[0:07] Good evening, and welcome to our year September 15, 2021-26 Board meeting. The view to all stand for the pledge of allegiance.

[0:22] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and for the Republic, will we just stand for a nation?

[0:30] And if we could all please remain standing as we have a moment of silence today, I'd like to remember the life and passing of Jake or Kara as we celebrated or commemorated four years since he was killed out on London road.

[0:57] And, you know, I just implore that everyone drives carefully for our work zones.

[1:05] We now have Jake's law here in New Yorktown, and it's just so important.

[1:11] It reminds us that it's not only our first responders that we worry about, but all of

[1:16] our employees, especially those working in the construction zones.

[1:21] So,

[1:31] thank you.

[1:40] Okay, we will have introductions, starting to my right.

[1:44] Good evening, day and a class, town clerk.

[1:47] Dean Patrick Murphy, town councilman.

[1:49] Supervisor Ed Lachman.

[1:51] Sergio Esposito, Deputy Supervisor.

[1:53] Councilwoman, Mr. Susan Siegel.

[1:55] The Long Gilbert Councilman, Adam Rodriguez Santeterne.

[2:00] All right,

[2:02] report to the town.

[2:06] First of all, those who celebrated, I hope, that you had a very, very happy New Year,

[2:11] Ashashana just passed a very sweet and prosperous year to all.

[2:22] We move into our next

[2:24] actually religious event here in town with the Feast of San Janeiro. We'll be starting tomorrow.

[2:30] We'll have a procession starting at 6 p.m. ending the whole fair in Sunday at 10 p.m.

[2:37] During the week through Saturday it will remain open until 11. I believe each night it will open at

[2:44] for Wednesday and Thursday and Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The feast will begin at noon.

[2:55] We will be having a very busy end of year as we look forward to finish up some

[2:59] law changes. I know there's been a lot of conversation about e-bikes and we will have a work session

[3:06] taking place on 10 13 26 where we'll also be looking to bring in some

[3:11] law changes for review and public hearings, including some traffic safety laws, sign law and

[3:18] the cell tower law.

[3:20] So we're looking to get all of that coming through by the end of this year.

[3:25] There will be an October 7th commemoration on Thursday, October 1st.

[3:30] That will be presented by Lights of Tomorrow, the group founded in town by Judge Cohen Pearson's

[3:41] daughter. Talia, Talia Pearson, has been doing a phenomenal job in working with the youth in

[3:49] our schools and educating about anti-Semitism, about acceptance, about freedom of religion,

[3:55] and she's been doing a phenomenal phenomenal job. That will be at the Capitalini Center,

[4:03] 6 p.m. on October 1st, and they will have a sign-up form online. I am sure, as they have in the past,

[4:10] we will try to get that onto the town website when it becomes available.

[4:15] I also want to apologize. I know the agenda that went out over the weekend had some changes

[4:24] in our start time and we flipped back today. We were originally going to have a discussion

[4:29] on the EMS RFPs submissions. There were different opinions on if this could be an executive

[4:38] session item or an open session, because some of the things are definitely executive and

[4:46] some could float into open. We felt it safer to pull it all together. Both the town clerk

[4:53] and the town attorney felt that there were ways we were looking at doing this that could be

[4:58] very difficult to keep.

[5:00] But in the lines of the open meeting law.

[5:05] So we, we did, well, I sent out an email today. I have a majority

[5:10] consensus of just going straight to an interview process. Now, there are some questions. Usually

[5:17] we wouldn't interview all of the submissions. Some might get dropped out because of price,

[5:22] But since this is such a unique RFP and what we're looking to do, and we need to think

[5:31] outside the box, it's very important for the future of VMS.

[5:36] The town board has agreed to help we'll vote on it, but as of this morning, I agreed

[5:42] to have an extra session where we just come in, go into clothes and interview all of the

[5:50] applicants. The reason we don't want to do that in public is because they will hear the questions

[5:56] that we're asking and it will give an unfair advantage to some of the other applicants. So we will

[6:02] we will do something hopefully that will pass today on the Tuesday the 29th of September and we

[6:11] will start that at 5 p.m. And spend an evening together going through all of the different

[6:18] interviews. And actually if we were following the way we were going, which would be to pick

[6:24] it apart today and then start scheduling interviews in October. This actually will speed up

[6:30] the process where by the end of October hopefully we could have a chosen RFP and have that put

[6:38] out and working on. So with the importance of what the future of the MS is to our town and the path

[6:46] we need to take to help our ambulance corps. I think that we owe it to everyone to explore

[6:54] every road that's out there and make sure that we go down there. And that is it for me.

[7:03] That's the body. Yes. Sure. We had a wonderful grain share. It was really, really

[7:11] attended very well at least Friday and Saturday. Sunday we had a rain in the morning but I

[7:17] leave in the afternoon. We had decent attendance. And I am proud to say that I received

[7:23] a participation award for the bubblegum contest. And I meant to spring in the pink ribbon,

[7:32] but I forgot it at home. On a more serious note, I wish all who observe an easy fast during

[7:41] this period of reflection in Jewish High Holy Days, and which will culminate in a young

[7:48] Kippur this coming weekend. And for those, I wish everyone a happy, healthy and sweet

[7:57] year through the new year, and through the High Holy Days. So thank you. Thank you, Alon.

[8:05] Okay, thank you Ed for giving those October dates for eBikes and cell towers that was

[8:10] one of the questions I was going to ask.

[8:13] The public should know that I have sent memos to the town board with some suggestions on the

[8:18] not just e-bikes, but also regular bicycles, called them non-motorized or standard bicycles,

[8:23] whatever you want to call them, because we have had issues with those, especially on the sidewalks

[8:27] in the hamlet area, and also around the track, whether the e-bikes or regular bikes,

[8:33] and there are two totally have to be dealt with separately. Also, I have sent the board

[8:38] memo outlining some issues of concern dealing with cell towers. And if anyone wants copies of

[8:46] what I have said to the board, they can email me and I will share them with those. Those are just

[8:50] my thoughts, my suggestions as to what can be discussed. I would like to get some status reports

[8:57] on some issues that I have been following. The sewer pump station issue that our engineer talked

[9:03] about last week. I'd like to know what the status is added. If you have any information,

[9:11] has the revised farm walk from station plan been sent back to the Department of Health

[9:16] and what's the status? Also, he said that the Mohanset plan would be ready in two weeks.

[9:24] I think the two weeks is up. Is that ready? And then when can we expect the three other

[9:32] to be ready, because we are under a deadline, all of this work has to be plans have to be approved by the DOH, the bid specs have to be prepared.

[9:42] We have to go out to bid, we have to vet the contract, the contracts have to be signed, the work has to be done, and it all has to be completed by May of 2028.

[9:51] Or else we can lose a lot of money.

[9:54] So I'd like an update from the engineer.

[10:00] On the status of a hell, it's no sewer extension. What's been happening with that? And also what's happening with the complain review committee, we were told that they would be coming in in September to give us an update and I'd like to know what's happening on that.

[10:17] Now, I have a prepared statement that I'd like to read about the semedical services or the ambulance course. Let me just say first that

[10:28] I prepared this statement this afternoon based on a lot of email exchanges Ed said we were going back and forth and changing our plans

[10:37] And it's certainly when I was telling the

[10:40] The two volunteer ambulance course that I was planning to make a statement tonight

[10:44] I hit the wrong button starting with S and so a town board member got the information

[10:50] Knowing I was going to make a statement and knowing it was not going to be a very positive statement. So I suspect that the town board

[10:57] has had advanced notice that I might be saying something to me.

[11:02] I know about it, but it's okay.

[11:07] All right, okay.

[11:08] So let me read this.

[11:11] Let me read my statement, please, and please bear with me.

[11:15] I normally just speak top of the, you know, just add, you know, add live,

[11:20] but this was very important to me, and I want to make sure all my points for me.

[11:24] There's total agreement that our two volunteer ambulance corps shortened as facts, the

[11:31] Yorktown volunteer ambulance corps and Mohican EMS need an additional source of revenue

[11:37] in order to maintain the current level of service.

[11:40] When you have a medical emergency and need an ambulance every minute counts, the issue is

[11:45] how to provide that assistance and issue I've been working on for about 10 months.

[11:50] It took the Cortland Town board one month back in January of 2026 to be precise to agree

[11:56] to participate in a joint study of creating how special purpose ambulance districts

[12:03] was the only feasible solution for providing the financial assistance that they need.

[12:09] Cortland has to participate because as many people know, we'll do not know, but he can

[12:14] The N.S. covers the northern part of Yorktown and the north-east and part of Corland.

[12:19] But it took this forward six months to agree to do a study for one simple reason, politics.

[12:26] Some of my colleagues will likely disagree with me, but if you know me, you know I tell that

[12:31] like it is. For political reasons to supervise it did not want to study. Just a study.

[12:37] That might. I repeat might lead to attacks without even knowing what that

[12:42] Perhaps might be $5, $10, $15, whatever.

[12:46] He kept putting obstacles in the way of hiring a consultant

[12:49] to do the studying.

[12:51] Finally, when he couldn't continue to find reasons

[12:54] why not to do the study in June, the board voted

[12:57] to advertise a request for proposals RFP for short.

[13:01] But not before it amended the study's scope

[13:03] to include issues that had nothing to do with the creation

[13:06] of ambulance districts, which for months

[13:09] had been the purpose of the study.

[13:11] When the VAX pointed out that these additional issues were muddying, muddying the study,

[13:17] their comments were ignored, and it's why, even though I fought hard for the study,

[13:22] I abstained from that vote.

[13:24] And now, with the responses to the RFP in, the chickens have come home to roost,

[13:30] and the supervisor is putting up more obstacles, which are causing more delays.

[13:34] Of the seven responses, only one addresses the initial purpose of the study, which, again, was the creation of the special purpose ambulance districts.

[13:45] The six other responses all proposed the study to study the problem, to study a problem that doesn't exist, and would cost considerably more than anticipated.

[13:55] They range from $38,000 to $139,000.

[14:00] The six responses are proposing a comprehensive study

[14:04] of the Town Emergency Medical Services Program,

[14:07] otherwise known as EMS.

[14:10] Without getting into the weeds, there are two components

[14:12] to our EMS Program.

[14:14] The volunteer ambulance course that respond to all calls

[14:17] and when needed transport people to the hospital,

[14:21] and the Empress Paramedics who provide the advanced

[14:23] life support, otherwise known as ALS service, when necessary, and when necessary,

[14:31] they accompany

[14:31] the ambulance to the hospital. These two groups, the Empress, Paramedics, and our

[14:36] Vax work hand in hand and close together. But there has been no discussion about any problems

[14:43] with our ALS service. So why do we need the consultant to study ALS? This board addressed

[14:51] the ALS issue in the 2025 budget when it added a second fly car. What if anything has changed

[14:58] in one year that now has to be said.

[15:00] The only EMS problem that has been identified is the back's financial problem, and that's the problem we need to address, which brings me to tonight and to more delaying.

[15:13] The board, as Supervisor Lachman said, was supposed to discuss the RFP responses tonight, and some back members adjusted their schedules to be able to attend that meeting.

[15:24] But as of this morning, the Supervisor decided to postpone that meeting.

[15:27] Why? He said there were pitfalls of a weather discussion should be an open or closed session. He referred to that.

[15:35] What pitfalls? The tab board has always, always followed the open meetings law when it discusses RFP risk and has discussed RFP responses in closed session.

[15:46] The EMS RFP is no different. It's also not clear why the supervisor appears to unilaterally considering how the board responds

[15:57] to RFP responses. As of today, he was saying that the board should interview all seven responses

[16:04] regardless of their qualifications or their prices instead of just interviewing selected one

[16:11] space on their credentials or their cost. One of the town, the out-of-town responders would actually

[16:18] have to hire a New York State attorney at a cost of $10,000 to answer very basic New York State law

[16:25] questions. The supervisor will likely respond to my comments by telling you that if we don't

[16:31] interview all respondents, we could be subject to a lawsuit wrong. Absolutely wrong.

[16:37] The town is under no obligation to interview all responders. In fact, a few weeks ago,

[16:42] when the board was ready to interview RFP, RFP responses to the original streetscape RFP,

[16:49] the supervisor had no problem deciding that the board would not interview some of the responders

[16:54] whose proposals he decided were too expensive.

[16:57] Consistency doesn't seem to be a problem for him.

[17:01] The supervisor will also likely tell you

[17:03] that it makes sense to take a holistic view of our EMS needs.

[17:07] In general, I agree that a holistic approach

[17:10] to most problems makes sense,

[17:12] but not when the holistic response is not necessary

[17:16] and when it is being used as the excuse

[17:18] to postpone a decision that needs to be made.

[17:22] And that decision should be made by you, the taxpayers, not the five people on this board.

[17:28] First, we need a study of an ambulance district and a study that will tell us,

[17:33] tell you how much it could cost to provide the vats with the added revenue they need.

[17:42] Then that should be your decision.

[17:44] How much are you willing to pay to know that when you have a medical emergency,

[17:49] and ambulance will be able to respond in the shortest possible time.

[17:54] That's what we're talking about.

[17:57] But you won't know that until a study is done.

[18:00] That's what this is all about.

[18:02] And that's what the supervisor doesn't want to do.

[18:05] He doesn't want a study that could result in a new tax.

[18:08] Even a tax that you may want that you may be willing to pay.

[18:16] So let me make one another point.

