[1.Roll Call.] [2.Discussion of the FY 2021 Budget:] [00:01:51] GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: HI EVERYBODY. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HELLO. SIR, GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ARE YOU GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: DRESSING SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOOD. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HELLO. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M GONNA HAVE TO CUT OUT EARLY TODAY BECAUSE IT'S JIMMY'S BIRTHDAY SO CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FAMILY TIME BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I KNOW HE'S, HE KEEPS GETTING OLDER, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP IT. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JIMMY. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OH, THANK YOU. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOME HUGE PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA PLANNED RIGHT YEAH. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THAT'S UNDER 10 PEOPLE IN YOUR HOUSE. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BALLOONS AND OH YEAH CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO, WE HAVE NO NOTHING. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO TOWN, DOC. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: TO YOUR HOUSE. YEAH. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I KNOW THAT'S SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SUCH A BAD BACK IS WHERE MY BOYS LOVE TO GO SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAYS. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S THE SPOT. [00:05:02] YEAH. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: MOUSE DOWNSTAIRS IS GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BETTER SO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SORRY LITTLE, LITTLE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: TECHNICAL ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE COMPUTERS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: JOSH WILL BE LOT LOGGING IN AND JUST SUCK UP YEAH. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I THINK SHE CAN SHARE YOUR NAME. OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. WHENEVER YOU WANT TO TALK JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M SORRY FOR THE DELAY TECHNICAL ISSUES. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WELL WELCOME TO OUR FIRST BUDGET OR CHUCK JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG. [00:10:03] JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M NOT ABLE TO SEE EVERYONE YET. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG, DO YOU WANT TO OPEN GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I'M GOING TO LET GOD THE WILL DO THE ROLL CALL. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I'M CUTE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: COUNCILMAN GODDARD. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HERE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HERE COUNSELING MECCA. RICHARD MECCA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA, JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: COUNCILMAN STACKS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HERE COUNCILMAN TARLOW PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: MAYOR COMB. HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THANK YOU. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: MAYOR, WE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FOR THE BUDGET WORKSHOP TONIGHT THE AGENDA. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: STARTS WITH THE REFEREE READING ROOM, FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC WORKS THE BOAT BASIN AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE, THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE ON MONDAY, BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE ROLE FOR TONIGHT. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: VERY GOOD. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ALRIGHT, SO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS AND FRANCIS TO OPEN THE DISCUSSION OR DO YOU WANT THE JOE TO TALK FIRST JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: JOE. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SAY BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, OR SHOULD WE ADD STRAIGHT TO THE RIDE FREE READING JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OTHER THAN A FLAT BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE WIREFRAME WAITING ROOM FOR 2021 THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION I HAVE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS WITH THAT. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: CHRIS, WELCOME. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME HERE TONIGHT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN DOING AND HOW WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO SERVE RIGHT IN THE UNCERTAIN TIME OF 2021 CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THANK YOU, AS WELL, TO OUR LIAISON PAM TARLOW FOR CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: BEING PART OF THE LIBRARY. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: MEETINGS COUNCIL MEMBER MECCA FOR SUPPORTING THE SPELLING BEE AND MAYOR CONE FOR BEING ONE OF OUR PRONOUNCES AND CELEBRATING THE SPELLING BEE WITH US. JUST LAST WEEK, DESPITE SOME RAIN, IT WAS, IT WAS A SUCCESS IN SOME OF THOSE WORDS WERE QUITE CHALLENGING FOR FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: FOR THE 2021 JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: BECAUSE THEY WERE CHALLENGING FOR ALL OF US. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THEY REALLY WERE. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: FOR THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR IN RECOGNITION OF THE FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTIES THAT BOTH THE RIDE FREE READING ROOM AND THE CITY ARE FACING, WE DID REQUEST A FLAT BUDGET AND SAYING, CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THANK YOU TO GREG FOR HIS RECOMMENDED FUNDING AMOUNT AT A FLAT, LEVEL THAT AMOUNT IS CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: $1,315,000 THAT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT 62 HOURS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, A WEEK, INCLUDING SUNDAY HOURS THAT WILL HELP US MAINTAIN THE RIDE FREE READING ROOM BUILDING AND WE DID JUST COMPLETE CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: IN 2019 THAT SEEMS SO LONG AGO, OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO RENOVATE THE MAIN PORTIONS OF THE LIBRARY TO WELCOME MORE PEOPLE INTO THE SPACE AND GIVE THEM STUDY AREAS. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND AREAS TO GATHER IN A WAY THAT IS FORTUITOUS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY NOW TO PROVIDE BETTER BETTER SOCIAL DISTANCING WITHIN THE BUILDING DUE TO THE MULTIPLE SMALL WORKSPACES. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BRING IN THE FULL CROWDS THAT WE HAD HOPED FOR AND PRE PANDEMIC. BUT JUST HAVING A MORE FLEXIBLE LAYOUT IS ALLOWING US CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: TO SERVE THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WANTS TO COME IN AND BROWSE THE LIBRARY OR SPEND SOME TIME STUDYING AND I WILL PULL UP. JUST A QUICK NOTE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST YEAR, FOCUSING ON CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND LET'S SEE IF SCREEN SHARING WILL FUNCTION AND CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: I'M ASSUMING IT IT'S SHOWING UP A NICE INFOGRAPHIC. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: NICE. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: UM, SO JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS EVERY 90 SECONDS THAT THE LIBRARY IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WE WELCOME IN A NEW VISITOR, ON AVERAGE, [00:15:02] CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: WE ISSUED OVER 1000 LIBRARY CARDS TO RIDE RESIDENCE IN CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: ONE OF THE MAJOR INITIATIVES IS A REGULAR MAILING TO ALL WELCOME WAGON MOVERS SO THAT THE LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE FIRST POINTS OF CONTACT FOR PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: OVER ALMOST 37,000 REFERENCE QUESTIONS CAME THROUGH. THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM. WHERE CAN I FIND BOOKS ON JAPAN TO I NEED FOR HISTORY BOOKS FOR A PRESCHOOLER CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: TO WHERE CAN I FIND THE NEXT BEST READ AND AS A WAY OF SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS. WE BROUGHT IN OVER 1000 TEAMS TO 121 PROGRAMS IN 2019 CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THOSE INCLUDED BUILDING LOCK INS GAME NIGHTS AND TEST PREP PROGRAMS. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY MOVED SEVERAL OF THOSE TO AN ONLINE PLATFORM FOR OUR TEENAGERS THIS YEAR TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEM SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM AS BEST WE ARE ABLE TO SOCIALIZE AND ENGAGE DIGITALLY WITH THEIR PEERS. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: WE HAD A 53% INCREASE IN DIGITAL MATERIALS IN CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND WE'VE ONLY SEEN THAT GROW OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAUSE AND EXPANDED DIGITAL USAGE BY THE COMMUNITY SO 29,000 ITEMS WERE DOWNLOADED IN 2019 AND WE ARE FAST APPROACHING 50,000 ITEMS FOR 2020 CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THIS, THIS NUMBER IS A LITTLE BIT OF A RELIC IN A WAY. NOW WE HAD ALMOST 1200 PROGRAMS WITH ALMOST 30,000 PEOPLE COMING IN TO ATTEND EVERYTHING FROM STORY TIMES TO NEW WRITER DISCOVERIES TO MUSEUM EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND WRITING WORKSHOPS CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THE LIBRARY IS ABLE TO RETURN A VALUE OF $3 AND 30 CENTS PER TAX DOLLARS SPENT ON LIBRARY SERVICES. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: OF THE VALUE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DELIVER THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE PROVIDE. AND THAT TOTAL VALUE IS ALMOST $4.3 MILLION IN SERVICE DELIVERED TO RESIDENTS THROUGH THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE RYE FREE READING ROOM. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THIS YEAR, OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, EVEN DURING THE PAUSE. WE WERE ANSWERING CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: 1000 REFERENCE QUESTIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THAT TIME AND THE LIBRARY STAFF CREATED OVER 100 HOURS OF VIDEO FOR PARENTS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEIR CHILDREN FROM STORY TIMES TO ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM SOMETHING TO HELP ADD MORE STRUCTURE INTO THE DAY CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE OVER 100 LIBRARY CARDS. SO AS PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR RESOURCES. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AT HOME, AND STUDENTS WERE NEEDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION, DESPITE NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL MATERIALS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO OUR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS AND SUPPORT THEIR LEARNING. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THAT WAY STAFF, ALSO CALLED OVER 400 RESIDENTS TO CHECK IN. AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAUSE. THESE WERE RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT SIGNED UP FOR DIGITAL SERVICES OR DIGITAL NOTIFICATIONS. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND OUR GOAL WAS TO GET THEM INFORMED OF LIBRARY DOWNLOADS AND LIBRARY RESOURCES AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT HUMAN CONTACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE LOOK TO THE LIBRARY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AS WE LOOK TO 2021 WE CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: ARE PLANNING ON MAINTAINING OUR FULL SERVICE HOURS WE SEE A NUMBER OF VISITORS EACH DAY, DESPITE THE THE PANDEMIC CLOSURE. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES FROM JUST CURBSIDE PICKUP TO INCLUDE BROWSING APPOINTMENTS AND COMPUTER USAGE AND STUDY SESSIONS. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THE LIBRARY USE HAS CONTINUED TO GROW, YOU CAN, YOU'LL SEE CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THE PICKUP AND BROWSE ARE GROWING ON CONNECTED AS MORE PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE COMING INTO A SPACE, WE SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF PICKUP ACTIVITY BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING IN AND COLLECTING ITEMS IN PERSON RATHER THAN CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: GRABBING ITEMS FROM IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THOSE 62 HOURS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, GIVING PEOPLE THE OPTION TO COME IN OR GRAB AN ITEM ON THEIR SCHEDULE. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: WE ARE ALSO PLANNING ON INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE PROVIDE EITHER ON DEMAND OR VIRTUALLY JUST TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR REACH. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: WE HAVE A WEEKLY STORYTIME BROADCAST ON FRIDAYS. WE HAVE A STORYTIME WALK ON THE GREEN THAT WAS HIGHLY POPULAR THIS SUMMER AND HAS BEEN CONTINUING AS A DESTINATION FOR FAMILIES TO SPEND SOME TIME OUTSIDE EXPERIENCING A PICTURE BOOK IN A IN A SAFE AND DISTANCED ENVIRONMENT. [00:20:17] CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. DESPITE SO MANY CHALLENGES AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE RESPONDED BY ADJUSTING STAFFING IN ORDER TO RESPECT BOTH THE THE THE FUNDS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO US AND TO ALLOW US TO SET CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: GUIDELINES MOVING FORWARD. SO WE, WE WERE, WE ARE FORTUNATE IN A POSITION THAT WE DO NOT, WE DID NOT HAVE TO ELIMINATE STAFF, BUT WE HAVE ADJUSTED HOURS IN ORDER TO MATCH THE NEW MODEL OF PUBLIC SERVICE DEMAND. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: AND SO AS WE AS WE LOOK FORWARD INTO WHAT MODERN LIBRARY SERVICE WILL BE IN 2021 OUR INVESTMENTS ARE IN SUSTAINING CURBSIDE ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CONNECTION POINTS, BOTH VIRTUALLY AND CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THROUGH THROUGH FILMED ACTIVITIES AND MODERATING OUR, OUR PROGRAMS IN PERSON, AS WE ARE ABLE TO DO SAFELY. