1 0 I mean yeah 8 011

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is truly
a a word salad masterpiece.

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When I spoke a couple weeks ago I was
getting my feet wet. I have done several

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more recursive
rewritings of that manually and with

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large language models. It is truly
genius how well it is written to deceive

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and snooker. And this is why the other
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is a generic complaint.
Municipalities need to go for a

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permanent injunction of this law,
a stay of the January 1 thing pending

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emergency legislation.
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in in New York has an interest in this.
Um, and I somebody's got to take the

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lead.
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our our planning consultant is in so
deep with the stuff that we have done to

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prevent development without talking
about it being development prevention

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that um his law firm would be subject to
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I think it's okay for us to be in that
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strategy that I'm moving forward with is
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the way it allows parties to be
intermediaries between the political

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conscience, the conscience of the people
and their liberty is the same as what

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municipal charter law is being abused by
communities that claim religious

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exemption, but in are doing political
action. They are repressing the

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conscience of their dissident
and and and the result is at the gut

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level of our our community, we
understand that there's a war going on

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and it's not fair. And that's true.
Since 250 years ago, 1977,

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this kind of monarchal practice is
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and abregated.
it is not a thing to be discussed. So

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that's yet another approach. But in the
mean in the short term, the complaint

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that draft of it, some iteration of it
would be extremely helpful to get the

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ball started and then we can go all the
way to the Supreme Court and overturn

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its unwillingness to recognize that
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And they they washed their hands of
things that were quote religious and

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they should not have because under
Seager versus the United States 1965 a

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secular conscientious objector got his
right to a CO because he acted and felt

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as though it was the same as a religious
theology. So whether it's political or

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religious, if it stands in the way of
the conscience of the people, it is

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unconstitutional. And in New York, we're
gifted with the word repugnant and

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abregated.
So take heart. There is hope, but it

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ain't going to be simple. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Greg.

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» Anyone else in the public wishing to
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You missed the mayor visiting us today.
>> I know she'd have been there

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» a little bit.
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» It was
>> Don't worry about that. It was We were

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out there.
>> Don't worry. Forget Don't worry about

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the seniors. A little germs between
friends. Nothing. Nothing. Go ahead.

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» I've been with the seniors for last
week, today. this week. It's just been

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insane. They are some group of people
and I mean it in a nice way. Um the just

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the Woodbury Chamber of Commerce,
Woodbury Day, um O Saturday, October

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3rd, St. Patrick's parking lot between
10 and 3 p.m. We're getting a a good

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list together. As soon as I have time
tomorrow, I'm going to sit down and list

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everyone that's going to be there. We
have the Tumble Bus. We're working on a

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gaming be game a mobile gaming van. Say
that three times fast. Um Joe uh

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Gianzaro who's the president was going
to get some kind of bouncy houses. We

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have the Central Valley Fire Company. We
have the Lions Club. We have the police

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department. I have the sheriff's
department. Um they're doing our police

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are doing the K-9. The sheriff's
department is going to do the the

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children's ID program which we haven't
had in a long time. So I think it's very

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important that we bring that back. And
there's a bunch of other organizations

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and groups that are coming in for that.
I do have some applications. They're

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online for the vendors and the library
is going to be there. Don't want to

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forget to mention them. And um it's it's
working. And I have Ria, raise your

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hand. Ria is our VP of events and she's
been doing a tremendous job getting

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businesses to join up and to she's out
there. She's a a force to be reckoned

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with. She's doing a great job. Thank
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Anna.
more somber note. Just want to remind

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everyone tomorrow night 7 p.m. right out
front here. Um

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we remember, we honor, we never forget,
and this is from the ladies auxiliary.

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25 years have passed, but we remember.
We honor the lives lost, the heroes who

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rose to the moment, and the spirit of
unity that carried us through. And they

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ask that we all join us at the Woodbury
Fire Department as we gather to

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commemorate the 25th anniversary of
September 11th. This means so much to

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our community as we did lose one of our
members of the Central Valley Fire

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Company who unfortunately was within one
of the towers doing his job. And this

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monument that's out front,
it means a lot to all of us.

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When we put this monument out, we had it
put in 15 years ago. And um on one side

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you'll see Mike Matess's name on the one
side and you'll have all

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everyone that was any building that was
affected or hit with all the four

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planes. So um I do get emotional with
this so I apologize. So, I ask everyone,

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please show up. I know Jimmy, you're
going to be there. We're going to

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broadcast it live, and I I appreciate
it. And I know the men are downstairs

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cleaning up everything. So, I thank
everyone.