[18:17] You're probably here from some of the members of this board that I'm making this all put that I'm making this statement off of political reasons and the awful political reasons.

[18:30] Nothing could be further from the truth.

[18:33] Anyone who knows me, who has witnessed my involvement with town government of a multiple decades, knows that I am nonpartisan when it comes to Yorktown.

[18:42] My vote of basin is always has been and always will be what's best for interest of the town of Yorktown and its residents, not politics and not getting re-elected.

[18:53] Other members of the board may disagree with some or all of what I had said.

[18:58] I will not be responding to the comments that will come after me.

[19:02] You have heard from me. You may hear from them.

[19:04] I leave it up to you to decide which is the right way to go. Thank you.

[19:10] Pat, you want to go?

[19:13] Sure.

[19:14] All right.

[19:15] So I hope everybody's going to come out and enjoy San General.

[19:18] That's this weekend.

[19:20] I'll give you all the details.

[19:21] But just a little reminder, get out there.

[19:24] And the library is going to be closed September 20.

[19:30] Was it the 29th and 30th?

[19:32] It's right after the friends of the library has their book sale.

[19:36] So the book sales over on the 28th and it closes at 5 o'clock

[19:40] that the epinom. Okay, and they're going to have Mr. Kennedy's coming out there and he's going to read

[19:48] the book called The Ride and that's The Poor of Years Ride and there's just a library has a wealth

[19:55] of things to do for the town.

[20:00] They're going to a renovation. They're closing for two days in that renovation. They're going to get a new service desk. They're going to get new flooring. They're going to have a teen corner and then they're also going to have a little reading lounge.

[20:13] So, but that's about it.

[20:16] And you know, well, I'm here one second. This one talk about the e-bikes. I know Susan brought it up and we're going to have a discussion about it. But the little bit of research I did on it was

[20:28] the police use this thing called 529 shield. It's basically a QR code on a bike, and the bike

[20:37] basically it's to find the bike. There's there's nothing that they could use in radar to

[20:45] a hit the bike exceeding the limit and then

[20:49] given it to take it out. They can get the speed of the bike, but they can't

[20:54] They're not going to chase after the bike. So again, it all comes down to enforcement. So it does.

[21:04] All right. It was first responders night at Yorktown High School and the library is back with the Lakeland

[21:14] Varsity Football and your consensual Varsity Football is a great game honored, there were

[21:20] a lot of first responders there. The kids came out, they all had a theme, it was USA

[21:25] night, it was just a very impressive game as well, it came down to the last play at a game

[21:33] and quite an impressive play. A lot of fun, you guys should try to take in somebody's games

[21:41] the camaraderie and the school spirit and the town spirit are alive and well and it's nice to see.

[21:48] Grinch Fair was packed, just like Councilman Gilbert mentioned. I was there briefly in the beginning

[21:55] to, at the opening, they asked me to speak at their 9-11 opening and the opening of the Grinch Fair,

[22:03] and it was an honor to be asked to do that. I love the Grinch Fair. I'm glad to see that it's alive

[22:10] and well. I believe it's 102 years that they've been here and I went over some history. They actually

[22:17] the Grinch started in the late 1800s and the first Grinch Fair was over dispute on who had the biggest

[22:28] potatoes. So, you know, it just takes you back in time to a much simpler time when something

[22:36] like that was the issue of the day. Great, it was a great, a great fair and, and a lot

[22:43] of fun. 9-11 was particularly solemn 25 years. We had Yorktown knows how to commemorate

[22:53] are fallen, we had a 911 Memorial at the Elx, 911 Memorial at Jefferson Village, a 911 Memorial

[23:03] at the 911 Memorial in Troboke, and, of course, as mentioned, the Greens fare.

[23:10] This month, today, marks my computer is rebooting on randomly, perfect timing.

[23:16] Today, marks National Hispanic Heritage Month, it runs through October 15, so from 915

[23:23] to 1015. It actually starts on the 15th for a particular reason. It's the independence anniversary

[23:32] of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and soon I believe on

[23:39] the 18th and the 20th or something like that. It's the anniversary of Mexico and Chile.

[23:49] So enjoy the culture, the Hispanic culture is unbelievable and comes to also to fund things that we should all take part in.

[24:02] The RFP for the streetscape is in our emails.

[24:06] I've reviewed it already, asking the board to get back to me with any comments before we get it out as an RFP.

[24:14] I'm anxious to get that done.

[24:17] Again, the RFP, the streetscape, we want to make our streets more beautiful.

[24:23] We also want to put in some extra functionality.

[24:26] We want to increase the walkability.

[24:28] We're looking at the center of town here in the heights area right now.

[24:32] Once I think we get through this, I'd like to go around the rest of our beautiful town

[24:37] and see what we could do to improve our downtown areas for all our citizens.

[24:45] We're looking at bike lanes, we're looking at possibly one ways.

[24:48] We're looking at entry parking possibly.

[24:52] There's a lot of possibilities and I'm looking forward to hearing what the RFP's yield

[24:58] costs so we can make it.

[25:00] A well-informed decision and get some outside perspective from engineers and traffic consultants and all that.

[25:06] So I'm excited about that. So everybody can get back to me by maybe Friday morning.

[25:10] I got you already. I got, and what you're called. So I'd like to see if we have to make any changes.

[25:18] I'm happy with the way it is, and I'm ready to get it out there. So if you guys could just get some comments,

[25:25] And then we'll put it all up all of us together and and we'll hopefully get something final that that we could we could agree on and get it out

[25:34] Could we could we discuss that because I did want to make a few questions right now.

[25:37] No, no, not now.

[25:38] Yeah, thank you all right.

[25:40] So we could discuss it just I'll read your comments and yeah, and we'll take a look at that

[25:47] About acting politically Susan you act politically up here all the time you use your bully Pope it to you know

[25:54] Even we go back to the street sign law when I was talking to you about possible signs the only thing you will focus on a political science

[26:01] I think I think the sign law could be expanded into a much broader thing

[26:07] You know eight a frame signs whether we want banners there's so many things times when things could be out

[26:12] types of signs you know if you need to permit that kind of stuff

[26:16] You seem to just be focused on political science only as a matter of fact you added a part a chapter in there that says

[26:24] political signs. So, I mean, you're constantly using it up here to attack all of us. You're

[26:31] pretty much attacked me tonight, putting words in my mouth saying that I passed on. I don't

[26:36] really care about your email that you were bragging to people that you were going to let us

[26:42] have it tonight or whatever. I don't really care about that. That's why nobody knows about it. Because

[26:47] if that's what you want to do, you're entitled to do it. But please don't put words in my mouth. I mean,

[26:51] asking you nicely. I've asked you multiple times in the past. I'm asking you again. Okay, please.

[26:58] You know, so the the the accusations and the assumptions that that you've made in your statement. I'm not going to review him, but I will tell you

[27:06] that our supervisor has scheduled a special meeting for what's the date?

[27:12] The 29th of this month, we were not scheduled to have any meeting that day. He added an additional meeting

[27:19] Just for this purpose to discuss the EMS stuff, because it's a broad topic, it's an important topic, and he's allocating the time for it.

[27:29] But you failed to mention it. I know you know about the meeting, but you left that part out.

[27:35] And that's what's questionable.

[27:36] Anyway, I look forward to the 29th. I look forward to the discussion.

[27:40] I look forward to moving forward and thank you for scheduling all the other dates as well for the other stuff.

[27:45] Thank you, sir.

[27:48] I remember the discussion, can we just go and then you can make your comments?

[27:54] If you want to make a comment about the sign losses, but we're going to be talking about it again very soon.

[27:59] I remember the discussion very well when I said that I suggested because the key issue that has come up has been the political science.

[28:07] And I specifically made recommendations on how to change that.

[28:10] And you said you were concerned about the other signs, which I agree they could be used.

[28:15] But I never heard from you in terms of which signs and how you would change them, where

[28:21] I gave specific suggestions for the board to consider.

[28:26] So, yet, the sign law is too late now for the political signs, but any time you're ready

[28:31] to come and provide me with some of your suggestions going through the sign law, I'll sit

[28:36] down with you and work with you on.

[28:38] Well, I'd like to discuss it in public because having a conversation with you and private,

[28:41] my yields some attacks here in public, so I'm sorry.

[28:45] But that's been your, you know, let me, let me just hit a few issues.

[28:49] And one other thing to, to just reiterate where you said, you made this agree about how we're

[28:55] proceeding with the MS, but that's how we want to proceed.

[28:59] And we're a border five, you're not the only person you may think that you, you know,

[29:04] It all we need is this and all we need is that, but there are four other people that you

[29:08] have considered that maybe we want to hear about other things and we want to have a broader

[29:12] study and a broader discussion because it's a very, very, very, very important topic.

[29:19] Thank you, Sergio. That'll lead me into some of my things, though.

[29:22] God bless. The EMS RFP is more than just about, let's just start a taxing district. Otherwise,

[29:31] why are we spending the money on it? I think that as Sergio put it there's there's a board of

[29:36] five each one of us has 20% of vote and I'm sorry if you think it's there's one RFP that's worth

[29:44] looking at and there's only one solution and yes I would I would imagine that the the ambulance

[29:52] cores have their own opinion on what they think is right because they're very vested in it and

[29:59] and sometimes when you...

[30:00] You are overvested in something. You can't look at it as a whole. You can't look at it holistically, as you use that.

[30:08] I as well do not appreciate having words put into my mouth that have never come out of my mouth. In fact, all of my conversations have just been about doing it right.

[30:20] From day one there's a realization that we need to do it, but you did get one thing right. I'll give you credit for.

[30:26] I do not want to raise taxes on our residents, but as you'll see later on in the agenda, you know what?

[30:34] There's a very big possibility, not only will we have to raise a little bit this year, but possibly break the tax cap.

[30:42] So it's in there to prepare and there is a piece in here that's saying, hey look, here's the law, if we're going to do it, we need to pass this resolution.

[30:52] And so I don't want to raise taxes, it's an absolutely right.

[30:57] There are stark realities in our world, the fact that diesel fuel is over $6 a gallon

[31:03] right now, and most of our trucks run on diesel, you know, our electric bills are through

[31:08] the roof.

[31:10] All of these things are out of our control, are affecting our budget.

[31:16] And there's a reality that, yes, we need to.

[31:18] You had agreed with your article in the newspaper about, hey, you know what, we have to look

[31:25] is a five or ten dollar a month raise in taxes, is that something you'd be in favor

[31:32] for keeping the services up there?

[31:35] You were spot on with that, spot on, and I didn't feel that was political.

[31:41] But when you tell me what I'm thinking, that is political, that's all that is.

[31:47] But especially when the evidence in front of you tells you differently, and if you read through all of my emails that you were answering, it would tell you differently as well.

[32:01] So, you know what? I appreciate your wanting to get this done. Once again, there are five of us that sit up here.

[32:08] If anyone is uncomfortable with rushing it through, my job as the executive is to make sure that that is answered.

[32:19] And if I'm the one who's uncomfortable with it, I certainly need to make sure that I'm doing that.

[32:24] Because I don't go to bed at night and put my head on the pillow unless I could just say it, I did everything I felt I could for a situation.

[32:31] wrong or indifferent at the end of the day, because more than happy to say when I made a mistake,

[32:38] you know, I could admit it. But we need to make sure we're going through this.

[32:44] Sergio, you missed one nine eleven ceremony with the Mojigan firefighters. Actually,

[32:48] you do one. It's seven. I know you were at the at the grains, so I popped over there and it's a

[32:55] great great little ceremony, especially because we had members of our Mojigan fire department

[33:01] who responded to the pile after 9, 11, and we're part of that great Americanism that came

[33:10] through on September 12th.

[33:14] The Compland committee Susan, I did want them in on this meeting, we're actually last.

[33:20] There were a couple of key members that were not available.

[33:23] One is Aaron Baku as a lot to it, and then the question came up is, can we wait until

[33:30] middle of October because at that point they feel they will be completely walked through every

[33:36] category of it. They might not have everything ready to go, but they could talk to us in

[33:42] much better detail. So because of that inability and the fact that at the finish line of stage

[33:52] one, they asked for the middle of October. So we will see that in October.

[33:57] And if I was at the meeting last month for the 485 B committee,

[34:04] and one of their issues that the core issue that they have to discuss to talk about is the extent to which we want to encourage commercial development in Yorktown.

[34:15] And I told them that the comp plan was under review, and I told them at that point that I thought it was going to be in September discussion and that they should participate.

[34:27] They should come and listen and hear what these people are saying.

[34:31] The ones who have reviewed the plan, I'm not that they've made any changes.

[34:34] They're just reviewing it to see what needs to be changed or what could be changed.

[34:38] So, it is very important that it's not just us at the town board, but also that 485 committee needs to know what's happening and what this status is.

[34:48] Absolutely. So, I hope that with enough advance to notice, barring illness and other certain unanticipated events that those members of the committee could come.

[35:00] If they would like to come there, the door, the complaint committee, does it? Well, yeah, we'll

[35:05] get that. I mean, it won't be a full board because I know there's one who's not available on Tuesday.

[35:08] It's impossible to always get everybody in the same way. Understood. And then, you know, and I know

[35:16] you question like the open session and closed session, but, you know, even though she sits on the other side

[35:22] the aisle, I do rely on Diana Quast for her opinion on things, she has an unbelievable knowledge

[35:30] and that's really what being elected official in our town is about.

[35:34] We are all here for the same reason, and Diana had some questions, our attorney had some

[35:39] questions, the long in the short could we have wrangled it in, maybe, but for to say that

[35:46] we always do executive session and it never goes off-kilter, we've been stopped many times

[35:52] sometimes by you saying, hey, we're getting off topic here and I think it's better to just

[35:59] eliminate that because this is such an important concept and it's an important RFP.

[36:06] So, you know, sometimes that discretion is a better part of our and we need to, we need

[36:12] to keep moving through on that so.

[36:14] I said before I am not going to make any more comments about that.

[36:17] Okay, that's fine.

[36:18] You don't need to.

[36:18] And then we'll see if Dan is around today and we'll ask him if he can do it because I did not come across him today when I was in and out.

[36:28] That's what he did really small.

[36:31] He did say that they had no hands-of-one would be ready to bring him two weeks in those two weeks or up.

[36:35] I'd like to know.

[36:37] So we will move on.

[36:41] Port Laureate, do you got a poem?

[36:43] Yes, I do.

[36:44] I got this from John's wife talking to elevators by John F. McMullen. I started talking

[36:51] to my elevator. When I was about six, I was lucky. Many of my friends didn't even have

[36:59] elevators. Over the years, I've talked to many elevators and cars. And of course, motor scooters,

[37:06] but only went alone. They've been a great help. They listen to tenidly and best of all. They

[37:13] Don't talk back.

[37:15] John, have a big moan.

[37:19] Ms. John, good man.

[37:22] All right, we will go to presentations.

[37:24] The Alliance for Safe Kids.

[37:31] You okay, Liz?

[37:33] Liz, how do you know?

[37:34] No, when you're shoot, just like, Tom.

[37:37] Oh, boy.

[37:38] Hi, everyone.

[37:39] We need to get on this early in the agenda.

[37:44] I'm Liz Talbert.

[37:45] I'm the executive director at the Alliance for Safe Kids.

[37:48] here in Yorktown and for those that may not know, the Alliance for Safety Kids is a community

[37:52] coalition that has been in Yorktown for almost 20 years and we connect the community to

[37:58] important resources on substance misuse prevention, treatment, and recovery, youth mental health,

[38:04] and opportunities for thoughtful service. So I am here tonight to just share some information

[38:10] about some upcoming events. I know I was here not too long ago talking about the run for recovery

[38:16] that's coming up next Saturday on September 26th at it's at 9 a.m. FDR Park, Lat 1. And this 5k, you know,

[38:28] it's, it's our only organized fundraiser. And as I have mentioned, time and time again,

[38:32] you know, there was a accountant, a cut in our county funding this year that is really impacted

[38:36] us because we have, you know, we work on a shoestring budget. So this run is really important.

[38:42] And it not only supports the Alliance for State Kids, but also run for recovery and search

[38:47] for change, which are partner organizations that we work with.

[38:51] So I would encourage families to sign up, come out, you know, it is a 5K, but you can walk,

[38:57] you can bring your dogs, push strollers, it's a wonderful community event.

[39:02] We're also going to have a civil-like wellness fair.

[39:05] So there will be resources at the event as well.

[39:10] We still have sponsorship opportunities.

[39:12] Unfortunately, the t-shirts have been printed,

[39:16] but there are so many other assets that sponsors

[39:18] may benefit from.

[39:20] And we have the opportunity through Friday

[39:24] to continue ordering the race signs,

[39:28] which are lawn signs that will be put out along the route.

[39:31] So if there's a business that would like to sponsor

[39:34] if there were $150 or if there's someone

[39:38] you would like to memorialize or support if they are in recovery right now. This is a wonderful way to do that.

[39:46] I'm going to leave flyers that I have as well as a sponsorship opportunity and these

[39:52] little cards that have the QR code that take you right to the event platform. And if anyone has any questions

[40:08] Thank you.

[40:14] Thank you.

[40:22] Thank you.

[40:24] Thank you.

[40:27] that is just over, it's between Patriot Park and the Skate Park.

[40:33] And it's a chain length fence and there are locks on it to memorialize individuals that have been lost

[40:41] from by the drug epidemic. And there's also, on the sign there, we have a resource,

[40:47] I know this is very little, but this is what the sign looks like, and it has a QR code that I keep updated

[40:53] with resources for, you know, treatment and recovery and support groups.

[40:59] You know, the well studio, you were very helpful.

[41:02] You got the fence donated for us from Salem fence.

[41:05] And then the YAC donated a bench so that, you know, someone can, if they just want to comment,

[41:11] have a quiet moment, think about their lost loved one, they may.

[41:16] There is, if someone is out of town, and this information is on the website also,

[41:21] the town website. If someone is from out of town, they can mail a lock to the Parks Department

[41:26] and Jim Marterrano will make sure that it is thought fully placed on the fence. So

[41:30] at this event, we're going to have some resources, but really what's most important about

[41:36] this event is reading of the names of those that we have lost. So if anyone has, would like

[41:43] to submit a name, any community member would like to submit a name, they may send it to this

[41:49] email, d-e-a-m-y-o-r-k-t-e-l, I should have just said, Yorktown, at gmail.com, so it's d-e-a-m drug

[41:58] epidemic awareness memorial, Yorktown at gmail.com, or they may reach out to me if that's

[42:04] easier.

[42:04] Lizard Alliance for Safe Kids.org.

[42:06] What's the date on that again?

[42:07] It's September 30th.

[42:08] What time?

[42:09] Wednesday, 6 p.m., but I will leave flyers on the back table as well.

[42:18] I also wanted to let you know that the Yorktown Youth Council is starting up.

[42:24] We're going to have our first meeting in October and I have a wonderful Yorktown Youth Council member here with me tonight.

[42:30] That is going to tell you a little bit more about that.

[42:33] Thank you.

[42:33] This is Bernie Debt.

[42:36] Hi.

[42:37] My name is Brenda Shefique.

[42:38] I'm a senior at Yorktown High School and I'm a member of the Yorktown Youth Council.

[42:43] I really enjoyed being a part of this council, we've definitely done a lot from senior

[42:49] breakfasts and food drives, and it's just a really great open space for all like

[42:55] students to be able to express their opinions on any changes they want to make in

[42:59] the community. I've noticed that a lot of people like to speak about their

[43:05] opinions, and we wanted to make that more open, and we've created a suggestion box

[43:09] at the Yorktown Library, the Yorktown High School Library for people to be able to put their opinions in.

[43:16] And yeah, it's just been a really great opportunity for everybody to kind of be able to be connected

[43:22] more to the community and be connected to more the more to the adults of the community and make an

[43:27] Thank you.

[43:29] Thank you.

[43:30] Turn it out.

[43:31] You don't get off that easy.

[43:33] Well, you remember of the, uh, the council last year?

[43:37] Yes, I was.

[43:38] Officer, or do you not have offices?

[43:40] Um, we don't have official officers kind of.

[43:43] Everybody is able to make a change.

[43:45] Make their opinion.

[43:46] There's nothing official.

[43:47] Did you have any project last year that was yours that you won't?

[43:50] Um, nothing.

[43:52] That was mine.

[43:53] But I did come up with the idea for the suggestion box.

[43:58] Yeah, we all work as a team.

[44:01] Okay.

[44:02] And was that your first year on or what year are you in right now?

[44:07] I'm a team year.

[44:08] Last year was my first year on.

[44:11] Very good.

[44:12] I'll see you here.

[44:13] It's been great so far.

[44:14] A little stressful, but I'm excited to finish off.

[44:18] That's supposed to be stressful.

[44:20] It is fun.

[44:21] It is.

[44:21] It is definitely.

[44:23] It's great, great work.

[44:25] Thank you for waiting.

[44:27] Thank you.

[44:27] Thanks, President.

[44:29] All right,

[44:40] we'll move into personnel.

[44:46] Authorize employee 302010 unpaid leave of absence until October 5th, 2026.

[44:53] I have a motion.

[44:55] Motion.

[44:56] All in favor?

[44:57] All right.

[44:58] Okay, we'll open the Florida

[45:00] Public comment. Remember, one time only three minutes per speaker. And we asked you introduce yourself. Be mindful and respectful of others. And you do not have to wait for courtesy of the floor. We could be, we could be reached in our emails, our offices, walking on the streets, the many places that people stop us. And it is never a issue. It's always a privilege to be able to speak.

[45:30] to people. So make it certain.

[45:35] Hello, good evening, everyone. Thank you so much for giving me

[45:40] this opportunity. My name is Zamir Kutra and I am a Yorktown residence. I am here because I

[45:48] recently learned that a house near us was listed on Airbnb. When I looked into it I was surprised

[45:55] find that non-owner occupied short-term rentals were permitted in Yorktown and that there are other

[46:03] properties being operated this way.

[46:08] I understand these properties may currently be permitted,

[46:12] so this isn't about a particular homeowner or things like that. I actually really like this home

[46:17] owner and they relocated and they live out of state. My concern is what this could mean for our

[46:25] residential neighborhoods moving forward.

[46:29] And I am experiencing this again right now.

[46:32] I've seen people come in and out of this home.

[46:35] And it's something that I really want to bring forward

[46:38] to the board.

[46:42] There's a big difference between someone occasionally

[46:45] renting their primary residence and a single family home

[46:49] being operated primarily as a short term rental business.

[46:53] And I like to say this because it is like a short-term rental business, think of it as a hotel.

[47:00] Somebody can rent it for the day, for the night.

[47:04] However, they want to use it.

[47:06] They can even rent it for the week.

[47:07] They can go for one night and they paid for the whole week.

[47:13] There's a flight.

[47:18] And I've looked into to see, you know, other resident, like, other Westchester towns if they have put anything in place.

[47:28] And I've looked into it, there are a few one in particular that really stood out to me was North Salem.

[47:35] We all know North Salem.

[47:37] It's known for, you know, the quiet area.

[47:41] you have the farms, you have things like that, and for investors who are looking for homes,

[47:48] they're looking for these type of locations where they can make money and which is fine,

[47:54] but I think that for Yorktown, our primary concern should be maintaining that residential environment

[48:03] that I know it's a love and I've been here for many, many years.

[48:09] So, I do believe that your town should consider similar protections or just have something

[48:17] in place before it becomes an issue.

[48:19] Again, it's not an issue.

[48:20] I have looked into it right now.

[48:22] I've only seen two homes in Yorktown that are listed on Airbnb.

[48:28] I've also looked at the V-R-B-O, I don't know if I'm saying it right.

[48:33] I never really go on that, but I also looked on that website too.

[48:36] I didn't see anything.

[48:38] There are other websites that homeowners can use to list their homes.

[48:43] You have booking that.

[48:44] Is there a mirror on your phone?

[48:46] Okay.

[48:47] Well, all right.

[48:48] And we'll respond when we're done with everyone.

[48:51] All right.

[48:52] Thank you, guys.

[48:52] Thank you for the opportunity.

[48:53] Thank

[48:56] you.

[49:00] Yep.

[49:01] Walk up and introduce yourself and you have three minutes.

[49:04] All right.

[49:05] Dan Curtin, I'm a Yorktown resident.

[49:07] I'm 31, 32 years, I'm not sure.

[49:10] I just wanted to put in a pitch for the library after Councilman Murphy's remarks.

[49:17] We all know that money's tight and getting tighter.

[49:23] But books aren't cheap either.

[49:26] This thing here is paperback.

[49:27] It was printed in 2021.

[49:30] In 2021, the price was 22.99.

[49:33] I know it's gone up.

[49:35] hardcovers, the average price is pushing 30, 32 bucks. If you want to see a sticker

[49:42] shock, walk into Barnes and Noble and just look around.

[49:47] As I said, money is tight,

[49:50] but I'd like to try to emphasize that you try to throw as much of it as you can, the library's

[49:57] You know, next year, somebody else, maybe.

[50:00] We'll be asking for it, but right now I'm sure they could use it. I hope they get a better deal by buying and bulk, but, you know, these prices are just ridiculous, and everything else is going the same way, but thank you for your time, and that's all I've got to say.

[50:16] Thank you, Dan. Thank you.

[50:23] Hello, friends and Susan.

[50:25] My name is Wilcatucci, I'm the owner of Phyllis O'Manner,

[50:29] where he can lake, and I see that my properties on the agenda

[50:34] for possible acceptance of my donated park.

[50:37] We do missing Susan there every morning doing burnout

[50:40] in my park a lot when she sees me,

[50:44] but I've been telling the board for years

[50:46] at the park, it's still in my property,

[50:49] and as a time of supervisor in the old days,

[50:52] you do the protocol and you do that.

[50:54] They had to be accepted by town board so anyway the town records now they have them

[51:00] Instead of you look at the town records and checking it out and put it like I did you

[51:06] Road horrible articles about me you moved my reputation you sued me in supreme court

[51:10] Everybody I guess thank you. That would beat you anyway court

[51:14] For trespassing on my own property

[51:17] Now that you all seen the correct information from the town which was at your fingertips right next door

[51:22] I had to bring it to you, and now you can see that it's my property.

[51:27] When an approved development includes signed deed to dedicate land for recreation park,

[51:32] but the town board never formally votes to approve it, except that the dedication is considered

[51:38] incomplete.

[51:39] Thus, the town does not legally own it or control it, and Susan is known at the whole time,

[51:44] but she still comes after me.

[51:46] When a municipality or town officials falsely defame and slender a developer like you've been

[51:51] The legal consequences fall under the tort law, civil rights violations,

[51:57] zeth thus the developer can sue the town, it's officials, or both.

[52:07] Thank you, Bill.