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» Thank you, Maria. If you drive by
anybody on Smith Clove Road, you go by

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the Central Valley Firehouse. It's a
firehouse that the Central Valley

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Firemen own. They are actually doing a
dedication on the the bays for Mike

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Montessie. So Ed Hoff and I passed on
the way down here and he was out there

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working on it, stenciling and everything
else like that. It looks fantastic. So

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it's a nice tribute to one of our
firemen who was lost on 911 on that

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faithful day 25 years ago. Anyone else
in the public wishing to speak?

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Going once.
Going twice.

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Department comments. John Hand.
Nothing. Huh? Okay. No.

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» Nothing.
>> Okay. Jessica.

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» Okay. Starting at the far end with uh
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Thank you everybody. Um I'm thinking
about something that Maria just said and

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tomorrow
is the 25th anniversary of one of the

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most terrible events that have happened
to this country in its history. And the

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thing that triggered me to kind of speak
about this this evening was the words

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that Maria just said and we never
forget. Well,

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unfortunately, we're starting to forget.
If everybody really thinks back to the

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days and weeks and months after that
horrendous event, how it put neighbors

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together, blocks together, communities
together, a whole country came together,

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and it was such a wonderful feeling. And
I just look at what's going on today out

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there, and it it seems like we have
forgotten. And maybe we should start to

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remember what that felt like and what it
feels like to shake your neighbor's hand

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and what it feels like to work side by
side with people in in concert for the

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goodness of all. It's getting to the
point where the vitriol is getting

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completely ridiculous. It's getting out
of hand and the political

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infighting and outfighting is just
horrendous. So,

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I challenge everybody to take this upon
yourself to remember and to remember the

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good feelings, to remember what it's
like to stand up together as one

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country, as one group of people, as one
group of citizens and work together and

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be together and hold hands together and
kind of think of that and how we can get

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back to that feeling going forward
because God knows this country needs it.

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Thank you and good night.
Thank you, Trustee Gratiana.

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Trustee Matilda.

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I'm joking. Um, thank you for coming
tonight, everybody here. I have some

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upcoming local events. Um, Woodbury
Community Cleanup is Saturday, September

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19th, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The
location is the Woodbury Highway

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Department. Come and
to the highway department to pick up

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your bags and receive your cleanup
assignment.

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This next one is the appliance recycling
drive. The coolest recycling drive at

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2026. Get it? Um, that's there are three
dates. Saturday, September 19th from 10

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to 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 21st from
4 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday,

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September 26, 2:00 p.m. to 400 p.m.
Um, it's free drop off for appliances,

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container, refrigerants.
The next one is green drinks for a

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greener tomorrow. The location will be
it's Wednesday, Sep September 23rd, 6:30

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to 8:30 p.m. Sweet Clover Farm. And come
connect with neighbors to learn simple,

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actionable ways to make a positive
environmental impact together with your

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community.
Two more. Um, Bioblitz is Saturday,

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September 26th from 10:00 a.m. to 1 pm
and the location is the Smith Clove

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Passive Recreation Area on 271 Smith
Clove Road. And um, this will be an

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event to help catalog local plant and
animal species at this familyfriendly

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event. Free food will be provided.
You always get people with food. Um,

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Saturday, October 17th is the Woodbury
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there are several um, vendors coming.
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2:00 p.m.
and that is also posted online. So, I

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also have um, and I think it's already
been said, so I'm sorry if it's

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repetitive. Tomorrow marks the 25th
anniversary of September 11th. We hold

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in our hearts the nearly 3,000
individuals, passengers, workers, and

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first responders who lost their lives,
as well as the countless families and

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communities, including our own, that
have been forever altered by that day.

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Let's remember the profound bravery of
the firefighters, police officers, and

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medical personnel, who ran toward danger
without hesitation, placing others

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before themselves.
September 11th was a tragic day in our

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nation's history, but it also revealed
our deepest strength, courage, and

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unity.
Tomorrow, we honor the lives lost, pay

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tribute to the heroes who served, and
reaffirm our commitment to standing

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stronger together.
And we are better standing stronger

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together.
Have a good evening.