[52:13] Major Mike Sheridan, Pine Grove Court.

[52:15] My pronouns are Major and Sir.

[52:18] I'm here tonight on behalf of the Veterans Advisory Committee to remind you all

[52:22] that the Veterans Advisory Committee will be convening tomorrow night after our summer hiatus.

[52:28] Wednesday, 9-16 at 7 p.m. in the Albert A. Kappellini community and cultural center room 1-0-4.

[52:37] And anybody doesn't know where the AACCC is.

[52:41] I hope you don't change the name of it tonight with some kind of a pseudo-resolution or something.

[52:45] But we'll be at the AACCC tomorrow night room 1-0-4.

[52:49] Two of the matters that we'll be discussed will be number one.

[52:55] A risk assessment, if any, was done by any member of the town board prior to the town sanctioning

[53:03] a fireworks display in support of an event put on by a private group on town property that

[53:13] was purportedly in support of the military, and the net result was from the rocket's red glare

[53:19] and the bombs bursting in air was flaming and smoldering debris being dropped on the building

[53:26] ground parking lot and vehicles of actual veterans at the VFW. Was any risk assessment done by

[53:34] the town board. The other item that we'll be discussing is the stolen valor aspects of

[53:41] comments made by members of this board at the town board work session on the evening of May 12, 2016.

[53:49] For anybody who wishes to attend tomorrow night, I suggest you review the public record video tape

[53:55] that meeting and you can skip everything that came before it and skip forward to about the

[54:00] one hour 17 minute and 13 second mark to see the comments that will be discussed and their

[54:07] aspects regarding stolen value.

[54:12] Thank

[54:15] you, Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mayor.

[54:22] have a good night.

[54:26] Could you please stay because I have a question for you. I hope you're staying major.

[54:33] Hold on.

[54:33] When we finish, I have a question for you about your meeting.

[54:43] How are you, please?

[54:44] Thank you.

[54:45] Good evening.

[54:46] I'm Howard Gold, the 27-year resident and just for full disclosure.

[54:52] I am not running for public office this year.

[54:55] I might next year, Susan, so we'll see.

[54:58] My theorem is that.

[54:59] Nice.

[55:00] Well, I stand before you tonight to address the growing challenge of our roads. Right here in on Route 202, Route 6, commerce, street, and across our local residential streets in Yorktown, my needy technology, and our high-speed scooters have our pace, our laws, leaving our streets and youth vulnerable. We must ask, are these high-speed electrical bikes, toys?

[55:28] or are they vehicles? When an EV capable, significant speech, shares a road with traffic is a vehicle in every practical sense.

[55:40] Between gridlock traffic and EV bikes, our towns infrastructure has become a growing public concern

[55:47] and a very serious dangerous situation affecting our residents and children and drivers

[55:54] And recently, the incidents at the JV Mall in Westchester County, a 16 year old driving

[56:01] in a car holds a junior license with strict limits, curfews registrations, and mandatory

[56:09] insurance.

[56:10] We enforce these rules because safety requires structure.

[56:15] Yet on these same car doors, the teenager can ride high speedy bikes without a license

[56:21] registration, safety training, or insurance safety requires consistency not arbitrary

[56:29] loopholes. Standard auto insurance insurers cannot cover e-bikes because the DMV does not register

[56:38] them. Parents lack coverage options, pedestrians face unpredictable sidewalks and young

[56:49] training. This is not about limiting mobility is about common sense

[56:55] responsibility. I recommend that outtown and act strict penalties and

[57:03] higher fines for reckless bike operations and traffic violations on our

[57:07] road to ensure true accountability parents must be health financially

[57:13] responsible for any damages accidents of fines incurred by their minor

[57:18] children. Well, finds it because, yeah, unfortunately, an ounce of prevention is worth the

[57:24] pounds of cure. When we approach local challenges with open dialogue, civil respect, and

[57:31] clear priorities, there is no problem with our community cannot solve. Protecting our youth

[57:36] on e-bikes, requiring effort, providing that it is truly takes a village to keep our roads safe.

[57:46] I encourage, well I'll skip that. I want, and I guess that's it. Have a nice day.

[57:59] Good evening, Sarah Wilson. I wasn't planning to speak about it, but our first speaker mentioned

[58:05] Airbnb and rentals in our residential, single family.

[58:11] Neighborhoods and I recently became aware of rental in my neighborhood. I looked into it and determined that

[58:18] the owner of the property actually owns five properties here in New Yorktown, which I

[58:23] was surprised about.

[58:25] So I think it maybe it is something that at least would be helpful to clarify what are

[58:32] the rules around rentals in our residential neighborhoods.

[58:36] And if the community housing board can assist in that, let me know.

[58:42] And we can put it on our agenda.

[58:43] What I did want to mention is coming up this Sunday, September 20th, right behind town hall

[58:53] here at the Veteran Memorial Circle. The Garden Club will be hosting public tours of the native

[59:01] plant garden at Veteran Memorial Circle. We're pretty proud of the work that we've done over

[59:07] past three years in bringing that to bloom and so it's an opportunity for our visitors to

[59:18] learn about the native plants, see what they look like and real life, how they might look

[59:22] in their own people's yards. It's a showcase of over 40 native plants and it's a year-round garden.

[59:33] So, as we celebrate our 100th anniversary this month, we look forward to welcoming visitors

[59:41] between 1 and 4.

[59:43] Again, that's this Sunday right here behind Town Hall.

[59:51] Thank you, Sarah.

[59:54] Good evening.

[59:54] Michael Hickens.

[59:55] You have ten residents.

[59:56] We'll see you next time, everyone.

[1:00:00] I'd just have two, two things, two questions actually. One is whether the striping is finished on

[1:00:06] the intersection of 1-18 and underhill, because it's still missing definitely the stop bar on

[1:00:14] the southbound side of 1-18. And so I was just curious about that. And the other question I had relates to

[1:00:25] grant point, and I know that currently there's an extension in place,

[1:00:33] but for those who aren't aware there is a lot of concern about the development there, causing runoff into the Amalok reservoir, which obviously is something that we use.

[1:00:46] And the concerns that that site contains lead, arsenic, antimony, and other toxic metals that there is potential runoff and sewage risks and forever chemicals on that land as well.

[1:01:00] So my question is, what's our contingency plan as Yorktown?

[1:01:06] I realize that the, what's the word, the, the jurisdiction is somerses, but it obviously concerns

[1:01:14] us as well. So, what can we and what have you guys envisioned doing if this goes forward? Thank you.

[1:01:22] Thank you, Michael.

[1:01:28] Hi, good evening, Jamirch and Donny. Actually, I have just a super quick, easy, hopefully question.

[1:01:34] With the back of words on conversation, I wasn't clear myself on the, for the meeting on the 29th.

[1:01:41] I'm not clear whether that is going to be a closed session for discussion for the EMT RFP

[1:01:50] or if it's an open session or if you're going to be starting close and then have it open

[1:01:54] and it just wasn't clear on that.

[1:01:56] Thank you.

[1:01:59] Anyone else for courtesy of the floor?

[1:02:02] Motion of closed courtesy floor?

[1:02:04] I'll make that motion.

[1:02:05] Second.

[1:02:06] All in favor?

[1:02:07] All right.

[1:02:12] All right.

[1:02:13] about this last week. I noticed one as well when I was online. So it's something we are

[1:02:20] looking at. I was at a Supervisor's meeting yesterday and the Supervisor of North

[1:02:25] Salam was there. So we did speak a little bit about it. So that is being researched,

[1:02:32] probably have a lot that'll be hitting it for the end of this year by next year. To

[1:02:37] look at that. Dan, yep, you write the library costs on the books are high and unfortunately

[1:02:44] there is no discount. Matter of fact, even crazier when we buy electronic books, they cost more

[1:02:52] than the paper books and they have a shelf life. They, I think it's a two year license and then

[1:02:58] they disappear. And if you have an electronic copy, it can only go out one at a time.

[1:03:06] It's quite a racket, so unfortunately, we are stuck with that.

[1:03:14] Well, Bill is not here.

[1:03:16] Susan, I would believe that if you want to comment, but do not feel free.

[1:03:21] Howard, you heard about the EV law coming in.

[1:03:24] We'll be discussing that.

[1:03:27] So some great ideas.

[1:03:28] Bring them to the table for the public hearing, please.

[1:03:35] So, the Airbnb, once again, they're for Sarah, and the veteran memorial circle, they did a phenomenal job there.

[1:03:45] And I know Lena was giving tours of her backyard, Carol missed it, but she got a private one at the other day.

[1:03:53] So, just in great work, and a hundred years is simply amazing.

[1:03:57] And I'll try to get by on Sunday, I'm not sure what my schedule is, but we hopefully will, you know, see some of that Michael, the striping is not done.

[1:04:10] That's actually what's considered temporary striping.

[1:04:13] They want to see how it works.

[1:04:15] I believe it is this Thursday.

[1:04:17] The fire department wants to come by and test the turn to see if one of those stop bars needs to be relocated.

[1:04:25] So we'll be out there doing that, but one of the things that I did ask Dave to do and we

[1:04:33] are able to fund in his budget is to re-stripe underheld and some of the other roads

[1:04:38] around where that striping is very faded.

[1:04:42] It's unfortunate that they do fade like that and the pricing is pretty astronomical, per

[1:04:51] for the striping especially when you go to the double yellow instead of the white fog, but we're going to hit a couple of places in town.

[1:05:00] On that we weren't able to pave and a couple of roads that are major roads that are very faded. So that'll be taking care of.

[1:05:08] Granted, point is so much as you point it out, but actually the water supply falls into northern west of joint waterworks itself, which is our main concern.

[1:05:19] There is a plan that the Northern West has to join waterworks is putting forward to try

[1:05:25] to connect to the Catskill, Delaware, I always get confused because this is East and Delaware

[1:05:36] is West but it's the Delaware Aquaduct and that will actually bring a fresh water

[1:05:47] supply down and the idea is to pipe it across 684 and into the what is currently the amowach plant

[1:05:57] and then have a water supply that does not deal with all of the pesticides, the salinity issues

[1:06:05] that we have, the forever chemicals that those would all be bypassed and we'd have a clear

[1:06:14] strong fresh water supply. It's pretty expensive and pretty complicated. So we're trying to

[1:06:22] deal with DEAP on some of these issues and try to see if we get some state and federal help.

[1:06:30] We actually paid DEAP for this water even though it comes out of our water source.

[1:06:37] And if that's a case, I personally feel that we should be resolved from paying for the water if we're

[1:06:43] doing the work to get the fresh water supply here, it's, you know, it's kind of counterintuitive

[1:06:51] to say, pay to get it here so you can pay for it. So it's, it's, it's, it's a lot of

[1:06:58] conversation going on. The, the four towns that are involved in Northern Wessage Joint

[1:07:03] Water Works are part of that team and we all work together. It's a voting unit just

[1:07:11] board and we will, we are all in favor of, you know, trying to get them to kick in and see what

[1:07:19] we could do. It's just a matter of getting them to the table right now. Jan 29th is closed because it'll

[1:07:26] be interviews. We will open for one for one resolution most likely to vote in a couple of the

[1:07:40] ambulance course to come in because the executive session normally wouldn't have that, but

[1:07:45] the wood closing goes to go to that. I do not foresee it's opening up.

[1:07:51] I let you cover the fireworks. Yeah, so yeah, just a couple of things with the Airbnb.

[1:07:56] I'm not sure. I'm looking forward to see how we could regulate that because

[1:08:02] it would have to be something like a zoning thing because you can't really tell a property owner

[1:08:07] you know what they could do on their property to a certain extent but I understand

[1:08:13] your concern and I'm glad that there's only two that you found so it's not

[1:08:18] this like major thing at least not yet so we're gonna look into it right you said

[1:08:23] that way so we'll look into hopefully we'll have an answer you know we're gonna

[1:08:28] have an answer whether it's gonna be what we want to hear or not that remains to

[1:08:33] be seen but we will look into and I understand your concern you don't know who's

[1:08:36] in the next order, right? And then if it's revolving door, if it's a lot of people, you know,

[1:08:41] now you did say it was this primary residence, this the residence here is still this primary.

[1:08:49] Yeah, so they have a different, so this is a rental property, really.

[1:08:58] All right. All right. As far as the fireworks, the company that we hired, they do a an assessment,

[1:09:07] they make sure it conforms to the right distance that that set forth and law.

[1:09:16] Then they run it past, they have to file for a permit with the building

[1:09:19] department and then the building department looks at that kind of stuff as well.

[1:09:23] We have had fireworks there in the past, we've always used the same company.

[1:09:30] I remember I used to do the ball drop when we used to do the fireworks from this

[1:09:32] exact same location because that's where it meets all the distance requirements.

[1:09:38] As another precaution, what we did was we made sure that we had our fine men and women from

[1:09:44] the fight department.

[1:09:45] On hand, there was a fire truck there, ready to go.

[1:09:48] The fire truck was fully staffed.

[1:09:50] Just in case there was any kind of incident, and that is standard procedure.

[1:09:57] I used to do that with the ball drop in chamber.

[1:10:00] So, we did take all the necessary precautions, and I don't know what happened with what you were describing, but I'll look into it, I'll look into it and give a call to a company see.

[1:10:14] It's the same thing we could do differently moving forward in the future if we ever have it again.

[1:10:20] So, that's that Harold Howard. Let's see, both for how we? What do you think?

[1:10:27] You need a campaign manager man, you know keep me on the shortlist. I will I will be your campaign manager

[1:10:33] We'll hit it hard and you know campaign hard

[1:10:37] Yeah, Mike as far as the striping just like the supply said, you know, they put the temporary stuff. We have identified certain issues

[1:10:46] They've actually has identified them and and the the changes will be incorporated in the permanent striping

[1:10:52] I didn't know about

[1:10:54] us making it extended that's pretty cool so that's that's that's all I got thank you

[1:11:03] you come it's thank you for bringing up smear the Airbnb something to do to me and I

[1:11:08] think maybe we need something in town law I know we have a we have a regulation for

[1:11:13] boarding houses I don't know if that's the closest to it and all my years here I've

[1:11:18] never seen I think it needs a special permit I've never known that we had a boarding

[1:11:21] us, but it's something as close. So we have to look into that. Mr. Curtin, I'm sorry, he

[1:11:28] is left, but his pitch for the library. And that follows up on the article that I submitted

[1:11:34] to the Yorktown news that Supervisor alluded to. We as a board will happen when we have

[1:11:42] to vote on a budget in December. We need to hear from you, the community, what you want, and

[1:11:49] you're willing to pay for. And everyone has different needs. We have heard concerns about the

[1:11:55] library of Mr. Curtain. We have heard concerns about the the passes for families,

[1:12:00] for the pools have been, have gone up there too much. Don't get me started on roads and why

[1:12:07] you're not paving my road or fixing my drainage. And alluded to the increase in costs.

[1:12:14] We have to make trade-offs, okay, and we can't please everyone all the time.

[1:12:20] But are you willing to spend that extra money?

[1:12:23] In my article, I said, I just threw out a number.

[1:12:26] I said $50 more a year, which is $5 more a month or something like that.

[1:12:33] And we need to hear from you.

[1:12:35] Are you willing to do that?

[1:12:36] Or would you like to see the cutbacks in the service?

[1:12:38] Would you like to see the library not be able to buy the newest books?

[1:12:42] Would you like to see the library?

[1:12:43] Maybe close, not a close war on the weekend, not, I've been told that the biggest demand

[1:12:51] they have is to open Sunday's year round, okay, and open Friday nights for people who

[1:12:57] are working.

[1:12:59] That costs money.

[1:13:00] This is something we need to hear from you.

[1:13:03] Please call us, send us emails, tell us, are you willing to spend the money?

[1:13:08] I posted as $50 for some kind of town service, or two pizzas.

[1:13:15] It's your choice.

[1:13:16] You are the taxpayers, and we have to reflect what you want.

[1:13:21] As far as Mr. Tuti's personal attacks on me,

[1:13:24] I won't respond to that, but just let me give you two facts.

[1:13:27] One in 2019, as D, that he signed, was filed with the county,

[1:13:33] transferring the land to the town, he stopped paying taxes, town taxes,

[1:13:38] county taxes, school taxes, and that property in 2019, you can go to the tax

[1:13:45] records online and you can see that the property has been the town

[1:13:49] been paying those taxes since 2019. Also, I will have more to say on that when we

[1:13:54] get to the resolution later in the agenda. Major Sheridan, I'm a little confused

[1:14:00] is the Cindy, maybe you can help me on this.

[1:14:03] You indicated that your meeting was tomorrow at Room 104.

[1:14:07] Unless I misread something on the Towns community calendar,

[1:14:11] the 485B committee is meeting at Room 104 tomorrow night.

[1:14:17] So that is it.

[1:14:19] So I don't know, but that's a confusion.

[1:14:22] So I don't know if you can clear that up.

[1:14:27] We can't be too groups of one time.

[1:14:28] As far as I know, and I don't know what the room numbers

[1:14:31] our Susan Sawyer Apologize, the 45B meeting is in the Nutrition Center.

[1:14:36] In the Nutrition Center, could you just double check the town's website tomorrow?

[1:14:41] I could have missed red, but I thought I read, and now you said the Nutrition Center, but

[1:14:45] then I read it was 104, so I was, all right, Howard, on the e-bikes, our hands are tied

[1:14:53] by the state law regulating e-bikes.

[1:14:56] The state law specifically says what can be done and what can be regulated.

[1:15:00] And any town in Westchester cannot change the law unless Westchester county first changes the law.

[1:15:07] And one of the things in the state law, specifically deals with fines, the maximum $50.

[1:15:14] And it talks only about teenagers, if you're 16 or over 16.

[1:15:20] And I think if you're under 16, a parent has to be with you, with the bike.

[1:15:24] So our hands are tied.

[1:15:27] That's not to say we can do certain things.

[1:15:29] And this will be discussed on the October meeting.

[1:15:34] And also I address this issue in the email that I sent to the board.

[1:15:39] That's available if anyone in the public wants.

[1:15:42] What we can do within the constraints of the state law.

[1:15:45] So I think we can't make the law from the state less stringent.

[1:15:50] But we could add our own.

[1:15:51] We can't change it.

[1:15:53] But we can add on regulations that make it, that make it tough for me.

[1:15:57] We could not like that.

[1:15:59] Not a with town wall.

[1:16:00] You can't make it less.

[1:16:02] You can't change the 50 dollar fine, but you could actually impose your own will.

[1:16:06] Well, there are things we could do.

[1:16:07] That's not a counter attorney deal with that because there's a specific provision.

[1:16:13] When they regulate, they have all their regulations that they lay out to e-bikes.

[1:16:17] And then there's a separate section for Nassau and Suffolk and a separate section for Westchester.

[1:16:21] and the way I read this and Adam deferred to you on this the way I read the law and others have

[1:16:28] read that section. I deals with with Westchester specifically it says Westchester County can change

[1:16:35] something and we can't act as municipalities until Westchester acts and when I spoke to somebody

[1:16:41] at Westchester Parks he said the only regulation they have on e-bikes deals with allowing

[1:16:47] class one bikes on the Bronx River Parkway for bicycle Sundays and one of the reasons

[1:16:53] that they haven't acted the law. For example, if we say adults have to wear a helmet

[1:16:58] because I think the state will just say, till you have to wear it. If we say that and then

[1:17:04] somebody goes from Yorktown into shoulders or into Portland, then you've got a problem and we

[1:17:10] have, well the glove county is the trail is county but in some of the other issues there are county

[1:17:17] facilities that cover more than one new disability. So you can't have one

[1:17:21] town saying one thing and another town saying another thing. And that's

[1:17:25] that's a problem. You can't you can't say you can't have a helmet that you

[1:17:29] can't wear. You don't you don't you don't have to wear or wear a helmet because

[1:17:32] you're you're weakening the state law. But you can say you have to wear

[1:17:36] two helmets as an example. I don't flush it out because you're making a little

[1:17:39] stronger. You can do that. It's in any any legislation. But anyway go ahead. I'm

[1:17:46] There are most state laws, we'll give the town the option to go strong and not weak

[1:17:51] but stronger.

[1:17:53] I will defer to Adam's comments when we get to this on October 15th, but my reading

[1:18:01] and other people who have read the state law and that specific provision that deals with

[1:18:05] Westchester County says we can't do anything until Westchester County does something.

[1:18:11] It's up for discussion.

[1:18:13] Sarah, again, thank you on the Garden Club bare phenomenal and I look forward to that visit.

[1:18:22] Jan, on the EMS,

[1:18:26] the New York State Open Meetings Law is very clear on what can be

[1:18:29] discussed on the very limited topics that can be discussed in closed session.

[1:18:33] And before the time board goes into closed session, there's supposed to be an open session

[1:18:38] and say, we are going into closed session and we are going to be discussing XY and Z.

[1:18:42] You just can't say we're going into closed session, which is a way our agenda is typically read,

[1:18:48] which is technically a violation of the open meetings law, but we don't have to nitpick things.

[1:18:55] All right. One of the things that is allowed as executive session is negotiations with corporations,

[1:19:02] where you would be dealing with hiring them. And that's why RFP discussions have always been in closed session.

[1:19:08] And so that's what the law is and I think that's all I wanted to say.

[1:19:16] And Susan, I will say you were right and wrong.

[1:19:19] On the, I just looked it up.

[1:19:21] It has the 45B board meeting in both rooms.

[1:19:29] So I just sent a text message to Marissa to fix that.

[1:19:33] It's in the nutrition room and then later on it says room 104. I think because they met in 104 the last time last time

[1:19:40] last time they were even the board room

[1:19:42] When they met last time. Okay

[1:19:44] I thought they might have met in 104 one of the times it's in the nutrition room the veterans advisory is in 104

[1:19:52] Okay

[1:19:53] I'm glad that came up because I would have gone to 104. Thank you. Thank you

[1:20:01] The good news and the bad news of going last regarding these discussions is I think everything has been covered.

[1:20:10] So, and I think Patrick and I'm second to last.

[1:20:15] But just honestly, Sarah congratulations on the 100 years that's awesome. You guys do a great job and I have those two beautiful pots that I bought.

[1:20:23] Mother's Day, they're still blooming and hanging perfect.

[1:20:26] And just so people out there and TVLan know that e-books are more expensive than paper

[1:20:33] books, and when they expire, they just go away in your little tablet.

[1:20:39] You know, if you have the hardcover book, you know, it's a couple pennies a day and hopefully

[1:20:45] it stays like that, but the e-books are exponentially more expensive, and it's a huge

[1:20:50] expense for the library. And like Dan says, if anybody has, you know, the end of the year if you have any donations, the library would love to be the recipient of that.

[1:21:02] Yes, you buy a hard cover of a soft cover book. You buy catcher in the right way, whatever the used to read in high school grade school.

[1:21:10] It lasts forever, right? This you buy you buy a book, you got to read by two years later, and it's it's easy money.

[1:21:18] They just make up the numbers and I might actually still have my high school version of catching the right

[1:21:23] Yeah, I think and I know I know I also read at the shrug back in high school and I still have that

[1:21:33] So we will move on

[1:21:35] We have a public hearing

[1:21:41] Oh, the discussion is first. I'm sorry

[1:21:45] Yes, okay

[1:21:46] I don't know any agenda.

[1:21:47] Proposed local law to override attacks,

[1:21:50] let me limit for fiscal year, 2027,

[1:21:52] pursuing to New York general municipal law, 3-C.

[1:21:59] So Adam, do you want to explain the law a little bit?

[1:22:02] Well, why we have this now?

[1:22:04] Or I mean, it's a tax cap.

[1:22:10] You know, there's a real estate problem tax cap in your state

[1:22:14] that limits what you can do every year

[1:22:17] unless you pass a local law that if you permission by 60% of the votes will be three

[1:22:25] votes to exceed it. And you have to have this set up, as a prerequisite, or else you

[1:22:31] won't be able to pass a budget that exceeds it. So it's sort of a respective measure that

[1:22:37] we've drafted in case that's the situation we find ourselves in. So you have to before

[1:22:42] process would be preferred. Well, it's going to be public hearing, you know, and go through the

[1:22:47] process again, you have a local law. Right. So this is not to say we're breaking the tax

[1:22:52] cap. This is a re-prepared in case we have to because we know that that's that's something

[1:22:56] that we really will need to look at and a lot of that will come through the November meetings

[1:23:02] with the town board and the department heads. So with the process of public hearing, it's working

[1:23:10] days notice on that?

[1:23:12] It would be 10 days.

[1:23:13] 10 days notice.

[1:23:16] So it would be a minimum of 10 days notice.

[1:23:18] If we waited until after the budgetary meetings, we probably would not have enough time to notice it and fit it into our meeting schedule.

[1:23:27] In order to pass the budget in the first meeting in December, which is our normal MO.

[1:23:33] So we will set up today to advertise for public hearing for it.

[1:23:41] Anyone have any questions or comments?

[1:23:44] I just want to make two comments.

[1:23:45] One is a question.

[1:23:46] I think the tax cap for this year, which is set by the state is 2%.

[1:23:51] Think it's a little higher, but I do that.

[1:23:53] I thought it was 2% and we know inflation is 3.4%.

[1:23:57] The other comment I want to make is to distinguish the tax cap has nothing to do with the tax rates that you will pay,

[1:24:06] whether it's for the, for the general fund hybrid library, which is all one

[1:24:11] fund called, called the town tax, and then if you're on public water, you have a

[1:24:15] separate water tax. If you're on sewers, you have, there are 12 different sewer

[1:24:19] districts. This is the garbage taxi. We have multiple taxes. The tax cap combines the

[1:24:26] tax levy for like 23 different taxing districts, and says, this is the maximum. This is

[1:24:32] what you can do. So it has no effects on your tax rate and what you will pay in taxes

[1:24:39] because everybody's taxes are different. And that has to be understood. The tax

[1:24:43] tax is this artificial cap that the state enacted many years ago, right? And has nothing to

[1:24:49] do with actually what your individual, what the town, what the actual taxes that you are

[1:24:54] charged with. And that has to be made clear.

[1:24:56] Yeah, and back in the day the state actually used to ins-

[1:25:00] Anti-mancipality to not break the tax cap, and they would give a special rebate check each year. That stopped a few years back.