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» Thank you, Trusty Matah. Well said,
>> Trusty Pal. Okay, good evening

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everybody. Um, Kathleen said a lot of
what I also wanted to echo about 911 and

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the 25th anniversary um, being tomorrow.
Something I keep thinking a lot about is

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how 25 years can simultaneously feel
like yesterday and a lifetime ago. And I

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think a lot about September 10th, 25
years ago and the before and the after.

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I personally had just moved into college
two weeks before and the world

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completely changed and um yeah so I
think tomorrow my whole thing is to

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encourage everybody to take some time to
remember and reflect

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um think about what we can do one small
gesture to make somebody else's day a

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little bit better and I think that is a
big message um to just think about going

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forward tomorrow because it will be a
solemn day but I think if even just a

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smile at a stranger um and remember
where we were 25 years ago

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and then I also just wanted to say um
this weekend is also Russashana so for

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all those who celebrate I hope you have
a happy new year that's it

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» thank you trusty pal
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for my parents who were basically
hippies um for M time is marked. The

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thing they ask yourself is what where
were you when JFK was shot? Okay. For

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me, I thought it would be the Challenger
explosion when I came home from school

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for a half day and turned the TV on and
then we had that tragedy. Turns out that

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my for my generation and for many other
probably the generation after mine, what

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will be remembered is that day 25 years
ago. Now I was down there that day. I

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was supposed to be heading to a workers
comp hearing in Brooklyn when the train

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stopped on Park Row and I basically
walked to the nearest building that the

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company I worked for, Vernon Realy, had
owned down there which was attached to

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the New York Stock Exchange.
So, um, it was a bit scary because I

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walked past the towers or at least the
one tower that was the plane had hit and

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to watch people who really had no other
alternative but to jump out of a window

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instead of
the alternative.

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Um, that day for me, you know, just
brings back I didn't have to live down

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there like so many of our first
responders did. And I want to talk a

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minute about that. Michael Hansen, who I
run a blood drive for every year here

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since I got on this board. Michael
Hansen,

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um, and his benefits have been denied 13
times, and you may have seen that on the

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news because the mayor of New York City
decided to quote him. And while at the

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same time they're denying his benefits,
he was down there for nine months on

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recovery efforts. Now, that wasn't his
first foray into

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being a hero because he was also sent to
Oklahoma after the bombings there and

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also the first uh World Trade Center
bombing. He was also part of that as

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well. He is one of many who have kind of
been forgotten. We think about the

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people that were lost that day, but
Hector Calarbalo or Steven Lopez or

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Pedro Ferrari, these are first
responders. Some of them Hector was a

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Verizon worker who was part of the
recovery efforts.

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To this day, we are still losing people
based on

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the poison, the airborne toxins in the
air that affected their lives. Michael

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Hansen, for those that didn't know him,
it's a shame because he really was just

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a gentleman. Uh I first met Mike through
the Knights of Columbus and I would see

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him every week at church and he always
had a smile, always would shake your

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hand. He was a big burly guy, one of the
sweetest men you would know. And he did

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so much for this community. He spent 30
years downstairs. Did he also train you?

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Yep. He was our he ba education. What
did you call it exactly?

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Safety director, whatnot.
He literally trained a generation of

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firefighters downstairs. Okay. All the
young guys that you see, Michael Hansen

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in some kind of way touched their lives
by making sure that they were working

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safely whenever they went to a fire. So
tomorrow, I want you to remember all

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those lives lost that day. But I also
want people to remember the lives that

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we continue to lose, okay, based on
those cancers. And just pray that like

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Michael Hansen's widow, Kathy Hansen,
will get what she's due, which is his

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benefits because the only way he
contracted ALS was because of his

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efforts down
at the World Trade Center for nine

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months. So, please come out tomorrow. It
really is. The the the men and women

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downstairs do a wonderful job honoring
the lives of so many. So,

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it's a wonderful event. It's very
solemn. They do a great job. So, anyway,

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with no further business to discuss or
comments received, can I have a motion

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in a second to adjourn this meeting?
>> Motion.

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» Second.
>> All in favor?

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» All right. I have nothing witty for you
tonight. I'm sorry. All right. I usually

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do a Chuck Norris thing. Not gonna
happen tonight. Sorry. I know Steve, you

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came here just for that. I apologize.
Go home, you two.

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You go home, too.
Yep.