[1:25:12] And there's no penalty to it, other than we pay higher taxes, which is a penalty. And I think that it's sort of important to stress that

[1:25:24] back in the day may have been detrimental in a sense, because as we are in a very high inflationary

[1:25:31] period, which happens some time to time, it's harder and harder to make up for the shortfalls

[1:25:38] in the budget if you haven't been keeping up. So, as Susan pointed out, three, three and a half

[1:25:44] percent inflation, some things are much greater. You know, the market sort of looks towards

[1:25:53] the future and I don't it doesn't see it as a huge problem yet, but you know it can be

[1:26:00] something that starts knocking on our door very quickly and the fact that we had so many

[1:26:05] years of nothing and even a couple of years where we cut taxes, it just sort of kicks a

[1:26:15] down the road. And then a year is when the previous town boards said, oh, we've got to be

[1:26:22] under the tax cap under the tax cap. You got penalized because if you spent under your tax cap

[1:26:28] in one year, it hurt you the next year because your tax cap, your threshold was lower. So we actually

[1:26:34] hurt ourselves going back many years. But let me give you an example when I said how the tax cap

[1:26:39] does the vector taxes.

[1:26:42] We have about 12 sewer districts.

[1:26:44] And I almost all then have some sewer debt, which varies.

[1:26:51] But if you're not involved in a sewer district,

[1:26:53] you're not paying any sewer tax, but the tax

[1:26:58] level for those sewer districts gets figured into the tax cap.

[1:27:03] And that's why it's an apples and oranges type of the situation.

[1:27:07] So my suggestion is, don't get obsessed by the tax scam.

[1:27:12] Just look at what your tax rate is.

[1:27:15] I would just like to, you know,

[1:27:20] the resolution is something that we need to protect ourselves,

[1:27:28] just in case there are shortfalls,

[1:27:30] and we need to deal with.

[1:27:32] But I assure you that we all will fight for you, to keep your taxes as low as possible in a responsible manner.

[1:27:46] However, if we need to deal with unexpected or difficult situations,

[1:27:52] that expenses due to the nature of the national scheme in terms of inflation and all that in the expenses of gasoline and how that affects our town.

[1:28:09] You can throw our state into it all.

[1:28:13] Yes, but I'm just, but we will fight as counts, as your counsel people, I believe we will

[1:28:18] fight to keep your taxes as low as possible.

[1:28:24] Well, the tax cap exists for a reason.

[1:28:27] It sets limits, so I hear all the comments, but you know, it's there for a reason.

[1:28:37] It's not there. It's not some, hey, don't worry. It doesn't affect anything. It doesn't do anything. It doesn't mean anything.

[1:28:44] If it didn't affect anything, do anything, or mean anything, why is it there? That's my comment.

[1:28:51] It was here to make politicians. This is sound good. That's why it was there.

[1:28:56] And it was done by the state, but it affects the municipalities and it ties the hands of municipalities, which is one reason why we can't do things and can't.

[1:29:07] if we bond certain issues, then it's going to cost money when we have to pay back the debt

[1:29:12] service on the bond, and that goes back to the tax levy, the tax cap.

[1:29:16] And it doesn't take into account unfunded mandates for the state, the state tells you

[1:29:22] to do it certain times, and they don't provide.

[1:29:24] I think we have, yep, exhausted this, so that was our discussion, we'll go into our public

[1:29:31] during proposed local law to amend chapter 2019 peddling and soliciting by adding a do not

[1:29:39] not registry. Now it's in a resolution later.

[1:29:44] So Dana, we have our posting there. Why don't you

[1:29:51] lead us up on this since you took the lead on it and I think it's a great action.

[1:29:59] So, we've taken...

[1:30:00] Looking some time to really clarify the peddler and solicitors law cleaning up a little bit, but what we are doing in the main reason is to add a do not knock registry.

[1:30:10] So, by adding a do not knock registry, in owner or occupant of a residential property located in town of Yorktown, who wishes to prohibit soliciting and peddling on the premises, shall complete a form, which will be available in my office or on our website.

[1:30:23] The completion of that formula allow the owner occupants premises to be included on a list of properties that will be issued to any solicitors or feathers that come in for a permit from us.

[1:30:38] And then we'll say you're not allowed to basically go to those premises and knock on their doors.

[1:30:44] What it will not cover and I want to make clear on this is that it shall not cost a two to violation.

[1:30:52] And I'm sorry, I mean, that's exactly it.

[1:30:56] Also, this is an impetus.

[1:30:57] Pethers, Chaleptain, a current do not act registry.

[1:31:01] At the time of issuance of the time of registration,

[1:31:05] to solicit pursuant to the provisions of his chapter.

[1:31:09] So basically what will happen, it will give the police

[1:31:12] department some teeth in order to issue summonses

[1:31:14] if they do break that particular part of the law

[1:31:19] and go on your property anyway.

[1:31:20] So I think that's an important aspect of what we're doing.

[1:31:24] I also want to say that this does not cover certain things.

[1:31:30] So if you're going on a property for political reasons, for charitable reasons, for non-commercial reasons,

[1:31:37] you won't be subject to this law.

[1:31:40] And that's important to know that there's a difference there, okay?

[1:31:47] We have a lot of peddlers and sisters that come in town.

[1:31:51] We've had a lot of complaints about them.

[1:31:52] We have ones that don't even bother to get permits.

[1:31:55] There are some charitable organizations that don't need to be permitted by us,

[1:32:00] but they do have to let us know they're going to be in town.

[1:32:04] Can you remind people about the option to have stickers if they want?

[1:32:08] The town clerks office will be looking into

[1:32:12] Basically getting stickers that you can place on a window or on your door and that'll be for purchase in the office also

[1:32:20] There you go, all right, but I do want to say it's gonna take us a couple weeks to get it all in place

[1:32:25] So don't knock on the door tomorrow, but we won't have an in place. You know, okay, we don't really have any

[1:32:32] Any comments on this the conservation boards that they had no comments at all

[1:32:37] So that's about it.

[1:32:38] So if someone went online and signed up,

[1:32:41] because they still have to come to the office

[1:32:42] or everything.

[1:32:43] Yeah, it'll be option.

[1:32:45] You can either do a paper format or you can do it online.

[1:32:48] We'll open up, we'll open up public comment on this.

[1:32:56] With no one coming for a comment,

[1:32:58] I'd make a motion to close a public motion.

[1:33:00] I'm not coming, you are like, I'm not coming.

[1:33:02] Sure, yeah, it's, well, coming after this.

[1:33:04] Yeah, you're coming.

[1:33:05] To close the motion, to second.

[1:33:08] Well, thank you.

[1:33:09] All right.

[1:33:11] My comment is more of a question.

[1:33:13] Initially, I copied off the proposed local law from the clerks website and subsequently,

[1:33:22] I think one of the reasons why that hearing was postponed for two weeks was because it

[1:33:27] had to be reformatted as, quote, a local law.

[1:33:31] The local law that we have does not have the purpose and intention section, which typically

[1:33:39] a law starts out with why we're doing this law.

[1:33:42] And I just wondered if that was an oversight or was that intentional.

[1:33:46] That was section chapter 2019-1 title, intent findings of fact.

[1:33:54] The local laws, far as I know, only has the changes to the law.

[1:33:59] the regular law anything else in there stands the same that does it say does and that includes obviously

[1:34:05] definition it does the law say that we're 2019 has an intersection this is just changes to this

[1:34:12] so it's still going to be an intersection

[1:34:17] okay so what is this so it just changes from

[1:34:20] repealing to 19 to okay because because the intent explains why we're doing this thank you

[1:34:27] All right, well, with that being the comment, I'd like to make a motion to

[1:34:34] to amend chapter 2019.

[1:34:37] I'll make the motion.

[1:34:38] All in favor?

[1:34:39] All right.

[1:34:41] Congratulations, Diana.

[1:34:43] Thank you for doing this for a long time.

[1:34:45] Great work.

[1:34:46] Thank you.

[1:34:48] We will move forward to resolutions.

[1:34:50] From the Albert A. Capelini community.

[1:34:52] I'm sorry.

[1:34:53] be so interacting today. I noticed as I came to the board meeting tonight and

[1:35:00] I saw two resolutions that were not on the online version that I read three and four o'clock. We're used in sometimes getting last minute resolutions that the supervisor just reads in.

[1:35:15] But I'm concerned that these resolutions, one of them is kind of innocuous and the other one, possibly is more substantive and I will ask.

[1:35:24] which ones would you like me to pull out,

[1:35:26] which is an out pulling out.

[1:35:27] I'm not pulling out, I'm done.

[1:35:28] No, but up we could go over them at the end.

[1:35:30] That's fine.

[1:35:31] Which two are they?

[1:35:32] I'm coming there.

[1:35:33] There was the one about the Crest Grant,

[1:35:38] which was not on the one that I read online.

[1:35:40] That's correct.

[1:35:41] But in order for me to process the preliminary grant application,

[1:35:45] I need permission for the supervisors sign.

[1:35:47] I understand why that is why it's not.

[1:35:49] I understand, but there's the disconnect,

[1:35:52] As I say, we accept the fact that sometimes there are last-minute resolutions that are just

[1:35:57] right in, that's a procedure that we have followed, but the fact that it was in that

[1:36:03] the agenda changed, if anyone was looking at the agenda and didn't come to this meeting,

[1:36:08] they wouldn't have seen these changes.

[1:36:11] Is that one, and then there's the resolution about the completed nature of the granite

[1:36:18] the parking lot, okay. I ask this because sometimes depending on the resolution I like to read it

[1:36:26] before I come to the meeting so I can do any research and think about whether I have any

[1:36:31] questions or issues with it but here I saw it when I came down here at 730 that's the only reason

[1:36:36] why I'm bringing it up. If you'd like if you have questions I'd be more than happy to try to

[1:36:41] to Madarano. He did send it earlier in the week and I think it got missed through the

[1:36:47] clerk's office and they picked up on it today and similar to the the signature on the

[1:36:52] press grant. The clerk's office in double checking had picked up on that as well. So I don't want

[1:36:58] to pull anything out or separate anything but I just want to make a comment regarding one of the

[1:37:04] I intend to vote on it, but I want to regarding the 3, 680, Lexington Avenue resolution.

[1:37:14] I wanted to just simply say that I will be voting upon it based upon the advice of Council,

[1:37:21] that there is no impediment to apply this sub, and move forward based upon the sub division

[1:37:30] approval.

[1:37:30] And I'm actually going to separate that one anyway because there was a there was an error in okay

[1:37:37] Some of it so yeah, it's like that was separated

[1:37:39] Okay, but I just wanted to make that that's good

[1:37:42] Thanks for a doubt please the one of our John Tegger because I've come in to that one

[1:37:47] And then I have a question about the Tom Diana one, but I have no issue with it

[1:37:52] But I have a question about it so I don't when you get to that

[1:37:55] All right, so

[1:38:06] Can we jump to the adjournment, is that your question?

[1:38:10] All right.

[1:38:12] Resolutions from the Albany Capitalini Community and Cultural Center

[1:38:15] Authorized Hub out of Yorktown.

[1:38:17] The use of the Nutrition Center at the Albany Capitalini Community

[1:38:20] and Cultural Center for five hours on Sunday December 6,

[1:38:23] 2026 for their annual Hanukkah celebration for the community.

[1:38:29] Authorized lights of tomorrow, a non-profit for Jewish youth,

[1:38:33] use of the Nutrition Center at the Aberdee Kappelini Community and Cultural Center for

[1:38:39] three hours on Thursday, October 1, 2021, for an event to honor families from the communities

[1:38:45] affected by the October 7th attacks in Israel. From the engineering department, authorize a

[1:38:51] control that will release an erosion control bond stormwater permit, BSWPPP027-23, and the amount

[1:39:00] of $500, authorized to control the release of Rosen

[1:39:06] to control bond stormwater permit, BSWP, P-O-3-9-25,

[1:39:13] in the amount of $500.

[1:39:16] We're going to skip that one for now.

[1:39:19] We're going to authorize a supervisor's sign

[1:39:21] agreement with Marshall Larm System to install and monitor

[1:39:26] a fire alarm system at the Alice E-Roker archival

[1:39:29] and record center.

[1:39:34] Do we have a, did we do a resolution with the official naming?

[1:39:37] Yes, a long time ago.

[1:39:39] Okay, just make sure it's in my mind.

[1:39:42] Authorize a town clerk to attend the 2026 New York State Association of Town Legislative Conference

[1:39:49] on September 22nd through 23rd, 2026 in Albany, New York,

[1:39:55] and I will have an add-on resolution for that afterwards.

[1:40:00] Approve the town board meeting for September 29, 2026 to conduct interviews, regarding the EMS request for proposals,

[1:40:14] skipping the next one and moving to.

[1:40:19] Authorize the town supervisor sign the crest grant preliminary application for 100,000, 100,000 for safety and security projects.

[1:40:31] from the office of the town controller set the date of public hearings for proposed local law

[1:40:38] to override the tax levy limit for fiscal year 2027, pursuant to New York General Municipal law.

[1:40:45] I'm going to use that for me.

[1:40:49] Okay.

[1:40:52] Sorry.

[1:40:56] From section 8, housing department authorised section 8.

[1:40:59] You got to the parks.

[1:41:01] The park.

[1:41:02] Oh, you don't want that.

[1:41:04] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[1:41:05] I'm asking about that.

[1:41:09] It seems unusual to have a resolution like this.

[1:41:12] I don't remember having a resolution like this that says the projects is complete.

[1:41:17] We authorized final payment.

[1:41:19] I don't remember that. We have had, you know, when we, when we refund, when we have the

[1:41:25] erosion control bonds that's standard. This one says in the bold to make the final payment

[1:41:31] in full, and then it says later on that authorized to receive payment in full subject to

[1:41:36] all required close out documents and contractual requirements, which makes me ask the question,

[1:41:43] has it been, has it not been completed?

[1:41:48] Are we saying we're going to pay in full without,

[1:41:50] without knowing that everything has been completed?

[1:41:53] Because to me, this is a very unusual experience.

[1:41:55] It's been inspected, completed.

[1:41:57] Work is determined.

[1:41:57] The projects have been satisfactory.

[1:41:59] Completed, acceptable.

[1:42:00] But what it says is that, to what we squire close,

[1:42:02] have documented this.

[1:42:02] It's generally just for finance to make sure they have everything they need.

[1:42:06] Yeah.

[1:42:06] I've never seen this before.

[1:42:07] And we have, well, either way,

[1:42:10] Well, candidly, I don't understand why you'd be concerned about that language, because it's just protecting the town.

[1:42:17] But at the end of the day, finance wouldn't pay it if they don't have the required documentation anyway.

[1:42:22] But so, again, I don't see what...

[1:42:23] Why do we have this in the dozens of other projects?

[1:42:29] That's why the red flag went up in my mind.

[1:42:31] Some of it may have to do with the fact that all of the payrolls have changed to certified payrolls to go online

[1:42:38] and having to be verified by the state.

[1:42:42] So, so from the Parks and Recreation Department,

[1:42:45] except the completed parking lot paving project,

[1:42:47] at Tom Day on a park,

[1:42:49] at the Granite Null Sports and Recreation Complex,

[1:42:51] and authorize the Comptroller to make final payment

[1:42:54] in full to Serone Construction Inc.

[1:42:58] It came out beautiful, by the way.

[1:42:59] It really did.

[1:43:02] Great infrastructure.

[1:43:04] Thank you.

[1:43:05] We really wanted to make sure I got done.

[1:43:09] From Section 8 Housing Department authorizes Section 8 Program Director to sign the annual Civil Rights Certification.

[1:43:15] For the fiscal year, beginning January 1, 2026, for submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,

[1:43:22] in connection with the town's five-year public housing agency plan.

[1:43:28] Set the public hearing date for housing choice vouchers program administration plan.

[1:43:34] Authorize the town clerk to advertise a request for proposals for fee accounting services

[1:43:40] for the Section 8 Housing Department. From the water department, authorize a supervisor

[1:43:45] to execute an agreement with Rayburn Consulting to develop new operating procedures for the

[1:43:50] implementation of a new billing software system at the water department.

[1:43:55] And I think Adam, I think you had a couple of questions at one to their attorney, so we

[1:44:00] We won't sign anything until we have a call tomorrow just to make sure it was on the same page.

[1:44:05] Thank you.

[1:44:06] Explain exactly what services they are providing.

[1:44:10] We know I think that we're going ahead with trying to get new.

[1:44:15] They're not providing the software.

[1:44:17] We have to do separately to get new software for a billing system.

[1:44:21] The problems that they identified between the lack of communication between the

[1:44:27] joint water works in our census meters. Are they going to fix that before we change the billing

[1:44:34] before we change into the new software? Exactly. What do they do? The software will be run

[1:44:40] in-house, so we will end up similar to the summer's point. I will be bypassing it.

[1:44:50] I know, but what services are they? I am all in favor of what they're doing. They are fixing

[1:44:57] They're going to develop the new operating procedures for-

[1:45:00] The implementation of a new billing software system and merge all old meter data into the new system.

[1:45:05] All right, that's just big enough. I just wanted to move.

[1:45:07] We will have to make the decision, but I think with hiring a new person, we still saved somewhere

[1:45:16] the area of $80,000 a year. So if we need to, that's fine. I don't know if this is something

[1:45:26] need to be handled with the existing staff and the department.

[1:45:30] That's a conversation with Paul and...

[1:45:32] I'd like to do a deep dive on that.

[1:45:34] Yep, definitely.

[1:45:35] But I think we got the indication that we can go ahead with making that change over and taking over our own building,

[1:45:43] whether we do it in-house or we hire some of the else to do it.

[1:45:48] So we can say, thank you.

[1:45:49] Thank you.

[1:45:50] What works?

[1:45:52] Look at entice with you on the building.

[1:45:54] Alright.

[1:45:54] And then

[1:45:59] let's have a motion on those.

[1:46:02] All in favor?

[1:46:03] All right.

[1:46:04] Very good.

[1:46:08] Let me just see.

[1:46:10] This is my local law.

[1:46:15] Did we have a resolution to put this out for referral on the local law on the stop.

[1:46:24] Stop signs.

[1:46:26] Say again.

[1:46:26] Did we have a resolution to put this out for you?

[1:46:29] We can just, but we can typically when we do highways, we simply just set the public here.

[1:46:40] So we are looking at a local law to amend Chapter 275 of the Code of the Tani Yartan and titled Vehicles and Traffic.

[1:46:48] So rather than read all of this in, it's a pretty simple thing.

[1:46:52] at the intersection of new road and East Main Street by the Lakeland Deleon, our library,

[1:47:00] in our 9-11 Moril. It's sort of a blind turn there, especially heading west to East.

[1:47:09] So I want to propose to put up a three-way stop sign there. There's already one coming out of new road,

[1:47:16] But actually a little traffic coming on East Main Street, apparently, even though we were

[1:47:24] looking at this and working it, I think last night there was another accident over there,

[1:47:29] where someone was just going too fast, couldn't stop, hit another car.

[1:47:34] Thank God everyone was okay, but it's something that has been in need of being addressed.

[1:47:41] I've spent some time monitoring over there, vehicles come around that turn way too fast, and speaking with the store owners in there, there's genuine concern.

[1:47:53] So, you know with an 9-11 more or less?

[1:47:58] So we're going to do a new road, which goes sort of right along side.

[1:48:06] So we would put a stop sign at the right before the turn, the yellow bow of the turn,

[1:48:14] and then on the outside of the shoulder of the turn on going east to west,

[1:48:20] we would put another stop sign.

[1:48:23] I've asked Dave to make it the blinking stop signs,

[1:48:25] because we really want to make sure that these are seen.

[1:48:30] Because it'll be something new.

[1:48:32] And he'd even mentioned a speed bump,

[1:48:34] which I'm not in big favor of, so, but we'll see.

[1:48:37] The name is mentioning speed bumps.

[1:48:39] Yeah, I think it's really necessary.

[1:48:41] I did that every one over one, a little too fast

[1:48:42] and Matt has had on the top of his truck.

[1:48:44] Come big.

[1:48:46] So, I don't panic up there, you know what I mean?

[1:48:47] That's it.

[1:48:50] But, but the trucker on the head.

[1:48:52] I haven't had it.

[1:48:56] So I think both Dave and Adam for the work on this and getting it there so can I have a motion to refer this out?

[1:49:05] I'd like to set the public hearing for October 6th.

[1:49:09] And to set the public hearing for October 6th.

[1:49:13] All in favour?

[1:49:16] Now let's pop back through.

[1:49:19] What we've missed here.

[1:49:25] So, for, except the conveyance of real property located at around 3680, Lexington Avenue

[1:49:34] in the town of Yorktown, the second paragraph, whereas it's as the current owner of

[1:49:41] record, which is a mistake, that was something that was in earlier, so that is deleted

[1:49:47] from this.

[1:49:48] So, how is it going to read?

[1:49:50] Whereas, Lake Oregon, Manchin, LLC, offered to convey

[1:49:55] our debt property.

[1:49:56] I don't know.

[1:49:56] Just reading that.

[1:49:57] I'm not accurate.

[1:49:58] So, we're the owner.

[1:50:02] All right. All right. I have some comments about that.

[1:50:06] Sure, Susan.

[1:50:10] May I remind the board that we're an active litigation.

[1:50:14] I'm going to ask you to clear that in mind.

[1:50:19] Ask certain questions to make any statements.

[1:50:21] Make whatever comments.

[1:50:22] Yes. I will. Okay. One of the issues is I have been.

[1:50:27] I think, as everybody knows, very involved in this issue, put just putting aside Mr.

[1:50:33] to this comments, but I have been concerned about how it's been handled, but I have been

[1:50:40] registered and silent about speaking out because it is a subject of litigation and

[1:50:46] attorney-cloying discussions.

[1:50:48] However, I have some concerns about this resolution.

[1:50:54] I'm going to object to your statement at this point, and if you have concerns about the resolution,

[1:51:01] I'm going to make a recommendation at the board vote to go in exactly the sessions

[1:51:04] that we can discuss in the third.

[1:51:08] I make that motion.

[1:51:10] Second.

[1:51:11] No.

[1:51:12] No.

[1:51:13] I'm sorry.

[1:51:14] Folks, we're going to need to step out for a few moments.

[1:51:17] Why don't we do this at the end so people don't have to wait?

[1:51:19] Why don't you let the supervisor finish his sentence?

[1:51:21] Well, no.

[1:51:21] She wants to wait till the end.

[1:51:23] That's fine.

[1:51:23] But then they will have to come back in for the vote regardless, if they're interested, if they're interested

[1:51:33] It looks like everyone would perform me to finish up and then we could go into the vote. So I'll go into closed session. So we'll hold off

[1:51:39] I'll take that as a motion to go in into closed before adjourning. Okay,

[1:51:47] we will have to we will have to cut it

[1:51:52] Well, not yet not yet not yet Tommy

[1:51:54] We still have the tax cap that you want to do.

[1:51:56] Okay, from the office of the town control or set the date of a public hearing for

[1:52:00] proposed local load of override the tax cap limit.

[1:52:04] For fiscal year 2027, pursuant to New York General Municipal Law Section 3C.

[1:52:11] And the law is offered consideration on the back of the agenda.

[1:52:18] And that, but that is pretty standard.

[1:52:20] We've been there done that on this.

[1:52:22] Can I have a motion motion? Second. All in favor. I opposed?

[1:52:30] I.

[1:52:31] Wait, you said I opposed?

[1:52:34] Yeah, he's opposed.

[1:52:35] Last time I said nay, and that was wrong. So now I'm saying I.

[1:52:38] I, I, you're opposed. Okay.

[1:52:40] I'm just saying I said nay, and there was like, so would you not?

[1:52:45] So from from the planning department author, as the extension agreement with John

[1:52:49] Pagata for provisions of planning, consulting services, the rate of $105 per hour for a maximum of 18 hours per week.

[1:52:58] Susan, you had some questions?

[1:53:00] I value John's service to the town for many, many years. He was playing director.

[1:53:05] I did vote to give him this additional contract for six months to complete some of the work that he had been working on.

[1:53:16] I did some arithmetic at an hourly rate of $105 an hour for a maximum of 18 hours a week

[1:53:25] for six months that total is $45,360.

[1:53:31] When the board agreed to hire him for that additional time,

[1:53:37] there were three projects that he was working on.

[1:53:39] One was participating in the Complaint Review.

[1:53:43] The second one was working on the field home, the adaptive reuse and whether we can find a use for that building and also the streetscape RFP that Sergio talked about.

[1:53:56] I think the Com plan review committee is basically finished with its work in terms of identifying what needs to be done.

[1:54:04] Right? The field home, the core work that the town had to do has been done. The project is now in a hands of the

[1:54:15] the consultant that we have hired an architect and also some marketing people to go out and find potential

[1:54:22] in desperate in the project. There's nothing that the town is necessarily involved in at this point until some person comes and says,

[1:54:30] Yes, I'm interested, let's have more of a dialogue.

[1:54:33] The streetscape, John did two RFPs.

[1:54:37] The town wanted to change the first RFP.

[1:54:40] He did a revised RFP, which the board is still to discuss.

[1:54:45] Basically, I feel that his work is finished.

[1:54:49] We don't need him anymore.

[1:54:50] And when we hired, and when I voted to hire,

[1:54:54] to promote Rob and Steinberg to the full position of director of Planck.

[1:55:00] It was with my full confidence that she could do the job. Robin has been here for, she was here in 2010, and I don't know much before that.

[1:55:11] So I have full confidence that if we proceed with anything to do with the complain, Robin, who was here when we did the 2010 review, she can handle that.

[1:55:22] And any additional work that needs to be done with the field home, Robin can do, and the

[1:55:28] streetscape is subject to some modifications on the RFP, is done, and Robin who has been

[1:55:37] involved in vetting any number of responders on RFPs. We can rely on her, because if I can't

[1:55:46] rely on Robin, then why did I vote to promote her to direct her planning? I had full confidence

[1:55:51] in her, and I think this Ford did. $45,000 is what John could potentially bill us, all right,

[1:56:00] for this. And it has been talking about, and I've been talking about, land has been talking

[1:56:05] about the concern about taxes, taxes, taxes, taxes, taxes, and whether we have to have a

[1:56:11] good pay for all of those additional expenses and still keep the tax rate as low as possible

[1:56:17] And not cut the services like books in the library as Mr. Curtain brought up.

[1:56:22] I think this $45,000 can be better spent on other things.

[1:56:28] Some of the department heads, okay, are having problems with their potential budgets.

[1:56:34] And they not have enough money in some of their budget lines to cover very known expenses.

[1:56:41] And if we cut that, again, this is discretionary, and I don't think it's needed, and that's why I have a lot of respect for John, and for all of the work he's done and for his skills, but I also have the confidence in the person you have in that position now, and I think she's more than capable of handling this job, and that's why I would go against this.

[1:57:02] All right Susan Patrick what I just want to say is one thing Susan that's your opinion

[1:57:07] Yes, that's Kai finish please. It's your opinion

[1:57:12] Robin is the one asking for John's expansion

[1:57:17] Okay, there's two or three projects that she's working on and we're our

[1:57:23] This is Robin's first year in the job and we all have utmost confidence in her

[1:57:29] But we want her to set her up to succeed, she acts for additional support, and that's what we're providing, that's all.

[1:57:40] Yeah, actually that's not all because it's important, it's important for me to say the first thing I asked is asked her, as a department had how are you paying for it?

[1:57:50] because you're right. So then we have to be concerned. In her department it's supposed to be a

[1:57:55] assistant planner, sorry, and they have not hired anyone yet for that. They wanted

[1:58:00] to try and look for the right person for that. So they're using that and I asked her,

[1:58:05] what is his average in hours? I know he's authorized up to 18, but he's been averaging about 12 hours.

[1:58:13] So that's that's two thirds of that price, not the full ticket that you're talking about. It also

[1:58:19] comes without the benefits that would be earned by someone in that, in that assistant planning

[1:58:26] position. So I thought that her logic and defense of how she would pay for it was extremely

[1:58:33] well thought out. I did, you know, go over the things that he was working in your right, the field

[1:58:39] home reuse, which is not over the finish line. And if we don't get over that finish line,

[1:58:44] I have publicly stated, if we do not have a bird in the hand,

[1:58:53] we are going to end up losing

[1:58:54] that building, because we are not paying to take it down, it will be on told brothers, and

[1:59:00] they are almost closing on this deal, and that sort of where it goes.

[1:59:06] The streetscape RFP, which has gone out,

[1:59:11] and John has been very heavily involved in, they feel

[1:59:16] that it's important to, you know, Robin feels it's important to keep him involved as that goes

[1:59:22] through, especially because the scope of it changed so much, because of some of the changes,

[1:59:27] and rightfully so that you and Sergio wanted to see. So that adds to that, that adds that

[1:59:32] project quite a bit. There's been some work still outstanding for the historical signage

[1:59:40] underhill farm. There's been some historical resource research that we've been going through

[1:59:47] on that and still outstanding that we're trying to work on is the New Senior Center that

[1:59:54] is supposed to be paid for by Beaver Ridge that I would like to have moved because I think that

[2:00:00] Having it where it was proposed back in 2020 is actually does not work and creates a hazard for the people

[2:00:08] over there. You could laugh, but these are things that are going. I did ask also, and Robins

[2:00:15] involved in this one, but John has that historical knowledge when we talk about the historical

[2:00:20] resource research. I think railroad park needs a restroom in there, so something that we can have.

[2:00:28] I don't know why you left, and I can't resist, so I apologize.

[2:00:35] And I did ask him last year that I'm still waiting for the final work on as I'd like to see a civil war monument complete our veteran memorial circle as the New York State was very involved in the civil war.

[2:00:56] So, those were just a few, the one thing, though, that you were totally wrong about and

[2:01:03] wouldn't end regardless, the comp plan review, even though they're at the end of phase

[2:01:08] one, they're still more, but if you remember correctly, we appointed him as part of a volunteer

[2:01:17] board for that.

[2:01:18] That is not something he builds for.

[2:01:20] that is something that we are using his historical knowledge for that he agreed to because of his

[2:01:26] love of Yorktown and we did a special resolution allowing him based on that knowledge to be someone

[2:01:33] from out of town residents wise working on that board. So you know that's just so the money the money

[2:01:43] is in, is in the planning board's common budget to write this out at least to the end of this year, right?

[2:01:51] That money's there already. What is the, the assistant plan and usually typically get a year without the benefits?

[2:01:58] I don't remember the exact salary, but I believe it's in the high 80s.

[2:02:03] So high 80s. So this is coming in. He's using only 12 hours. We kept throwing over fake numbers.

[2:02:10] that really didn't exist, but this is this is considerably cheaper, and we're not paying benefits.

[2:02:16] And we're getting the benefit of John's experience.

[2:02:18] And you're getting 20 years of institutional knowledge in this guy's brain.

[2:02:21] And Robin, and Robin has requested this.

[2:02:25] I still need to email myself, I'm just putting, you know, answering my own question, but I'm just...

[2:02:30] Robin has requested this, correct?

[2:02:32] Yes, okay.

[2:02:33] All right.

[2:02:33] I just took some good points, but I don't see...

[2:02:38] Just a quick question regarding that something you just brought up that I was unaware.

[2:02:44] What's the other potential location for the senior center?

[2:02:48] Where they used to have the old Parks and Recreation building over by Sparkle Lake.

[2:02:54] We spoke about that before, so not where the trailers were, but the property on the back

[2:02:59] that actually was everything's there.

[2:03:01] all the hookups, everything we need, the sewers there, electric is there.

[2:03:07] So it will save a lot and we want to have to tear apart and then refix parking lot,

[2:03:13] black topping.

[2:03:15] We won't create the traffic issue that Beaver Ridge is very concerned about.

[2:03:20] I've gotten quite a few calls from the residents of Beaver Ridge,

[2:03:25] and they are very, very against it.

[2:03:28] I think we definitely this needs a lot of discussion because part of the benefit of having a senior center in town is the accessibility of the town and if you put it throw it out

[2:03:45] off of sparklake

[2:03:47] It's isolated

[2:03:49] So I'm just saying we could look at some other spots

[2:03:52] I had some other things I'm just throwing that out as

[2:03:55] There's no decisions that have been made, and there were

[2:03:58] positive or minuses to both locations.

[2:04:00] I mean, the senior center in a really serene,

[2:04:05] you know, beautiful area, like on Sparkle Lake,

[2:04:08] that's got some merit, too.

[2:04:10] But this discussion is about John and if we're going to

[2:04:13] extend this, it's just something new that I had to start.

[2:04:17] I did, to follow up comments what you said.

[2:04:20] The assistant planner, that's in the budget,

[2:04:23] And that would go into 2027, all right?

[2:04:32] If the town and the supervisor is making the 10 to the budget,

[2:04:35] so I'm not going to see it until it comes out of the end of October.

[2:04:41] But if we're in a budget crunch, as we are going to be in a budget crunch,

[2:04:45] and we're looking to where we could cut without cutting services,

[2:04:49] I question whether given the current load and the anticipated load

[2:04:53] at the Planning Department, we can eliminate that position in the 2027 budget.

[2:05:00] Because historically, I'll tell you the little secret in terms of budgeting, okay, we budget positions that we don't fill, all right, and that's how the town ends up.

[2:05:10] Susan, let me ask you a question. No, no, no, no, let me ask you a question. You made a statement. I want you to qualify that for planning.

[2:05:17] What if we do not need to, it not need to,

[2:05:20] while I'm by that for planning.

[2:05:22] We not need.

[2:05:23] That's a much greater discussion.

[2:05:26] And there are a lot of things looking to come to town.

[2:05:29] And can those two people deal with it?

[2:05:33] This is a question that I have.

[2:05:34] And I think I have.

[2:05:35] Apparently not, because Robin is asking for her.

[2:05:37] She's requesting this.

[2:05:39] Apparently, the department had the planning director.

[2:05:44] I don't want to believe.

[2:05:45] that she needs this assistance. I don't want to believe it, but I just want to

[2:05:48] remember that part out, but that's a very important aspect. I just want to clarify what

[2:05:52] you said about the field home. By the terms of the approval resolution for the field home,

[2:05:58] the planning board resolution, the town has to make a decision whether or not to accept the

[2:06:04] field home, 60 days from when the plaque is signed. They just got DEP approval, so to the best of

[2:06:11] knowledge, they have all the necessary approvals for the

[2:06:14] depth. They can now go to the town and say, the planning

[2:06:19] board and sign that flat, which means the clock is ticking

[2:06:23] for the town board to decide on what to do with the field home.

[2:06:27] I understand that one of the potential investors is

[2:06:31] going to have a field visit later this month to see if they're

[2:06:34] interested. If let's say they have some possible interest,

[2:06:38] I don't think that they're going to be making a multi-million dollar decision that quickly.

[2:06:45] They have to do more work.

[2:06:48] So I think going ahead over the next two months, this town board has to make a decision

[2:06:54] about the field home.

[2:06:56] What happens, and this is Robin Suggestion, and Robin Suggestion, that we acquire, even if we

[2:07:05] I have no investor ready to sign that they will commit it to sign something that they are going

[2:07:11] to take the property that we take it again to hold rather said at a nominal cost they never

[2:07:19] told us exactly what a nominal cost is and they are going to give us $150,000 for the upkeep

[2:07:24] of the building. That buys the town sometime. Let's say roughly.

[2:07:28] is at least meant to have money on the RFP with, with, with, seriously. That's right. And

[2:07:34] seriously is working hard to try to do it and they gave us a full report. They have reached

[2:07:39] out to dozens of potential in this. What does this have to do with the resolution that we

[2:07:43] were discussing if we could just, I just want, I want to clarify. I want to clarify that.

[2:07:47] And then we have to clarify that. But we need that. We need to make a decision. We have to

[2:07:52] roughly, we might say, we know that. And that's actually a good reason why having John in

[2:07:58] full may help us expedite that I think you're right. So from the planning department

[2:08:04] authorised extension agreement with John Taggart for provisions of planning consulting

[2:08:08] services at a rate of $105 per hour for a maximum of 18 hours per week may have a motion.

[2:08:14] Motion. Second. All in favor. I opposed. All right. That one was done. That one was done.

[2:08:23] I think that was it. So, so, how are the close thing? Close for the

[2:08:31] two-cheese. So, we had our motion to go into close. Can we have just

[2:08:37] how we have it on record, a motion to adjourn as we come out of close?

[2:08:43] Not if you're going to pass the resume. Okay, so I never mind. Tom, we'll have to

[2:08:50] Silence the mic and put on would be right back if we could.

[2:08:55] All right.

[2:08:57] So we already have the motion in the second.

[2:08:59] The vote to go in a close.

[2:09:00] Ladies and gentlemen, I will need to ask you to leave the board room.

[2:09:04] Thank you very much.

[2:09:07] If something could happen.

[2:24:23] All right, sorry about that little recess, as we went into executive session. I could have a motion to come out of executive session. Motion. Second, all in favor. All right. So we're going to go back to resolutions, and then I have one to read in as well. Sorry, if we got, but it's a fairly minor one.

[2:24:44] Where are we here? Yeah, Lexington from the office of the town attorney except the

[2:24:53] conveyance of real property located at or around 3680 Lexington Avenue in the town of

[2:24:58] Yorktown of New York.

[2:25:00] Can I have a motion? I already made my statement.

[2:25:05] Thank you. So, I have a motion.

[2:25:07] Second. All in favour? Aye. Aye. Any opposed?

[2:25:12] Okay.

[2:25:15] One to read in.

[2:25:17] Authorization for delegate to legislative meeting of the New York Association of Towns.

[2:25:22] Whereas a town clerk, Diana L. Quast, will attend the New York Association of Towns

[2:25:29] and Y-A-O-T legislative conference and meeting on September 22nd and 23rd of 2026.

[2:25:37] And whereas a town of Yorktown benefits from having a delegate vote on what it to include

[2:25:42] in N-Y-A-O-T's 2027 legislative priorities.

[2:25:47] And whereas a town of Yorktown has the authority to designate any officer, employee or representative

[2:25:52] of the town as a delegate for this meeting.

[2:25:55] Therefore, be it resolved at Diana L.

[2:25:57] Quast be designated as a delegate for the town of Yorktown

[2:26:00] and be it resolved that in the absence of Diana L.

[2:26:04] Quast town supervisor, Edward A. Lachman,

[2:26:06] be designated as a delegate for the town of Yorktown.

[2:26:09] And I guess I have to take a ride up to Albany,

[2:26:11] if that's the case.

[2:26:13] I will say that I think the association of towns

[2:26:17] because this meeting used to happen in February, I believe?

[2:26:23] This will have another one in February now in the city.

[2:26:26] Yes, but they used to do this after the budget was released, which doesn't really help.

[2:26:31] Because this sets up what we're asking for the budget for the state.

[2:26:36] So it's a great move by them and hopefully it's useful.

[2:26:41] I just add that thank you Diana for being a delegate, but I think when we know the agenda and what they're voting for, I think the town boards, since you are speaking for us, that we should know which pieces of legislation we support in which we might have some reason to pose.

[2:27:00] Well, I think it's out in an email already. I believe anyone. I think I have been so now that we know that we're gonna have a voting delicate there

[2:27:08] I would like to you could take a look and if you want to suggest anything to Diana, I would do the same

[2:27:15] But if I give her the voting right she has the voting right

[2:27:19] But I think she's she once again

[2:27:22] All right, you could give her your suggestions based on what they've released

[2:27:26] Just me, I think it's pretty good.

[2:27:28] Everyone could give her that.

[2:27:30] You can pile it in an email, count us all in.

[2:27:33] I will take the majority.

[2:27:34] Okay. Thank you.

[2:27:35] And that would be appreciated.

[2:27:37] So may I have a motion.

[2:27:38] Motion.

[2:27:39] Second.

[2:27:40] All in favor.

[2:27:41] Aye.

[2:27:42] Any opposed?

[2:27:44] All right.

[2:27:44] I know I know this one is.

[2:27:49] This one is going to get a lot of backlash.

[2:27:52] Motion to adjourn.

[2:27:54] Motion.

[2:27:55] All in favor.

[2:27:56] Alright.

[2:27:57] That was you.

[2:27:58] Thank you.

Town Board Meeting - Sep 15th, 2026

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