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: I WILL STOP SCREEN SHARING JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: ALRIGHT, ARE YOU READY FOR QUESTIONS, CHRIS. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: UM, I GUESS IF FRANCIS HAS ANYTHING TO ADD, AND THEN QUESTIONS. FRANCIS JENKINS, PRES RFRR BOARD OF TRUSTEES: NO, CHRIS, I THINK YOU'VE YOU SUMMED IT UP VERY WELL AS YOU TYPICALLY DO, OBVIOUSLY, THIS YEAR, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, AS A BOARD, AS AN INSTITUTION, WE'VE BEEN FRANCIS JENKINS, PRES RFRR BOARD OF TRUSTEES: YOU KNOW, ON OUR HEELS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY. FRANCIS JENKINS, PRES RFRR BOARD OF TRUSTEES: AND AMERICA AND AND AND OUR LIAISON. FRANCIS JENKINS, PRES RFRR BOARD OF TRUSTEES: PAM CARLO AND THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PHONE WHEN WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO, FRANCIS JENKINS, PRES RFRR BOARD OF TRUSTEES: THE CITY OF RISE BLESSED WITH THE RIGHT FREE READING ROOM AND THAT WE ARE THE MOST EFFICIENT LIBRARY FOR THE PUBLIC DOLLAR PROBABLY IN WESTCHESTER, THAT WE ARE NOT ADMISSIBLE LIBRARY. IT GIVES US INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY AND AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF FRANCIS JENKINS, PRES RFRR BOARD OF TRUSTEES: ABILITY TO COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO WE THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT OVER, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THIS PAST YEAR, BUT THE YEARS FRANCIS JENKINS, PRES RFRR BOARD OF TRUSTEES: FOR OVER THE YEARS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY AS BEST WE CAN, GOING FORWARD. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IF ANYONE ELSE DOES. I'M JUST LOOKING AT OUR, OUR BUDGET BOOK AND YOUR JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: ACTUAL BUDGET WAS A MILLION TO 95 JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THEN THE 2020 BUDGET WAS MILLION JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE STAYING AT A MILLION. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT IN 2020 WE'RE LOOKING AT A FORECAST OF 1,000,001 20 SO I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE 1,000,001 20 IN THE A MILLION AND 1,000,003 GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I'LL, I'LL START WITH US AND THEN CHRIS AND FRANCIS CAN TALK. SO AS AS FRANCIS INDICATED AND CHRIS WE'VE BEEN TALKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT JUST ABOUT OPERATIONAL MATTERS, BUT ALSO FROM A, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE YOU KNOW THE THE FACT THAT THE LIBRARY WAS CLOSED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND REDUCE THEIR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FRANCIS IN RECOGNITION OF WHAT THE ST. FRANCIS, BUT THE THE LIBRARY BOARD IN THE LIBRARY, RECOGNIZING THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES OF THE CITY ALSO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH FOR THOUGHTFUL ENOUGH AS A PARTNER TO CONSIDER THAT REDUCTION AND OPERATIONAL EXPENSE TO BE MONIES THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO NEED TO OPERATE FOR THIS YEAR AND WE HELD THAT IN, YOU KNOW, MUTUAL RESERVE. I WILL SAY, GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AGAINST AGAINST WHAT NORMALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO THEM FOR FOR THIS YEAR. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: TWO THIRDS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR [00:25:04] JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: CHRIS OR FRANCIS OR GREGOR GEL RELATING TO THE RIGHT, FREE READING ROOM. RICHARD MECCA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO I DO NOT. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: SO, IF NOT LET ME EXPRESS WHAT I'M SURE AS A COMMON SENTIMENT, THANKS TO THE RIGHT, FREE READING ROOM FOR ALL ALL ALL YOU'RE DOING. REALLY MUCH APPRECIATED. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THANK YOU, WHERE WE'RE HAPPY TO BE A PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU AS WE NAVIGATE THIS PANDEMIC AND MORE BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREAT JOB. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MORE TO COME. THANK YOU, CHRIS. AND THANK YOU, FRANCIS FRANCIS JENKINS, PRES RFRR BOARD OF TRUSTEES: THANK YOU. CAROLYN. CHRIS SHOEMAKER, RFRR: THANK YOU. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ALRIGHT, JOE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, SO I GUESS I'LL KICK OFF THE NEXT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BRIAN HAS THE LARGEST JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BUDGET FLEET STAFF IN THE CITY. SO IT CAN BE FOUND ON LOTS OF PAGES OF YOUR BUDGET BOOK PAGES THREE DASH 36 THREE DASH 43 THREE DASH 47 365 AND THREE DASH 69. IN ADDITION TO THAT, JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND YOUR SLIDE SHOW. I HAVE PREPARED. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: ANOTHER HIGH LEVEL. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OVERVIEW OF KE PW AS A WHOLE. WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY COST CENTERS SO JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I'M GOING TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU BEFORE WE START ANYTHING BEFORE RYAN STARTS HIS PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN. OKAY. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IN ADDITION TO YOUR BUDGET LOOK LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A LOVELY SPREADSHEET THAT I PUT TOGETHER A VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY. JUST GO OVER IT PRETTY QUICKLY AND STOP ME ALONG WITH YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SALARIES AND WAGES AS A WHOLE ARE UP 2.37% REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY CONTRACTUAL INCREASES FOR THE DP W UNION WORKERS, ALSO A PG JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OBVIOUSLY, THIS NUMBER IS A LITTLE LOW. THE CONTRACT IT INCREASES BECAUSE WE HAD RETIREMENTS DURING THE YEAR. AND THESE POSITIONS WILL BE REPLACED BY LOWER LEVEL ENTRY POSITIONS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO SALARIES WILL BE DOWN SLIGHTLY, THEIR EQUIPMENT FLAT BUDGET THEIR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FLAT AS WELL. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: CONTRACTUAL COSTS ARE DOWN ABOUT 14% LARGEST PIECE OF THIS IS REPRESENTED NO PARTICULAR FUND TRANSFERS, TOGETHER WITH THAT THIS IS ALL REPRESENTATIVE OF JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THE DEBT SERVICE THAT I HAD MENTIONED THAT MY BUDGET PRESENTATION ROLLING OFF THE BOOKS. ANYTHING ATTRIBUTED TO CITY DP W OPERATIONS, INCLUDING VEHICLE PURCHASES JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT AND BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS STUFF ROLLS OFF THE BOOK AND FEW THOUSAND 20 IS THE LAST YEAR PAYMENTS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE DECREASES THEIR JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AGAIN ARE UP ABOUT 2.8% INCLUDING RETIREMENT EXPENSES AND HEALTH INSURANCE WHICH WE KIND OF MENTIONED HEALTH INSURANCE BEING FLAT OFFSETTING INCREASES IN RETIREMENT COSTS AND ANY INCREASES TO DO IT SALARY EXPENSES FOR THE PAYROLL TAXES. RIGHT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I MEAN, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS AS A THEME. A COUPLE OF THE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT AND CERTAINLY ON MONDAY AS WELL. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THERE ARE SOME REDUCTIONS IN THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, AS A RESULT OF THE DEBT SERVICE ASSUMPTION FOR THIS COMING GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BUDGET YEAR THAT WILL BE DOWN, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST YOU KNOW HAS THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON ON BRIAN'S BUDGET THIS YEAR, YOU WILL. AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, YOU WILL LIKELY SEE THAT, THEN GO UP FOR THE BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE ALLOCATE DEBT SERVICE ACROSS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BUT OTHERWISE, IT IS A IT IS A FLAT BUDGET WITHOUT REGARD IT EXCEPT WITH REGARD TO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: CONTRACT INCREASES FOR FOR UNION LABOR. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREG SO YOU MEAN THAT THAT THE CONTRACTUAL COSTS WILL GO UP IN 2022 BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE BORROWING IS THAT YOUR YEAH GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YES. YEAH, WE REMEMBER RECALL. THEN WE WE TOOK WHAT DEBT SERVICE WAS ROLLING OFF THIS YEAR. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE'VE BUDGETED HALF OF THAT FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH WILL EITHER BE USED FOR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ISSUED THAT BY MID YEAR. OR WOULD MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ROLL THAT INTO THE CAT BACKS FUND. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BUT THEN, NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, PRESUMABLY IN IF WE IF WE ISSUED THAT EITHER NEXT YEAR AT THE LADDER IN BEGINNING OF 2022 THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THE FULL IMPACT. SO MY POINT IS THAT [00:30:09] GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE NEXT YEAR. PUBLIC WORKS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUDGET WILL GO UP IN CERTAIN LINE ITEMS. SAME THING FOR YOU KNOW POLICE LIKELY FIRE RACKING CETERA BECAUSE THAT DEBT SERVICE DOES GET ALEX AND ALEX NEEDED DEPENDING UPON YOU KNOW WHERE WHAT THE BENEFICIARY WAS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I GUESS THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING I'LL NOTE BEFORE RYAN OR UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IS, YOU'LL SEE THE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BIGGEST PRODUCTION. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THIS YEAR, IN TERMS OF 2020 PROJECTIONS VERSUS 2020 BUDGET WAS IN THE AREA OF SALARY AND WAGES AND AGAIN I REMIND YOU THAT IN MAY. YES, IT WAS. WE FROZE ALL HIRING. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE ALREADY WERE SHORT, A COUPLE OF POSITIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE AS AS COVERT HIT, WE WERE READY TO HIRE TWO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND THEN WE SUBSEQUENTLY HAD FOR RETIRED RETIRE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR THAT WE DID NOT WILL RETIRE OR LEAVE THAT WE DID NOT REPLACE IN RECOGNITION OF THE YEAR, WE ARE HAVING GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU HAD A $3.96 MILLION SALARY AND WAGE BUDGET LINE, BUT ONLY A $3.5 MILLION PROJECTED NUMBER GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND THEN THAT NUMBER GOES BACK UP TO 4 MILLION, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THIS YEAR, HAD WE BEEN ABLE TO, FOR IF WE HAD DECIDED TO FULLY STAFFED ALL THIS POSITION. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND THAT AND THAT IS JOE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF AN ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YES, IT IS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WHICH IS A POSITION THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR 2020 WHICH WAS ALSO LEFT UNFILLED BUT WE ARE CLEAN, INCLUDING THAT IN ANTICIPATE BEING IN A POSITION TO OFFER THAT LET RYAN TALK ABOUT IT MORE, AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR. RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: DOES THAT MAKE YOU GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON THE NUMBERS. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: JUST A QUESTION, GREG. HOW DOES OUR JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT IS, WE HELD BACK $800,000 AND JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: ST RESURFACING RIGHT JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: DOES THAT GET JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: REFLECTED IN OTHER WORDS IS THAT MONEY RESERVED FOR ST RESURFACING IN DOES IT REEMERGE FOR THE HEAD PURPOSE IN 2021 OR IT WAS THAT MONEY SIMPLY CONSUMED IN BALANCING THE 2020 BUDGET. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: NOW, DEFINITELY NOT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IT'S NOT A QUESTION. SO, SO IF YOU RECALL WE HAD, WE HAD 1,000,008 APPROXIMATELY ALLOCATED FOR THIS YEAR FOR RESURFACING WE DEFERRED 800,000 OF THAT IN THE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER LATE SPRING WE INTENDED ON MOVING AHEAD WITH 400,000 OF THAT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THIS FALL, AND THEN WITH THE WEATHER, THE CONTRACTOR LAST TIME AND OTHER JOBS AND IT IS UNLIKELY WILL GET THAT DONE. SO THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT PLUS JOE AND OTHER 400,000 SO THAT THAT'S THE TOTAL 800 GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: CORRECT, YES, ROLLED INTO NEXT YEAR. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SO IN TERMS OF NEXT YEAR RESURFACING BUDGET. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: 600,000 IS INCLUDED IN THE TAX RATE AND THEN ANOTHER JOE, HOW MUCH IN TOTAL, INCLUDING BEADS AND PERMITS READ OPENING AND JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I BELIEVE JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YEAH, WE USE IT 350,001ST NEW YORK STATE FUNDING HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR SURCHARGE FOR 50 AND THEN WE TOOK ANOTHER 200,000 FROM FUND BALANCE TO JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: FOR FUNDING OF STREETS. SO, ALL IN ALL, I THINK IT WAS 1.1 POINT TWO, ROUGHLY, AND THEN THEY HAVE 400,000 THAT WAS CARRY OVER WAS THE ONE SIX THAT WE HAD MENTIONED JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW, AND THEN CAPITAL PROJECTS FUN IF IT'S APPROPRIATED JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IT ROLLS OVER EACH YEAR. IT'S A MULTI YEAR FUN THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUN SO YOU DON'T LOSE THAT MONEY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE REALLY APPROPRIATED BY THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL WANTED TO MOVE MONEY BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. THEY'D HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT THIS MONEY WILL ROLL EVERY YEAR. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO DON'T LOSE IT. JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T SPEND IT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SO JOE THE 2021 BUDGET SHOWS 1.6 MILLION AND RESURFACING GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: PLANNING LIKE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WELL, JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WHY SOME WINE. IT'S THE ONE TWO PLUS THE 400 FROM 20 THAT ROLLS OVER RIGHT IS THE ONE SIX RIGHT [00:35:03] JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE SEVEN DASH ONE IF ANYBODY WAS INTERESTED TO SEE HOW IT'S CALCULATED JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON EXPENSIVE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR PAGE, THOUGH. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: SURE THREE DASH SEVEN THREE. RIGHT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAVE IT SEEMS LIKE AN UNANTICIPATED SPEND UNDER 2020 FORECAST. YES. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IF YOU LOOK AT THE HEADING THERE. THAT'S OUR DISASTER FUND. THAT'S WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR ALL OF OUR CODE EXPENSES THIS YEAR. SO YEAH, SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE PROJECTION, BUT NO BUDGET. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'VE WE'VE CHARGED ALL OF OUR CODE EXPENDITURES TO FOR THE YEAR. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO THE FULL ONE AT IS THE COVEN JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I BELIEVE SO. I BELIEVE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF THE OTHER STORM WE CHARGED TO LIKE DP W OVER TIME AND JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: EXPENSES LIKE THAT. THAT'S THE ONLY EXPENSIVE OCCURRED SO FAR HAS BEEN OVER TIMING CERTAIN LINES, RYAN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE ONLY EXPENSES WE OCCURRED SO FAR AND SPENT MONEY ON WITH THE OVERTIME EXPENSE FOR THE CLEANUP. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, JOE. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MEAN IT'S MINOR BUT MAYBE IN THE DESCRIPTION. YOU COULD PUT COASTAL STORMS AND PANDEMICS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WELL, THAT THE CHANGE THAT GOING FORWARD. HE ASKED TO INCLUDE ANY PANDEMICS. YES. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S NATURAL RESOURCES SOUNDS SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO CHEERFUL. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IT. YES, IT'S A BAD HEADING. THANK YOU FOR THE POINT POINTING THAT OUT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: JOE JUST, JUST TO BE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: CLEAR THAT HAVE THAT HAVE THAT THAT ONE AD IS A GROSS NUMBER THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OR DOES NOT REFLECT ANY ANTICIPATED OR REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA BECAUSE JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING. SO WE HAVE NOT REFLECTED THAT IN OUR PROJECTION OF ANY KIND OF REVENUE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THAT'S CORRECT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND SO THAT THAT COULD BE UPWARDS OF $80,000 REIMBURSEMENT, IF I RECALL JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I BELIEVE THAT NET WAS WE WERE SAYING 100,000 GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: HUNDRED THOUSAND OKAY AND THEN THAT THAT WOULD DROP TO GENERAL FUND AND COULD BE USED FOR OTHER APPLICABLE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: TO EXPRESS YOUR GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: OR FOR FUN BALANCE OR CATHOLICS ARE JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YES. AND ONE THING TO POINT OUT, AS WELL AS I THINK WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT PIECE IS WAS DECLARED A DISASTER FOR NEW YORK STATE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO WE WILL BE GETTING A REAL HOPEFULLY TO GETTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO OVERTIME. USE OF EQUIPMENT AND ANY OTHER KIND OF CLEANUP MEASURES TAKEN OR ANY DAMAGES INCURRED, WE SHOULD BE WILL BE SUBMITTING FOR THAT AS WELL. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO YOU'RE SAYING THE REIMBURSEMENT IF AND WHEN IT COMES WOULD NOT BE SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ON THIS PAGE, JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WE HAVE NOT BEEN WE HAVEN'T ANTICIPATED KOBE REIMBURSEMENT JUST GIVEN JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HOW DIFFICULT. THE STATE HAS BEEN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING AND NUMBER YET AND PUTTING IT IN THE BUDGET, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE STILL BEING CONSERVATIVE HERE BY SAYING WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FROM 2020 FORECAST DOES NOT REFLECT REIMBURSEMENT. SO THAT WOULD BE A YOU KNOW A GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AN EXTRAORDINARY INCOME ITEM COMING IN AT THE END OF THE INTO 2021 THAT WE WOULD THE COUNCIL COULD USE FOR OTHER PURPOSES OR IT WOULD GO INTO FUND BALANCE. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOT IT. THANKS. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WE CAN LOOK FOR A MINUTE AT PAGE THREE DASH 69 JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THE JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: UNDER EXPENDITURES AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE EQUIPMENT MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES WE JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: SPENT BEYOND ANTICIPATED BUDGET IT OR IT SEEMS WE'RE GOING TO IN 2020 AND YET WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TEAR OURSELVES BACK IN 2021 JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THIS IS WITH RESPECT TO EQUIPMENT MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES IN PARTICULAR. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW HOW WE'RE DOING THAT WHAT THE JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WHAT THE SEEMING OVERAGE WAS ABOUT AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO RETREAT FROM JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: RYAN WHERE THESE THE GARBAGE DISPOSAL UNITS IN TOWN, PERHAPS FOR EQUIPMENT THAT WE WANTED TO PURCHASE. I HAVE A NUMBER OF 22,000 COMPARATIVES UNDER MISCELLANEOUS OFFICE EQUIPMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING. I MEAN, IT'S NOT FOR THE JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: TRASH, IT COULD BE FOR, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OTHER THINGS THAT YOU PURCHASE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, I COULD CERTAINLY LOOK IT UP IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, IF YOU LIKE, BUT I'M NOT SURE OFF TOP MY HEAD THAT NUMBER IS [00:40:11] JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BUT I THINK IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES INCURRED ONCE THIS YEAR. RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: WITHOUT TO BOOK YOUR BOOK IN FRONT OF ME AND JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THERE'S NOT MUCH DETAIL IN FRONT OF ME, I'D HAVE TO LOOK THAT ONE UP FOR YOU MAY HAVE GONE, BUT I WILL JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO FOR CLARIFICATION ON THESE PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: REVISED BUDGET NUMBERS FOR PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: REFLECT THE COVEN EXPENSES THAT YOU DID NOT ATTRIBUTE TO THAT NATURAL RESOURCE ITEM THAT WE LOOKED AT PRIOR RIGHT JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WERE YOU LOOKING, I'M SORRY, JUST IN GENERAL. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M SORRY I'M PAGE 369 PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PART OF JOSH'S QUESTION THE MAYOR'S QUESTION WAS, PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HE'S LOOKING. I THINK HE'S LOOKING AT THE TOTAL COST AND HE'S SAYING WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB, HOLDING THE LINE. WHAT HAPPENED THAT MADE THAT POSSIBLE, I THINK. AND MY QUESTION IS, PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DID WE, IN FACT, ALTER IN OUR 2020 REVISED BUDGET ON THAT 369 PAGE MULTIPLE THINGS FOR COVEN THAT CAME IN THAT WERE RELATED TO COVEN THAT PERHAPS AREN'T REFLECTED IN THAT NATURAL RESOURCE PAGE. AND THAT'S WHY, THEN, THERE WERE THESE EXCEPTIONAL EXPENSES. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOUR ADVISOR BUDGET INCLUDES JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: PURCHASE ORDERS THAT ROLE FOR FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. THAT'S WHAT SHARK. THAT'S A DISCREPANCY ORIGINAL BUDGET VERSUS REVISED BUDGET. THAT'S WHAT WE SHOW THEM BOTH, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE ARE EXPENSES THAT ARE MADE IN 2020 BUT IT WAS BASED ON IN CONFERENCES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IN TERMS OF THE COVEN WE DID NOT BUDGET FOR COVEN JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WE HAVE MONEY AND CONTINGENCY TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES. IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE WITH THE END OF THE YEAR AND WE FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET REIMBURSED FOR WE CAN MOVE MONEY OUT OF CONTINGENCY OR IT CAN BE A PART OF A YEAR AND ADJUSTMENT THAT WILL MAKE AS THE YEAR CLOSES. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO, YES. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A PURCHASE ORDER PROCESS IS SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY THE YEAR THAT THE PURCHASE ORDER MIGHT HAVE BEEN BUDGETED PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, AND AND SET UP ISN'T THE YEAR NECESSARILY THE EXPENDITURE OCCURS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, SO FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE SOMETHING WE WANT TO PURCHASE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE GET A QUOTE THE END OF 2019 JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THE GOOD WE PLACE THE PURCHASE ORDER THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THE, THE GOODS. DO NOT ARRIVE UNTIL 2020 JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THE EXPENSES INCURRED IN 2020 WHEN THE GOODS ARE RECEIVED, AND THAT'S WHEN THE EXPENSES INCURRED, BUT THAT PURCHASE ORDER COMES FORWARD. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THAT WE WE WE HELD THE MONEY ASIDE AT THE END OF 2019 AS WE DO EVERY YEAR MONEY ROLLS FORWARD. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU ANTICIPATED IN 2020 BUT JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IT'S AN EXCUSE. SOMETHING YOU ANTICIPATE IN 2019 JUST A MATTER OF WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY PAID WHEN THE GOODS ARE RECEIVED, AND WHEN THE BILL IS PAID. THAT'S WHY THE EXPENSE SHOWS UP IN 2020 AND THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE A HIGHER BUDGET VERSUS YOUR ORIGINAL BUDGET. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO LET ME CORRECT TO STAY. I'M SORRY. WHO ELSE WAS SPEAKING JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GO AHEAD. NO, NO, PLEASE GO PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M SORRY. SO WOULD IT BE CORRECT TO SAY THAT THE PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT REALLY THAT REVISED BUDGET IS LIKE A REVISED ESTIMATE OF THE YEAR'S EXPENDITURES, AS OPPOSED TO AN ACTUAL BUDGET, WE DID NOT IN ANY WAY. THIS CITY COUNCIL DID NOT APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL MONEY. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CORRECT THOSE FUNDS THOSE FUNDS MIGHT HAVE BEEN. IT MIGHT HAVE EVEN BEEN TWO YEARS AGO THAT JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THAT. EXACTLY, YES, IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN THE GOODS RECEIVED. IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDS APPROPRIATE BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW, IF YOUR BUDGET, ANY, ANY REVISED AMOUNT IS JUST THAT AS ANY COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS OR YOUR PURCHASE ORDERS ROLLING FORWARD. AND NUMBER THREE, WE HAD THE RECREATION DEPARTMENTS WITH MONEY, SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE FOR SPECIAL EVENTS OR REC FIELD. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE INCURRED EACH YEAR AND THAT MONEY JUST ROLLS INTO THE BUDGET AND WE GET INTO RECREATION NEXT WEEK, YOU'LL SEE THAT JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I ASK A QUESTION, I'M SORRY. I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY AUDIENCE BY TO DROP OFF AND RE LOGIN SO I MAYBE JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MISSED MAYBE THIS WAS ALREADY ANSWERED IN MY TRANSITION, BUT I'M SO BACK ON PAGE 73 OR 373 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE 195 WHEN ED, WHATEVER THAT THAT IS A GROSS NUMBER BUT DON'T ANTICIPATE AND MAYBE THIS IS WHAT I LOST. BUT DON'T WE ANTICIPATE FURTHER PANDEMIC RELATED EXPENSES IT PERTAINS TO SUPPLIES OR EQUIPMENT IN 2021. WHY IS THAT NUMBER SO LOW. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN 2020 YOU KNOW FIRST $180,000 VERSUS SUB 5000 GOING INTO NEXT YEAR WHEN WE THINK THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE BUYING PURE I'LL BUY THE BOOK YOU KNOW BOATLOADS, I THINK, OH, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT NUMBER SO SMALL. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I WOULD HOPE ANY EXPENDITURES THAT WE DO INCUR NEXT YEAR ARE INCLUDED OUR PAGE. [00:45:06] JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: REIMBURSED BY FEMA, BECAUSE THAT IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT WE ARE, WE WILL BE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR IN TERMS OF THE ONGOING EXPENSE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SO THERE IS NO REVENUE FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND THERE IS NO EXPENSE LINE. SO COULD WE PUT IN SOMETHING THEY'RE SHORT BUT JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE CONTINGENCY FOR AND WE ARE HOPING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE TYPE OF ITEMS. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE INCLUDING ON IN OUR REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST RIGHT NOW. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: A LOT OF THE MEASURES THAT WE HAVE TAKEN JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: TO HELP WITH COVEN HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE IN TERMS OF COMPUTERS IN TERMS OF THINGS LIKE I THINK IN TERMS OF FIXTURES INSTALL THINGS WE MAY NOT GET REIMBURSED FOR BUT JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: KNOCK ON WOOD, I DON'T EXPECT THOSE TYPE OF EXPENDITURES AGAIN IN 2021 I THINK IT'S MORE OF THE REVERSIBLE CON THAT WE WOULD EXPECT. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE JULIE, YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THE PART WHERE THAT THAT I THINK A COUPLE OF US THAT DIDN'T REALIZE IS THAT THAT ONE AT NUMBER HASN'T BEEN REIMBURSED YET SO PROBABLY TO BE CONSERVATIVE. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JOE HASN'T BUDGETED IN THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THAT. SO THAT ONE AT NUMBER WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, SO JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE, WHY IS SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO LARGE BUT IT'S IT'S IT WILL BE JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT, BUT EVEN I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT SARAH. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE A REIMBURSEMENT OF UP TO, YOU KNOW, ED, OR $100,000 OR WHATEVER. BUT STILL, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER ENDS UP BEING, IT'S STILL MULTIPLES HIGHER THAN JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: $5,000 SO I JUST DIDN'T JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KNOW THERE WAS ANY SORTA JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN ANTICIPATE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A REALLY LOW NUMBER IN IN RELATION TO THE WHATEVER WE'RE STUCK HOLDING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR IN REVERSIBLE COSTS. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT NUMBERS A NET NUMBER, THOUGH, SO SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT 4994 IS THE NET NUMBER. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS CONFUSING BECAUSE THE ONE AT ONE LOOKS SO LARGE, BUT IT'S NOT NET OF THE JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: FOR 4994 IS AN INNER PHONE SERVICE CHARGE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH KOBE OR ANY KIND OF JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW, WE DON'T BUDGET FOR DISASTERS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST, IT'S ANOTHER LINE THE CONSERVATION FACILITY, IT'S A IT'S SOME DEPRECIATION FROM THE BUILDING AND VEHICLE FUN IN TERMS OF DEBT PAYMENTS AND WHATNOT. THAT'S WHAT I GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: REPRESENT LET ME IF I IF I CAN JUST LET ME JUST INTERJECT SOMETHING JULIE, MUCH OF THE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: EXPENSE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING REIMBURSED FOR GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IS RELATED TO COMPUTERS, IT'S RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY SPENDS TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO WORK REMOTELY. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE ALSO HAD FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, ALL OF THE BIG IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS YEAR. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FOR IN RESPONSE TO CURVE AND WHETHER IT BE PLEXIGLASS DIVIDERS, WHETHER IT BE TOUCH WITH SINKS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF HAS NOW BEEN PURCHASE AND INSTALL GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE OUT WHAT WE EXPECT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR AND YOU TAKE OUT THE ONE TIME ITEMS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE READING CURRENTLY OCCURRING, YOU COME UP WITH A VERY, VERY SMALL NUMBER. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IF IT'S PRETTY WELL IF IT'S MORE BIKING PURELY OR WHATEVER IT IS. AND SO I THINK THAT THE POINT IS IS THAT I THINK THAT THE, I THINK THE DELTA OF RISK IS MORE LIKE $10,000 AS OPPOSED TO 80 OR $100,000 BECAUSE OF THAT. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, THANK YOU. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SORRY TO TAKE US BACKWARDS. OH. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TOO. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WHAT ELSE JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHER QUESTIONS. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SORRY. NO, I JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HEAR PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE THIS. IT'S ALL BAD. RIGHT, I'M HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE IN AND OUT. THERE'S NO PICTURES THAT ARE SO PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, MY CONNECTION FROM ZOOM ANYWAY. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, I THINK IT'S A CONNECTION ISSUE FOR ME TO, AND I STILL THINK JUST NOTHING'S THAT I MEAN, EVEN FOR WORK TODAY. EVERYTHING WAS UNSTABLE PARTIALLY I THINK BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE LINES THAT ARE A LITTLE WONKY. BUT ANYWAY. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO, I'M SORRY, PAM, YOU WERE GOING TO ASK SOMETHING I BUT I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION BEFORE YOU ASKED IT, WHICH IS BECAUSE I KNOW I WAS BEHIND ON 373 SO I JUST WANTED TO WHERE WE WERE WHEN I INTERJECTED TO TAKE US BACKWARDS. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO THAT I'M CAUGHT UP. OH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. MY QUESTION IS. SO BRIAN, SO GO AHEAD JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION. MY QUESTION IS, WHERE ARE WE JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT PAGE. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THREE 369 IS WHERE WE LEFT OFF. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BEFORE HE WENT BACK OKAY AND I PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. SORRY. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EXPENDITURE LINE. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREG AND RYAN, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ADDING A POSITION, COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN INDICATION OF WHAT THAT POSITION WILL BE DOING [00:50:06] PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND WHY YOU BELIEVE, RYAN, IT IS NECESSARY, FROM A MANAGEMENT VIEWPOINT THAT THAT POSITION BE FILLED. GENERALLY SPEAKING, UNDER WITH COVERT GOING ON. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE'RE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE. WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY THAT WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO TELL US EXACTLY WHAT THAT POSITION WILL BE DOING AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT. AND SO MUCH OF YOUR WORK IS SAFETY RELATED PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S IT. THAT'S MY QUESTION. RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: ALL RIGHT. UM, SO THE POSITION TITLE IS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WORKS WE INTEND THAT THE INCOMING TO THAT POSITION WILL RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: WILL ASSIST IN IN A VARIETY OF TASKS, INCLUDING DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS FOR RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: FOR THE MANAGER AND YOUR BENEFIT. RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: ON OUR DAILY OPERATIONS. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT PERSON TO HAVE MORE RESIDENT INTERACTION AS FAR AS RESPONSE TIME ON RESIDENT REQUESTS AND FACILITATING RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: WHAT WHAT COMES OUR WAY THROUGH THE RESIDENTS. RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: AND JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE ONGOING RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: AN EVER INCREASING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE, WE DO HAVE IN THE DEPARTMENT. RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: ALL OF THAT WOULD FREE MY TIME UP RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: TO TO RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: BETTER HEALTH DEPARTMENT MOVE FORWARD AND RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE WORKING 40 HOURS A WEEK THROUGH COVEN AND AND BEYOND AND TRY TO GET EVERYTHING DONE THAT'S ON OUR PLATE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I THINK IF I LET ME JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, ON A ON A ON A DAILY BASIS, THEY'RE PROBABLY NO LESS THAN FIVE TO SEVEN INDIVIDUAL REQUEST FROM RESIDENTS OR FROM NEIGHBORHOODS, OR FROM INDIVIDUAL STREETS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FOR WHATEVER IT IS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW RYAN RIGHT NOW IS OVERSEEING 50 EMPLOYEES EVERYTHING FROM GARBAGE TO ROAD MAINTENANCE TO TREES TWO FIELDS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: TO THE CITY FLEET, BECAUSE ALL THE MECHANIC WORK THAT WE DO. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ASKING THEM AN EFFECT TO RESPOND TO INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS OF TREES OR SIDEWALKS OR OR ANYTHING ELSE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: NOW, JUST THE SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR YOUR OBLIGATIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS AND THE FOR DIRECT REPORTS HE HAS AND THE 33% OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT HE'S OVERSEEING. WE ALSO HAVE NO LESS THAN A HALF A DOZEN LONG TERM BIG STRATEGIC PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERTAKE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE LARGEST CAPITAL CALLBACKS PROGRAM WITH THE CITY'S EVER DONE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE SETTLEMENT WAS SAYING, THE SOUND. THE ONGOING STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM. THE NEW YORK RISING PROGRAM ARE ALL THINGS THAT AS THE CITY ENGINEER FALL IN HIS WORLD AND FROM A MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: TRYING TO ADVANCE ANY ONE OF THOSE WHILE STILL RESPONDING TO RESIDENTS AND WHILE STILL SUPERVISING 50 EMPLOYEES ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS AND THEN YOU THROW IN A NIGHT, YOU KNOW, A STORM. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE HURRICANE SNOW, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE BOTTOM. THE BOTTOM LINE IS IN. I ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THE BOAT BASIN IN THE DREDGING PROJECT SO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IN MY ESTIMATION, IT IS A IT IS A VERY INEXPENSIVE PHIL TO HAVE AN ASSISTANT FOR THE HEAD OF PUBLIC WORKS RELATIVE TO WHAT THE BIGGER ASKED IS WHICH IS HOW WE GET ADVANCE ALL OF THESE LARGE PROJECTS, WHILE JUST RUNNING THE CITY DATA THAT JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I ASK A QUESTION DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T WE APPROVE THIS LIKE OVER A YEAR AGO, THIS POSITION. THIS IS DIFFERENT NOW. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THIS IS THE SAME. SO THIS WAS THIS WAS BUDGETED FOR IN THE 2020 BUDGETING JUST WAS NEVER FILLED JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CUZ COVEN HAPPENED. YEAH. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. ALRIGHT. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO THIS IS THE SAME STUFF WE RECOGNIZE WE NEEDED, LIKE, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, OR WHATEVER LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE BUT WE JUST NEVER FILLED JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE OKAY CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FROM A FLOODING PERSPECTIVE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE WOULD WELCOME RYAN HAVING SOME FREE TIME TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT RIGHT FACES. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN IN MANY ISSUES. SO IF HE'S NOT BOGGED DOWN FIGURING OUT A WAY, WHO CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, VACATION TIME WHERE THESE ARE THAT OR YOU KNOW ALL OF THOSE SCHEDULING THINGS I I WELCOME IT. [00:55:02] PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I ASKED THE QUESTION, AND THEN I COMPLETELY LOST MY SO I HEARD NOTHING PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AT ALL. NOT GREG NOT RYAN, BUT I COULD SEE. I COULD SEE LIPS MOVING, SO THAT WAS GOOD. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: UM, I GUESS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS THAT THIS POSITION IS A REAL POSITION WHERE THERE'S A REAL NEED THAT THERE'S A SAFETY AND HEALTH COMPONENT TO IT AND IT WOULD BE FOOLISH OF US NOT TO FILL IT IN THIS COVEN TIME THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU, GREG. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND RIGHT AND RYAN WAS VERY ELOQUENT AND ANSWERING GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I'M SORRY. NO, I'M TEASING. NO, I AM. I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE SHORTER VERSION OF WHAT OF WHAT YOU LOST WAS GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE HAVE A CONFLUENCE WE'RE ASKING THE HEAD OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THE CITY ENGINEER TO RUN THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO GARBAGE TREES FIELDS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FLEEING ALL OF THAT AND SIMULTANEOUSLY SERVE AS A CITY ENGINEER, WHERE WE HAVE A CAPEX PROGRAM A SAVE THE SOUND REMEDIATION. A A DREDGING PROGRAM. ALL OF THESE BIGGER SITTING ENGINEER TYPE PROJECTS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND IT IS A, IN MY VIEW, A VERY INEXPENSIVE INVESTMENT FOR THE LEVEL OF RETURN IN THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: OF THOSE LARGER PROJECTS IN CLEARLY PUBLIC SAFETY AS PART OF IT BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO, YOU KNOW, OVERSEE, YOU KNOW, A PLOWING OPERATION OR STORM RECOVERY OPERATION BY HIMSELF AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE ASKING THEM TO SERVE AS THE CITY ENGINEER AND GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IT IS IT IS A AS I KEEP SAYING IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S A VERY SMALL INVESTMENT. I'M NOT SAYING THE TAX DOLLARS AREN'T IMPORTANT, BUT I'M SAYING THAT THE RETURN ON THAT FROM A MANAGEMENT IN A RESOURCE STANDPOINT, I THINK, IS MULTIPLES OF WHAT THE EXPENSES. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY. AND HOW MANY ADMINISTRATORS ARE THERE RIGHT NOW BESIDES RYAN DOWN IN THAT DEPARTMENT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IN PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PUBLIC ANYBODY THAT DOES ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW. BESIDES, RYAN. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ADMINISTRATION NOW. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, SO WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THIS ANALYSIS IS THAT WE'VE HAD INCREASED STORM ISSUES INCREASED CLIMATE ISSUES GOING ON AND THAT PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THAT THIS IS RYAN UP TO ACTUALLY BE AN OPERATIONAL HEAD AS OPPOSED TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF HIS DEPARTMENT. SO THERE IS A HEALTH AND SAFETY COMPONENT. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: RYAN, DO YOU HAVE A A A A PRESENTATION OR ARE YOU ARE YOU HERE JUST TO HELP US THROUGH RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: YOU KNOW, I HAVE RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: I HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY SEEN BEFORE. RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: AND I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH ITS BULLET POINTS OF OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES. RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: BUT WE SORT OF DID HIT ON A HIGH POINTS AND THE BUDGET. RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: PORTIONS OF THAT. ANYWAY, SO IT'S NOT DIRECTLY BUDGET RELATED. I'M HAPPY TO DO IT, BUT I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SAVE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, IF YOU IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I WOULD GUESS THAT THAT WE HAVE BOTH A GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND A GREATER APPRECIATION. SO LET ME LET ME EXPRESS BOTH THOSE THINGS, PARTICULARLY THE APPRECIATION. RIGHT. WE KNOW HOW STRIP HOW STRETCH YOU ARE, AND AT TIMES HOW STRETCH YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND WE'RE GRATEFUL. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU. RIGHT. THANK YOU. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU, RYAN. RYAN COYNE, CITY ENGINEER: ALL RIGHT. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: MIRACLE. A GOOD THING ABOUT HAVING THE ZOOM CALLS I CAN LOOK UP THINGS I CAN PUT MYSELF ON STOP MY VIDEO AND FIND OUT YOUR QUESTION FOR YOU. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IT WAS A CODE RELATED EXPENSE FOR THE EQUIPMENT RENTAL OF THE MACHINE. THE VIKING MACHINE THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BUDGET AND OVER AND THE PROJECTION OF ABOUT $30,000 SO THAT MAKES SENSE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR THAT EXPENSE THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SOMETHING WE WON'T HAVE AGAIN AND IF WE DO IT WILL BE REIMBURSED. THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT WOULD BE REIMBURSED BY FEMA JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SIMILARLY, THERE WAS MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SAME DEAL. YES, THAT'S IT. ALL ROLLS UP TO THIS PAGE. SO YES, THAT IS CORRECT. IF THOSE ARE THE KOBE RELATED EXPENSES. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY. TERRIFIC. NOT TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: GREG, YOU SAID BOAT BASIN WAS NEXT THAT CORRECT [01:00:01] GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: NO, IT'S ACTUALLY POLICE'S NEXT AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY RUN RODRIGO AND JOE ON, HANG ON FOR A COUPLE MORE MINUTES. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, SO AGAIN, I'LL START THE WAY I DID WITH DP W AND JUST KIND OF GO OVER A VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THOSE FIVE JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: ITEMS WILL HAVE A COMMISSIONER FOG AND TOM FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE PARTICULARS, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER OR IF THEY WANT TO ADD MORE COLOR TO JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: JUST MY SCREEN READY OKAY. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY AGAIN SALARIES WAGES EQUIPMENT MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES CONTRACTUAL COSTS AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SALARIES AND WAGES ARE UP ABOUT 1% AND GIVEN THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE DURING THE BUDGET PRESENTATION AND GREG'S JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BUDGET MESSAGE THAT ANY CONTRACTED INCREASES FOR NEXT YEAR ARE OFFSET BY THE ELIMINATION OF THE SAFETY. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: COMMISSIONER POSITION, WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED THIS YEAR IN 2021 BUDGETS. SO, THAT IS WHY THERE'S SUCH A SMALL INCREASE IN SALARIES AND WAGES EQUIPMENT. THERE WAS SOME PATROL EQUIPMENT THAT THE POLICE HAD ASKED FOR IN JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AGAIN, IT WAS NOT A RECURRING ITEM SO IT WILL NOT BE SHOWN IN YOUR 2021 BUDGET THAT IS THE LARGE DROP OFF. AS YOU CAN SEE, JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: FOR 2021 AND WE TOOK THAT MONEY AND WE REPURPOSE IT FOR THE PURCHASE OF BUT WE HAVE 120 $5,000 BEING TRANSFERRED FOR POLICE VEHICLES INTO THE BUILDING A VEHICLE FOR NEXT YEAR SO THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT ON DIFFERENT PAGE IN YOUR BUDGET. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES ARE UP ABOUT $40,000 I BELIEVE A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH TELECOMMUNICATION COSTS AND A CELLULAR PHONES FOR THE POLICE VEHICLES WHICH TOM CAN GET INTO A LITTLE BIT JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: CONTRACTUAL COSTS, AS WE MENTIONED, FOR THE PW ARE DOWN ABOUT 6% LARGELY RELATED TO THE DEBT SERVICE ROLLING OFF THE BOOKS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER OF AN INCREASE IN GP W AS WE HAD MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A 20 SOMETHING PERCENT INCREASE FOR RETIREMENT RATES FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE UNION POSITIONS. SO THAT IS THE LARGE NUMBER THERE OF 4.87% JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THERE'S THIS. YES. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ONE QUESTION THE PERCENTAGE SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS THAT BASED ON IS IT ORIGINAL BUDGET TO 2021 OR IS IT THE 2020 PROJECTION TO THE 2020 JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THE ORIGINAL BUDGET VERSUS THE 2021 BUDGET YES 21 VERSES 20 ORIGINAL BUDGET. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: JOE CAN GO INTO ANY DETAIL OF THIS, THEY JUST GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY A HIGH LEVEL OF KNOWING WHERE THE MAJOR LINES WERE BUT CAN CERTAINLY DELVE INTO ANY OF THIS. YES. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF I MAY, JOE, I'M PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE CAPITAL COSTS LIKE THE NUMBER OF POLICE CARS THAT HAVE TO BE REPLACED. EACH YEAR IS NOT IN THESE NUMBERS AT ALL RIGHT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: NO, THAT'S IN TRANSFER TO CAPITAL, WHICH IS ON A DIFFERENT PAGE AND THEN IT'S ALSO IN YOUR BUILDING AND VEHICLE FUN TAB OF YOUR BUDGET BOOK. YES. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, SO, UM, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OF EQUIPMENT THAT PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE HAVE LET'S SAY IN 2020 PAID FOR AND THAT PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EXPLAINS THE REDUCTION IN 2021 JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I CERTAINLY CAN. I DON'T KNOW IF TOM WANTS TO DO THAT. IT'S UP TO YOU, TOM. OR I CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU LIKE ROBERT FALK, POLICE: WILL BETWEEN IT CAMERAS IN COURT CAMERAS. IT'S ABOUT $120,000 AND REORDER UNIT, WHICH WAS ANOTHER 6500 PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HUNDRED THOUSAND BOX. WHEN YOU SAY RADAR UNITS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT RADAR SPEEDERS ROBERT FALK, POLICE: RADAR SPEEDERS ROBERT FALK, POLICE: IT'S STRICTLY ON THE ENFORCEMENT. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: SIDE, NOT THE SURVEILLANCE TYPE PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: THAT'S STRICTLY FOR SPEED ENFORCEMENT FOR THE CARS TO BE ABLE TO WRITE A SPEEDING TICKET ON THE ROAD OR SCHOOL ZONES OR WHEREVER. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: I MEAN, WE DID. WE DID ONE PURCHASE ORDER FOR, I THINK, ROBERT FALK, POLICE: $115,000 WHICH IS ROBERT FALK, POLICE: BODY CAMERAS AND AND INCORPORATE CAMERAS BECAUSE THEY GO TOGETHER. [01:05:07] JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: IT'S HARD. IT'S HARD TO HEAR YOU, TOM. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: I SAID, WE DID ABOUT $115,000 ROBERT FALK, POLICE: PURCHASE ORDER IN IN OCTOBER, WHICH WAS FOR BODY CAMERAS AND IN CORE CAMERAS WHICH TIED TOGETHER. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH, AND WE'RE, WE'RE VERY WE'RE VERY GLAD THAT THE BODY CAMERA PURCHASE IN PARTICULAR IS TAKING PLACE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. ON PAGE 335 IF WE CAN MOVE FROM THIS FROM THE SUMMARY. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: SO IT ON THAT PAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TEXT WE HAVE CHANGES IN RESPONSES TO CALLS FOR SERVICES SUMMONSES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES AND ASSIGNED INVESTIGATIONS AND AND JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL THOSE ALL THOSE NUMBERS ARE DOWN. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: ROB, THIS IS PROBABLY IT'S PROBABLY YOUR BALL. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: IF JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WE COULD GET AN UNDERSTANDING ROBERT FALK, POLICE: OKAY. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: I WAS TRYING TO ADJUST OUR ART SPEAKER. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY MAN. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: YES. OKAY. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: I DIDN'T HEAR THE BEGINNING PART OF YOUR QUESTION, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE TALKING NUMBER OF SUMMONSES AND THE INCOME. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: IN NOT NOT JUST SUMMONSES BUT WE WERE DOWN ALMOST 15% IN RESPONSES TO CALLS FOR SERVICE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE DOWN SIX AND A HALF PERCENT IN RESPONSES TO INVESTIGATIONS AND THEN YES, THERE ARE THE SUMMONS NUMBERS. SO I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL OF THAT. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: HAD ALL OF THOSE NEGATIVE PERCENTAGE CHANGES. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: SURE, I AM GOING TO REALLY BLAME THE MAJORITY ON COVEN THIS YEAR. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A LACK OF SOME OF OUR RESPONSES. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES DID NOT WANT IT TO COME INTO THEIR HOUSE AND CREATING A CALL. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: IN THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, APRIL, MAY. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: YOU KNOW, I MEAN WE JUST GENERALLY FOLLOWING THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS THE, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS WERE NOT AGGRESSIVELY STOPPING CARDS JUST TO SELF PROTECT AND BE READY TO ROBERT FALK, POLICE: YOU KNOW, RESPOND TO THEM, LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION FIRE ACCIDENT PERSON IN NEED OF SOME ASSISTANCE AND EACH ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: A CALL FOR AN INCIDENT NUMBER IS GENERATED ON EVERY SINGLE ART STOP OUR PARKING LOTS OUT SIDE HERE IN THE TRAIN STATION AREA WERE ROBERT FALK, POLICE: PRETTY MUCH TOTALLY EMPTY. SO WE WERE GENERATING NO NORMAL CALLS THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES IN AT NIGHT. CAN'T FIND THEIR CAR. THEY DON'T REMEMBER WHERE THEY PARKED IT ROBERT FALK, POLICE: GENERATES A CALL THE OFFICERS OUT THERE TRYING TO FIND IT FORM WAS PRETTY EASY FINDING THEM FOR THE PERSON COMING OFF THE TRAIN AND THAT WAS ONE PERSON COMING OFF THE TRAIN. IT WAS ONLY ONE CAR AND A LOT ROBERT FALK, POLICE: SO IT'S EASY TO FIND NO NUMBER ON OUR PART, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE OFFICERS ON A NORMAL YEAR WHICH IS ROBERT FALK, POLICE: WHAT WE GOT WHAT A NORMAL YEAR WAS REALLY LIKE A LOT OF CALLS ARE SELF GENERATED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S A PROPERTY CHECK ROBERT FALK, POLICE: YOU KNOW, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: MAYBE THE INCREASE OF SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR JASON PEOPLE NOT WEARING THEIR MASKS ARE NOT BEING SIX FEET APART. I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE THAT THE OFFICERS WERE PULLING A NUMBER ON EVERY TIME THEY INTERRUPTED SOMEBODY FROM BEING A LITTLE TOO CLOSE. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: UM, IT'S ACTUALLY FUNNY NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. I SEE THE THE BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ACTUALLY FOR CALLS TO SERVICE AND MOVING VIOLATIONS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I'M SORRY, IT'S A TYPO. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH. OK. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: FOR SURE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I'LL FIX THAT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND GET YOU THE BETTER DIFFERENT DATA. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: IT DID BEN'S JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: ENDS QUESTION IS A SEGUE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: ACTUALLY TO THE REVENUE LINE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WHERE YOU'VE GOT JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: ACTUAL MN 2020 BUDGET. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WE'VE BUDGETED 2021 THE SAME WAY IS 2020 THOUGH WE'RE LOOKING AT A 2020 FORECAST. THAT'S A BIT HIGHER. [01:10:04] JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THE LARGEST COMPONENT OF THAT IS THE POLICE OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENT JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW, AND I'LL LET TOM AND ROB TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT WE TYPICALLY DON'T CHANGE THAT BUDGET NUMBER THAT WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT BASED ON UTILITY PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THAT NUMBER IS ALWAYS HIGHER, IT SEEMS THAT WE ALWAYS CONSERVATIVELY BUDGET IT, I KNOW IT IS A BIG NUMBER, ESPECIALLY IN 2019 JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I BELIEVE THERE WAS A REIMBURSEMENT FOR WORKERS COMP CLAIM THAT'S WHAT THE NUMBER IS MUCH HIGHER IN 2019, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE HAD A WORKERS COMPENSATION REIMBURSEMENT FROM AN OLD CLAIM FROM WHEN THE CITY WAS JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SELF INSURED SO INCLUDED IN THAT 1.5 MILLION. IT'S A LITTLE OVER $200,000 AND NOW JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IN WORKERS COMP REIMBURSEMENTS SO THAT'S LIKE A ONE OFF AND THEN I GUESS THE REST OF IT IS MORE BASED ON THE OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENT NUMBER. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT WHY WE BUDGET, THE WAY WE DO. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: OR IS THE OVERTIME REIMBURSEMENT GOES, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR WORK PROJECT. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: ECONOMY FOR THIS YEAR GOING FORWARD. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE STANDARD REVENUE COMING IN. SO I BUDGET FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME, YOU KNOW, OBJECTIVELY AND CONSERVATIVELY BECAUSE I CAN'T COUNT ON THAT YEAR TO YEAR. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: UM, IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. YOU JUST AS AN OVERVIEW. I'M NOT SURE THAT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND I CAN'T SEE. I'M SURE THE COUNCIL KNOWS, BUT FOR ANYBODY WATCHING THE WAY THAT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WHETHER IT'S CONTENT OR SUE AS ANYBODY ELSE THEY CALL THE CITY FOR ASSISTANCE. THE FACT THAT THOSE OFFICERS ARE NOT WORKING ON TIME, THEY ARE WORKING ON THE DIME OF THE UTILITY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ELABORATE ROBERT FALK, POLICE: YEAH. WOULD YOU SAY THERE IS CORRECT. THEY'RE PAID THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AND BASICALLY ROBERT FALK, POLICE: IT'S A BENEFIT FOR THE OFFICERS THERE, YOU KNOW, MAKE HIM SOME REALLY GOOD MONEY OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH KINDNESS AND SKETCH LINE GOING THROUGH, I MYSELF PERSONALLY WILL BE HAPPY WHEN THAT'S COMPLETED. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: BUT YOU KNOW THE OFFICERS SEEM TO BE HAPPY. WE LOOK AT IT AS THEY'RE BEING PAID FOR BY ANOTHER ENTITY BUT AT ANY POINT IN TIME, IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY AND RYAN I NEED IMMEDIATE ROBERT FALK, POLICE: OFFICERS, THEY'RE THERE, AND THEY'RE THERE ALL DAY LONG AND THEY GENERALLY HAVE A POLICE CAR CLOSE BY. SO THERE CAN BE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDING TO ANY CALL FOR SERVICE WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED. AND IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: KIND OF IS FULLY AWARE THAT IT CAN BE PULLED OFF OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION ASSIGNMENT YOU KNOW IMMEDIATELY. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: SO BASICALLY WE HAVE EXTRA COPS OUT THERE, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND THE TIME IS BEING PAID BY ANOTHER ENTITY THAT'S THE SAME WITH THE WATER COMPANY AND SOME OTHER CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES THAT EMPLOYERS, SO YOU KNOW IT'S A IT'S A WIN SITUATION. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: RIGHT RIGHT NOW. AND BASICALLY, IT COMES DOWN TO. IF THE OFFICERS MAKING $100 AN HOUR OUT THERE. THE CITY'S MAKING $30 OF THAT ON GRID. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: FOR HAVE ANY OFFICER OUT THERE. SO THIS YEAR WAS A TOUGH YEAR TRYING TO SCRAPE THROUGH SOME NICKELS AND DIMES, WITH NO REVENUE COMING IN FROM PARKING SUMMONSES ROBERT FALK, POLICE: OTHER TRAFFIC SUMMONS IS NOT BEING ISSUED AND THAT SORT OF KEPT US STILL IN THE LOOP OF BRINGING A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY THIS GAS PROJECT. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: I'M SURE THE MAYOR OR SOMEBODY WHO KNOW BETTER THAN ME, BUT I'M ANTICIPATING IT COMING TO AN END TO CHEER. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I WISH IT. I WISH YOU WOULD COME TO AN END YESTERDAY. YES. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: MORALE SECOND THAT. CHEERS. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DO HAVE SOME IF I CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUDGET IS ONE OF THE FEW WAYS THAT WE CAN LET THE STAFF KNOW WHAT WE THINK AND PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT POLICY TOOL AND I I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW I'M, COMMISSIONER, AND I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME, TOM. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT I THINK YOU GUYS DO AN EXCELLENT JOB IN FIELD AND THAT I'M I'M GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR BUDGET BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT, YOU'VE PROVEN IT YOU PROVE IT ON THE STREETS. THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY THERE. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: ARE. THANK YOU. THAT'S A VERY NICE COMMENT. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, YES. I THINK YOU CAN LEAVE WITH ALL OUR WITH OUR APPRECIATION, BUT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND FOR FOR ALL THE REST OF THE DAYS OF THE YEAR COMING IN PAST [01:15:10] ROBERT FALK, POLICE: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AT THIS TIME TO THANK THE OTHER CITY STAFF THAT I'VE WORKED WITH MANY OF THEM FOR MANY YEARS, BUT ROBERT FALK, POLICE: THEY'RE REALLY ACTUALLY A GREAT SUPPORT STAFF FOR US OUT THERE FROM GREG AND JOE FUZZY NOWHERE AND RYAN AND NICOLE. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: NOGA IT'S A YOU KNOW YOU CAN APPROACH THESE PEOPLE AT ANY TIME. AND I KNOW I'VE SNUCK INTO JOE'S OFFICE WHERE MY MASK WETSUIT AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO KEEP IT SAFE. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: AND I ASKED HIM A QUESTION AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, NEVER PUSHED AWAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO OUR SUCCESS REALLY COMES FROM ALL THE WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: YOU KNOW, SAME IN THE POLICE STATION HERE. WE'RE LIKE FAMILY. YOU KNOW, WE FIGHT, WE FIGHT PRETTY GOOD AMONGST OURSELVES BUT WHEN SOMEBODY'S YELLING FOR HELP OUT THERE, WE'RE GOING ROBERT FALK, POLICE: SO, AND WE ALL GO TOGETHER. AND THAT'S THE WAY THE WHOLE CITY STAFF WORK. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE KIND COMMENTS AND I'M REALLY HAPPY. I FOUND THIS JOB 39 YEARS AGO. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU. ROBERT FALK, POLICE: EVERYBODY BE WELL JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: TAKEN TO MIX. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO LEAVE. I HAVE TO JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: LENA UNDER UNDERSTOOD IN JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THANK YOU. CAROLINA JOHNSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO THE BOAT BASIN. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: SAME DEAL HERE MUCH SMALLER COST CENTER. BUT ANYWAY, FIND INFORMATION, BEGINNING ON PAGE EIGHT DASH ONE FOR THE BOAT BASIN OR EGO WITH US. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND LET ME JUST SHARE MY SCREEN AGAIN. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BOAT BASIN. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OVERALL, JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IS UP ABOUT OVERALL 1.35% JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: LARGEST COMPONENTS ARE INCREASING SALARIES AND WAGES BASED ON CHANGE MANAGEMENT AT THE BOAT BASIN. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: EQUIPMENT IS DOWN 40% EQUIPMENT AS WHEN I MET WITH PAM. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT EQUIPMENT VERSUS JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE LARGE DROP OFF HERE IS WE HAD BEEN FUNDING ANNUALLY, YOU KNOW, SOFT COSTS FOR THE DREDGING PROJECT CONVERSATIONS WITH RODRIGO DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE HAVE A LOT OF WE HAVE A JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WE HAVE ENOUGH JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: MONEY SET ASIDE FOR FOR SOFT COSTS. SO WE DROPPED OFF $50,000 THEIR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES UP SLIGHTLY, THAT COULD CROSS THE BOARD RODRIGO. SOME OF THE THINGS WE PURCHASED A AHEAD OF TIME FOR JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: FOR THE BOATS. I BELIEVE BOTH STANDS CONTRACTUAL COSTS ARE FLAT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ARE KIND OF HAND IN HAND WITH THE INCREASE IN THE SALARIES AND WAGES. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND WITH THAT, I CAN HAVE REVERIE GO SPEAK TO ANY OF THE INCREASES IN EXPENSES OR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE BEFORE WE JUMP INTO REVENUE. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: ANY QUESTIONS. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: REGARDING THE EXPENSES. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, ACTUALLY I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHY DID DEPRECIATION DROP SO MUCH FROM 19 TO 20 JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YEAH, IT'S A DEPRECIATION IS DREDGING PROJECTS. SO BASICALLY, THERE WAS A LARGE DREDGING PROJECT TO SEVEN YEAR LIFESPAN FOR BASED ON OUR CAPITAL ASSET POLICY. SO YES, THE DREDGING, THERE WAS A LARGE STRETCHING THAT DROPPED OFF THE BOOKS, SO THAT'S THAT'S THE DROP THERE. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOT IT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I'M JUST ONE LAST NUMBER ON THE BOAT BASE AND ALL THAT. I'LL GET INTO THAT LAST. I'M SORRY. ANY OTHER EXPENSES YOU JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KNOW, REVENUE JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: JOE I MY QUESTION RELATES TO THE EQUIPMENT LINE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, I THINK IT'S JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: MADE IT MAY BE MADE CLEARER ON PAGE EIGHT DASH FIVE JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THE EQUIPMENT LINE AGAIN. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: YES. AND SO WE HAVE JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: REVISED BUDGET 255,007 86 2020 FORECAST 4641 AND THEN WE GO TO [01:20:07] JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YEAH. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M JUST WONDERING JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: ABOUT HOW WE GO FROM ONE NUMBER TO ANOTHER THERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YEAH, SO AGAIN WE SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT PURCHASE ORDERS CARRYING FORWARD TO YEAR TO YEAR. I DON'T KNOW IF REMEMBER LAST YEAR DURING, I THINK IT WAS THE FALL, WE HAD APPROPRIATED SOME FUN BALANCE FOR JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THE DREDGING SOFT COSTS AND WE ENCUMBERED THOSE FUNDS. SO THEY ROLL INTO THAT 2020 REVISED NUMBER JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AGAIN, WE DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY SO AS PAM MENTIONED EARLIER, IT ACTUALLY WENT TWO YEARS IN SOME CASES WHERE YOU ACTUALLY SPEND THE MONEY. SO THE EXPENSES MIGHT SHOW UP IN 2021 JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BUT THAT MONEY WILL KEEP ROLLING OVER UNTIL WE SPEND IT. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE PROJECTION. THIS YEAR I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THE WORK WILL BE DONE THIS YEAR, RODRIGO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. IT'S MORE OF A 2021 ITEM. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OR RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: IN THE FUTURE. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES. WHY IS IT EQUIPMENT COST AND NOT JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE CONTRACTUAL OR SOMETHING ELSE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YEAH, IN TERMS OF DREDGING, IT'S A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. SO JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW, AS I SPOKE EARLIER. PERHAPS I CAN UPDATE THIS TO SAY EQUIPMENT SLASH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, BECAUSE IT ALL FALLS UNDER YOU KNOW NEW YORK STATE, YOU KNOW, JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: OSC IS HOW THE INCOME ITEMS YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THAT YOU LINE UP IN THE EQUIPMENT LINES OF EQUIPMENT, MAYBE A POOR CHOICE OF WORDS THERE I CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE IT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: TO KEEP RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: A JOB I THINK LAST YEAR FOR 2019, I THINK IT WAS THE TRILLING INCLUDED IN THAT AS WELL ON THEIR EQUIPMENT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IN THE 19 NUMBER. WE DID NOT ACT BECAUSE YOU LOOK, WHICH ONLY $27,000 THE TRAILER WAS NEVER ACTUALLY PURCHASED OKAY PART OF APPROPRIATION A FUND BALANCE BUT WE NEVER MOVE FORWARD WITH THE JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: PURCHASE ORDER. ALL RIGHT, I RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: JUST WANTED TO ASK PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FOR CLARIFICATION. THERE IS EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBER IS HIGHER, THERE'S NO NET EFFECT ON FUND BALANCE BECAUSE THESE ARE PURCHASE ORDERS. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHERE THEY'VE ALREADY SORT OF BEEN SET ASIDE IN FUND BALANCE. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY. WELL, IT SHOWS A NUMBER OF EXPENDITURES OF 550,000 SOME OF THAT MONEY DOESN'T COME OUT OF FUN BALANCE BECAUSE IT CAME OUT OF FUN BALANCE, TWO YEARS AGO. YEAH. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I MEAN, PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU GET ONE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YES. A CONFERENCES GET DROPPED TWO AGAINST ONE BOUNCING WHEN EXPENDITURE, WHAT IS IT THE CULPRITS HAPPENS IN THE YEAR THAT YOU HOLD THE MONEY ASSIGN THAT THAT AFFECTS THE BUDGET. SO YES, THAT'S CORRECT ANY FUTURE EXPENSES ARE HELD FOR THE FUTURE YEARS. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS IS NOT A FINANCIAL QUESTION BUT JOE AND RODRIGO. I SAW THAT WE'VE GOT 30 NEW SLIP HOLDERS. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: I'LL TOUCH IT ON MY REPORT, IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. AND THEN I HAVE A REPORT KIND OF QUICK RUNDOWN ON THE YEAR ON HOW WE DID AND NOT HAVE TO HOLD THE BREAKDOWN LISTED ON THERE AS WELL, WHICH I'LL GO OVER IN A SECOND. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WHEN WHEN WHEN YOU DO, I'D BE CURIOUS. WELL, I THINK THAT'S A REVERSAL OF THE TREND. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT IS, I THINK WE WERE LOSING SLIP FOLDERS. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: CORRECTING AND AND SO AS AS YOU GO OVER IT. IF YOU CAN PROVIDE SOME COLOR, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S MUCH, MUCH APPRECIATED. AND WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: ABSOLUTELY. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE EIGHT DASH FIVE WE ARE SHOWING AN INCREASE IN REVENUES OBVIOUSLY VERSUS BUDGET. WE'RE UP ABOUT $160,000 VERSUS OUR JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR 2020 ON THE REVENUE SIDE, YOU KNOW, EVERY GOAL SPEAK TO, WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE. FOR THE NEXT YEAR. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THERE ARE SOME ONE TIME REVENUES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN 2020 THAT HE WILL DISCUSS THERE, SO THAT'LL HOPEFULLY CLEAR UP SOME OF THE JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THE CHANGES IN THE NUMBERS BETWEEN FORECAST AND BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND JUST THE LAST NUMBER OF BASED ON THE JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: INFORMATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE EIGHT GET FIVE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR WE'RE EXPECTING THE BOAT BASE AND UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS TO BE ABOUT $2.2 MILLION JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. RIGHT. WE GO AT THIS POINT FOR THE REVENUE, IF YOU LIKE, SURE. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: UM, ANY QUESTIONS. IN THE MEANTIME, OR I CAN, I CAN ALSO GIVE YOU THE RUNDOWN ON THE ON THE REPORTING THAT WILL HAVE SOME OF THE BREAKDOWNS LOVE TO KIND OF HELP EXPLAIN THIS HERE. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: UM, I ACTUALLY DO. EVERY GO PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SHOW ME. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE ASSETS UNRESTRICTED ASSETS OF 2.2 MILLION, WHAT IS THE COST ESTIMATE OF DREDGING A GOOD FULL DREDGE THAT WILL LAST LONG WILL THAT LAST I GUESS THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: SO THE ESTIMATED COST DREDGING I'M AS OF RIGHT NOW IN THE CHANNEL. WE'RE TALKING $1.5 MILLION TO DREDGE THE CHANNEL. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: THE BOAT BASIN AND DEPENDING ON HOW THE RESULTS ARE. IF IT'S CONTAMINATED OR NOT WE'RE TALKING ANYWHERE FROM $1.2 MILLION UP UPWARDS OF 7 MILLION [01:25:03] RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: SO TWO DIFFERENT FEES COMBINED. I MEAN, MAX THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY WORST CASE SCENARIO IS 8.5 MILLION RIGHT AND THAT'S IF THE MARINA COMES BACK CONTAMINATED AND WE HAVE TO PAY FOR UPLAND DISPOSAL. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WHEN DO WE TEST RESULTS. SORRY. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: THAT'S OKAY JOB RECORD IS ACTUALLY GONNA GIVE A PRESENTATION ON DREDGING AS WELL. AND THEN I'LL HELP CLEAR UP SOME OF THE RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: KIND OF GIVE A ROUGH ESTIMATE ON WHERE WE STAND. I'M AS OF NOW IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT NOW. OR IF YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE END. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: YOU WANT TO CHIME IN. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GIVE JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: YOU THAT REPORT NOW. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH, SURE. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: YES. OKAY. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: ALL RIGHT, THE CHANNEL COMPLETELY GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOURS. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, I CAN'T HEAR IT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: JOE YOU'RE ON JOE YOU'RE ON YOU. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: THERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW. YES. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: OKAY, AS FAR AS THE CHANNEL DREDGE IT'S STILL IN REVIEW. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: ALL THE, ALL THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR WE'RE STILL. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE ARMY CORPS AND THE NEW YORK STATE DEC JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: AS FAR AS THE BIOLOGICAL TESTING THE SAME THING. IT'S BEEN STARTED THE REVIEW WAS IN PROCESS, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR FROM THEM A POTENTIAL DREDGE FOR FOR JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: DREDGE IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW THE BIOLOGICAL TESTING COMES BACK. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: TO KNOW WHEN WE CAN POSSIBLY DREDGE BUT THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG. I WOULD SAY THAT THINGS HAVE SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT, PROBABLY DUE TO THE COVE IT JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: SOMEWHAT WHERE WE DIDN'T GET SOME OF THESE RESPONSES, BUT EVERYTHING AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE CHANNEL DOES REMAIN ON TARGET. THE, THE BIOLOGICAL SEEMS TO JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: REMAIN ON TARGET. THE, THE UPLAND DISPOSAL, I GUESS, ALSO SEEMS TO REMAIN ON TARGET. BUT WHEN YOU DEAL WITH BUREAUCRACIES, THERE'S ALWAYS DELAY. SO IT'S HARD TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE ANY DEFINITIVE ANSWERS. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: AT THIS POINT, OTHER THAN IT'S BEING WORKED ON. AND WE'RE GOING TO STAY AFTER THEM JUST TO, YOU KNOW, HOLD ON THE CONSULTANTS ACCOUNTABLE AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CAN EXPECT THE ANSWERS RIGHT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND IN JUST IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL DETAIL. THE, THE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR AS THERE HAS BEEN A PLAN SUBMITTED TO THE ARMY CORPS IN TERMS OF WHERE THE BOERS WILL BE DONE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FOR THE BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL WE'RE WAITING ON THE ARMY CORPS TO AGREE THAT THOSE ARE THE RIGHT SAMPLES TO BE TAKEN. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ONCE THEY APPROVE THAT, THEN THE, THE COMPANY THAT WE'VE HIRED A CONSULTANT. WE'VE HIRED WATCHING THE WIND AND DO THE SAMPLE TAKING SUBMITTED TO THE ARMY CORPS, THEY HAVE TO THEN ANALYZE IT ALONG WITH NEW YORK STATE DC AND THEN ULTIMATELY CONNECTICUT DEPEND UPON THE THE OUTCOME OF THAT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A CONSULTANT OR HAVE HIRED. I HAVE ALREADY SIGNED A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE CONSULTANT TO EVALUATE UP LAND DISPOSAL SITES. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: UNDER A WORST CASE SCENARIO SO DEPENDENT UPON WHEN WE HEAR BACK FROM THE ARMY FOR AS TO THE CONTAMINATION OR LACK OF CONTAMINATION OF THOSE SAMPLES. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WHICH CAN BE AS EARLY AS FEBRUARY, THEN WE MAKE A CALL AS TO WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE ATLANTA, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE OFF SHORE AND IT'S GOING TO BE OFF SHORE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO NEW YORK STATE DC AND THEN THE EQUIVALENT CONNECTICUT DC JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: OR IT COULD BE JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: IT COULD WORK COMBINATION GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: OR COMBINATION. RIGHT. BUT AT THIS POINT, WE'VE DONE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT'S WITHIN OUR POWER TO DO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, IN BASICALLY WE'RE WAITING ON THE ARMY CORPS. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN I AM PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WORKING WITH THE CORE, WHO IS THERE A STAFF PERSON, OR IS THE ENGINEERING CONSULTANT WORKING WITH GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE COASTLINE CONSULTING IS THE DIRECT INTERACTION, BUT THEY ARE BEING OVERSEEN BY RYAN AGAIN AS A CITY ENGINEER. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IT HAS CAPACITY. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT COASTLINE HAS EXPERIENCE DOING THIS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YES, ABSOLUTELY. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW. OKAY, SO THEY HAVE A $2.2 MILLION RESERVE AND THEY COULD. THIS COULD BE $8.5 MILLION WORTH OF WORK, WORST CASE, RIGHT. ISN'T THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND, RODRIGO RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: YES, THAT'S CORRECT. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, SO PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: UM, DO WE HAVE OPTIONS. HAVE WE GONE THROUGH OPTIONS BONDS, MAYBE TALKING ABOUT ONE TIME FEES FOR PEOPLE UPSTREAM WHO TAKE IT WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHANNEL DREDGING, HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT DOING SOME SORT OF REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WILL HELP PAY OR ANY SORT OF [01:30:12] PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR THE INEVITABILITY. IF IT IS 8.5 MILLION PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I GUESS THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. NO. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: NO. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. SO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE SHORT ANSWER IS, TO SOME EXTENT ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BUT CERTAINLY NOT CERTAINLY NOT EVEN GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: CLOSE TO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ANY ANY AMOUNT OF BONDING THAT WOULD BE DONE WOULD HAVE TO BE ULTIMATELY DONE ON THE CITY'S CREDIT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WITH SOME SORT OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BOW BASE AND WE YOU KNOW WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN DOWN INTO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW WHAT THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THAT ARRANGEMENT AND WHAT THE CAPACITY OF THAT WOULD BE. HONESTLY, KNOWING THAT THE FIRST STEP IS WE HAVE TO SIZE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE'VE NOT SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. BUT THE WORST CASE BECAUSE WE JUST, WE HAVEN'T SIZE, THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM YET. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: YEAH. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: OKAY, IF, IF I CAN ADD TO, YOU KNOW WHAT, EVEN WHEN WE TAKE TALK ABOUT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, THE POINT $5 MILLION JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: THAT'S AN THAT'S A PERFECT WORLD THAT'S DREDGING TO HISTORICAL DEPTHS IS WHERE YOU KNOW WHERE WE WANTED TO, WE WOULD LOVE TO GO, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY LOVE TO PAVE EVERY CITY STREET TO BUT WE CAN ALWAYS DO IT SO JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PARAMETERS IN THAT THERE'S THAT WE HAVE ROOM FOR. BUT YES, IN A PERFECT WORLD IF WE DID EVERYTHING WE WANTED. THAT'S HOW MUCH WE WOULD NEED JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: YOU KNOW, SO IN EVEN IF THESE ARE ALL TENTATIVE FIGURES YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S A 20,020% CONTINGENCY FEES AND A LOT OF THIS. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY WHAT YOU REALLY SO THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S A LOT JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: EIGHT AND A HALF IS DEFINITELY WORST CASE SCENARIO. SO AGAIN, WE MIGHT TARGETED DREDGE IF WE REALIZED WE COULDN'T DO THAT SO JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: LIKE, GREG. IT SAID THAT WE'RE STARTING TO FORMULATE A PLAN, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET MORE CONCRETE ANSWERS AS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. AND REALLY WHEN THIS BIOLOGICAL TESTING COMES BACK. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: IT'S REALLY GOING TO GIVE US A FIRM IDEA OF. ALL RIGHT, NOW HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. HERE'S WHAT WE CAN AFFORD TO DO. AND LET'S WORK TOWARDS IT. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF, IF I CAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME REALLY GOOD WORK. THE LAST YEAR. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN TERMS OF GETTING REVENUE UP. AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POSITIVE TREND THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLANS THAT ARE TO DO THAT. THAT'S TERRIFIC. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MY PROBLEM IS THAT I'M THINKING IF WE NEED TO BORROW IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WE NEED TO HAVE A STABLE. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PUT YOU KNOW REVENUE STREAM THAT COULD EVENTUALLY PAY IT BACK. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG A DREDGE IS GOOD FOR IS A DREDGE GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS AS A GOOD FOR 10 YEARS I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THAT EITHER. SO IT SEEMS LIKE PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON PLAN, A PLAN B. AND I THINK PART OF PLAN A HAS GOT TO BE PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAKE THE GET SOME REVENUE FOR THE BOAT BASIN, SO THAT WE CAN CREATE SOME STABILITY. SO, AT LEAST WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE COULD BOND FOR PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF YOU CAN DO THREE, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OF CONSISTENT. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE THAT LONG ANYWAY RIGHT WITH THE PERMITTING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. TWO YEARS OUT AT LEAST THREE YEARS. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: YEAH, MOST LIKELY TO, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT UNHEARD OF. RIGHT. AND THAT'S I MEAN ONCE RODRIGO GIVES US REPORT, AND I COULD COMMENT AS WELL. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: WE'RE ACTUALLY AT THAT STEP AS WELL IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO TO JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: FIND EVERY REVENUE SOURCE WE CAN INCREASE REVENUES, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE STILL RODRIGO STANDARDS. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL LET HIM. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: REPORT GIVE THE REPORT AND THEN I'LL COMMENT ON JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WHY DON'T WHY DON'T WE, WHY DON'T WE MOVE TO RODRIGUEZ REPORT WHICH WE WE WE WE CAUSED YOU JOE TO DERAIL JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: SO PLEASE, RODRIGO RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: SURE. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FEEDBACK. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: TO KNOW THE CITY RIGHT BOTH BASE AND SET UP AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, WHICH DOES NOT RELY ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS OPERATE. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: THE MAIN GOAL, THE BOAT BASIN IS A PRIDE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE BOTH STORES TO ARRIVE RESIDENCE WHILE OFFERING STORAGE OPTIONS TO NON RESIDENTS FOR A FEE. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: DIGITALLY THE BOAT BASIN PROPERTY CAN BE USED BY ANYONE, REGARDLESS IF THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE MARINA RESIDENTS GOING TO ENJOY THE WATERFRONT VIEW AS WELL. RELAX AND THE PICNIC STYLE TABLES SET UP THROUGHOUT THE MARINA IN A PARK LIKE SETTING. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: THE BOAT BASIN STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF AN ESTIMATED THREE ACRES OF WATERFRONT PROPERTY, WHICH INCLUDES 100 PARKING SPOTS. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: ALSO UTILIZED FOR BOTH STORAGE IN THE WINTER. WE HAVE TWO BUILDINGS AS WELL AS TO PUBLIC BATHROOMS DON'T MAINTAIN THE MARINA ALSO OFFERS PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE BOAT LAUNCH RAMP. [01:35:09] RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH CAREFREE WHICH IS A BOAT RENTAL CLUB BASED ON THE BOAT BASIN TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES TO SURROUND IN RESIDENCE. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: THEY CURRENTLY HAVE SIX BOATS DOC HERE FOR THE SUMMER AND THEY PLAN TO EXPAND TO EIGHT BOATS FOR NEXT SUMMER SEASON. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: THE MARINA NOW CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 350 VOLTS RANGING UP TO 37 FEET IN THE WATER AND CLOSE TO 200 BOATS ON LAND. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: IN ADDITION TO OFFERING STORAGE FOR BOTH. WE ALSO CAN ACCOMMODATE 150 KAYAKS ON A PROPERTY, THE BOAT BASE AND ALSO ISSUES MORE IN PERMITS OVER 400 MORONS LOCATED WITHIN A WRY WATERS SOMEBODY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR IS WE WORK WITH THE RIOT POLICE RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: TO CLEAN UP, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP THE MILITARY SURPLUS ITEMS THAT WERE DOWN HERE. WE HAD SEVERAL CONTAINERS OR IN PARKING LOT. UM, WE INVENTORY IT ALL THE MOORINGS LOCATED IN MILTON AND GREEN HAVEN HARBOR. THIS YEAR WE FOUND ROUGHLY 60 MORONS AND FLOATS WITHOUT MORE PERMITS. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: WE IMPLEMENTED AND EXECUTED A VIOLATION POLICY THAT APPLIED TO ALL OWNERS. THIS RESULTED IN A $15,000 INCREASE THE MORNINGS FOR TOTAL REVENUE OF ME $5,000 THIS YEAR. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: ADDITIONALLY, THE PARKING LOT HAS BEEN RESTRICTED TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL PARKING SPOTS. AND WE ALSO CREATED ADDITIONAL HANDICAPPED PARKING SPOTS, BRING IN OUR FACILITY UP TO THE STANDARDS. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE CITY'S ATTORNEY TO INFORM A SURPLUS OF FUEL BEN AND BOLTS THAT WERE ABANDONED HERE IN THE PROPERTY. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: ADDITIONALLY, WE GAINED 51 NEW SUB FOLDERS. THIS YEAR 37 OF THEM WERE RESIDENCE 14 WERE NON RESIDENTS THAT BRINGS US UP TO A TOTAL OF 317 STAKEHOLDERS. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: AND WE DID THAT BY OBVIOUSLY COVERT I THINK HAVING A LOT OF EFFECTS IN THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD, YOU KNOW, NOTHING ELSE TO DO THIS YEAR AND VOTING WAS DEFINITELY A RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: HUGE OPPORTUNITY. WE ALSO CREATED A SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM TO THE CITY AS WELL AND THAT HELPED OUT A BIT AND RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: AND AS WELL, YOU KNOW, JUST BUILD THEM CURRENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS WE GAINED 60 NEW KAYAKERS, THIS YEAR WE I ACTUALLY CONSIDERED KAYAKS AND PADDLE BOARDS STAND UP PADDLE BOARDS AND SAME. SO WHEN I SAY I ACTUALLY REALLY REFERS TO BUILD RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: SIX NEW KAYAKERS, AND PADDLE BOARDS FOR A TOTAL OF 134 AND THE PROPERTY. SO WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING MAXED OUT WE GAINED 38 NEW BOLTS FOR WINTER STORAGE ONLY IN FOR A TOTAL OF ALMOST 200 VOLTS. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $16,000 THIS YEAR IS A ONE TIME REVENUE DUE TO ABANDON BOLSTER WERE LEFT IN THE PROPERTY AND HAVE NOW LEFT AS WELL AS A SURPLUS OF BOTH BASIC EQUIPMENT THAT WAS NOT BEING USED. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: WE ALSO COLLECTED A ONE TIME $26,000 OF REVENUE EARLY THIS YEAR FOR ONCE YOUR STORAGE OF 2019 THE MAJORITY OF THIS WAS DUE TO LATE PAYMENTS AS WELL AS 15 CUSTOMERS WERE NOT AN INVOICE. WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: THE BOAT BASIN AGAIN WILL HAVE UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS SO 2.2 MILLION AT THE END OF 2020 RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: I'M I AM AWARE OF THE RESULTS FROM THE 2019 AUDIT THE BOAT BASIN IS DOING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS FILES TO MAKE SURE WE IN FULL COMPLIANCE. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: WITH THE CITY IS AUDITORS GOING FORWARD. MY GOALS FOR 2021 ARE SEEK NEW IDEAS TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR THE BOAT BASIN, CONSIDERING THE HIGH COST OF DREDGING, SUCH AS ADDING FUEL SERVICES EVENTS PARTNERSHIPS, ETC. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: I WILL ALSO INQUIRE ABOUT POTENTIALLY APPLYING FOR ANY GRANTS THAT WE MAY QUALIFY FOR RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: DOUBLE BASS AND COMMISSION AND I ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING ALL THE SUMMER FEES FOR 2021 RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: AND 2021 I ALSO PLAN TO PARTNER WITH THEM REUNION TO ENSURE ALL THE MORNINGS LOCATED WITHIN THE CIGARETTE ORDER SABBATH TEAM WORK PERMITS. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: WE CURRENTLY HAVE A WAITLIST OF EIGHT BOLTS FOR SUMMER OF 2021 THESE BOATS IN THE WAITLIST ARE 25 FEET IN LENGTH OR BIGGER. MY FOCUS IS CREATING ADDITIONAL WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE THESE BOATS, WHICH WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL $16,000 OF REVENUE TO THE MARINA. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: THE BOAT BASIN HAD A GREAT YEAR TO SHARE, CONSIDERING THE CURRENT PANDEMIC, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE REVENUES BY 21% COMPARED TO 2019 RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A POSITIVE LOOK ON 2021 THE DRAGON SITUATION CONSIDERED CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN WERE ABLE TO RETAIN RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: SUPPORT FOR 2012 SEASON. THE 2020 SEASON. I'M SORRY, DUE TO MEMBERS HAVE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO EXPLORE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES HEADING INTO 2021 RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: US THINGS RETURNED TO NORMAL. WE ARE FACED WITH THE ISSUE POTENTIALLY LOSING STAKEHOLDERS DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS TO DRIVE THE MARINA. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: I AM EXCITED TO ABOUT ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR, ALTHOUGH I'M FOCUSED ON THE ATTIC SUCCESS IN 2021 TO SOLVE DREDGING ISSUE. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: I'M IN MY LAST THING. AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY GREG DOES RAIN WHICH RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE MARINA JOEL PACINO, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT, AND THE REST OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT JOKER CORA, AND THE BOAT BASE AND COMMISSION. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: JIM, THE GOLF CLUB MANAGER AND ANGELA, THE BUSINESS AND ADMIN FROM ON THE GOLF COURSE. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THIS YEAR I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANYTHING, ANY CHALLENGES. THE NEXT YEAR TO BRING [01:40:09] JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THANKS, RODRIGO RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: ANY QUESTIONS. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAD A QUESTION AT THIS IS SARAH I WENT WHEN IT OR DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA. IF THERE IS NO DREDGING WHEN IT BECOMES AN ISSUE FOR THE BOATS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE TO GET IN AND OUT. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: YEAH, SO WE'RE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT NOW WITH A BIGGER BOATS. I WOULD SAY ANYTHING, PROBABLY BIGGER THAN IT'S WORTH 2527 FEET AND BIGGER, THE BIGGEST BUILD WE HAVE HERE IS 36 FOOTER. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: SO ANYTHING FROM 25 TO 36 WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, THESE GUYS CAN GO OUT A LITTLE TIE THAT HAVE TO WAIT AN HOUR TO AFTER RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: I MEAN, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, IT'S YOU KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE USED TO IT. SO IT'S NO BIG DEAL. AS WE DEFINITELY LOST A FEW SLAVEHOLDERS THIS YEAR, CONSIDERING THE DREDGE AN ISSUE. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: UM, AND WE'RE OBVIOUSLY PLANNING TO LOSE MORE ELECTION. WELL, I'M HOPING WE DON'T. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE WORST HERE. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: AND I'M ASSUMING WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO LOSE SOME NEXT YEAR AS WELL OR POTENTIALLY AS SIMPLE AS THAT. COME HERE, DON'T REALIZE THAT WE HAVE A DREDGE AN ISSUE. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: AND I'VE BEEN UP FRONT WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING, HEY, IF YOU HAVE A 30 FOOT BOAT, YOU CAN CERTAINLY PURCHASE A SLIP HERE, BUT THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: WE ARE WORKING ON FIXING IT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A SURPRISE TO THEM AFTER THEY PAY THE INVOICE. THEN THEY FIND OUT WE HAVE THIS ISSUE. I'M LIKE, OH SORRY, IT'S, YOU KNOW, RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: WE HAVE A NEW POLICY OF HAVE NO REFUND POLICY. I'M SORRY. SO I'M OFFERING WHAT EVERYBODY AND AGAIN THIS YEAR. I THINK WE'RE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE BECAUSE OF COVERT IT KIND OF HELPED US OUT A LOT CONSIDERING RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PARTICIPATED. THIS YEAR, AND SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE SMALLER BOATS. WANT TO GO BIGGER. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: AND THEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S BEEN REALLY THE TREND. THIS YEAR, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SMALLER BOATS HAVE BIGGER FAMILIES AND EVERYONE'S HOME THAT THEY WANT TO PURCHASE A BIGGER BOAT. BUT THEY'RE KIND OF LIMITED AND THEY DON'T WANT TO RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: YOU KNOW THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT IT HERE BECAUSE THEN THEY HAVE TO WAIT WITH THE CERTAIN TYPES OF TIDES ARE DIFFERENT EVERY DAY IN CERTAIN TIMES, YOU KNOW, SO THE TIE CHANGES EVERY DAY. RIGHT. SO TODAY, IT COULD BE LOW TIDE AT 6PM TOMORROW. IT'LL BE A SEVEN. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: AND IT'S A CONSTANT CYCLE. SO IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU WANT TO GO OUT ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OH WAIT, I CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S ALL TIED TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THREE O'CLOCK. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: BUT, YOU KNOW, SO IT DOES AFFECT SOME PEOPLE. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, AGAIN, I THINK WE HAD A GREAT YEAR. ALTHOUGH WE HAD THOSE ONE TIME FEES NEXT YEAR I YOU KNOW I THINK OUR REVENUES. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: I MEAN I'M EXPECTING THEM TO TO GO DOWN, ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO BE POSITIVE. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO KEEP RAISING OUR REVENUES. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HOPING FOR THE BEST FOOT KIND OF PLANNING FOR THE WORSE. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SURE. THAT'S IT. IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE REVENUE STREAM. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY ESTIMATE OF SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AT WHAT POINT BOATS LESS THAN 25 FEET WOULD BE SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RESTRICTED YOU KNOW IT OR IMPAIRED IN THEIR ABILITY TO GO OUT AND BACK. AND SO THEREFORE MAY NOT BE INCLINED TO RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: IT'S HARD TO TELL, I'M SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOURS IS IT, YOU KNOW. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: I MEAN, I WAS SAYING, THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS. IF YOU DON'T DREDGE WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BE IN TROUBLE. I'M NOT ONLY WITH A BIGGER BOATS AS WELL. I MEAN, WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THE POLICE BOATS GETTING OUT AT CERTAIN TIMES. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: I'M JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE YESTERDAY WAS ABSOLUTELY LOW TIDE. AND I THINK THE POLICE, BUT WILL SEND IN THE MAIL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON I WAS, I LEFT HERE AROUND FIVE O'CLOCK YESTERDAY AND RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: IT IS A NEW MOON. SO THE FULL MOONS AFFECTED SO IT'S HARD TO TELL. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: US. BUT IF I HAD TO GUESS, YOU KNOW, IN TWO, THREE YEARS. IF YOU DON'T, DIRECT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE TROUBLE OR AT LEAST WITH THE BIGGER BOATS AND AFTER THAT IT'LL, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE SMALLER BOATS GET AFFECTED AS WELL SO RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: UM, SO IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE BOAT RIGHT SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR AND THEN JUST ONE LAST QUESTION. THE CAREFREE SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SETUP IS SO YOU SAID IT'S SIX BOATS THAT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND TO EIGHT BOTH WHAT IS THE, WHAT KIND OF A CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT IS IT TO. THEY JUST RENT. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: SO WE HAVE NO WE HAVE NO LEAST WITH THEM, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH TREATED AS NON RESIDENTS SLIP HOLDERS. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: SO THEY PRETTY MUCH COME IN AND THEY JUST PAID THE NON RESIDENT FEE AND THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY GET THEIR SLIPS AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH AT ANYTHING. THE STORY HERE TRAILERS OR WHATNOT. THEY'RE, THEY'RE PAYING FOR STORAGE, JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD WE ARE REVEALING THE NEIL. NEIL RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: CAREFREE AND NOW THE OTHER CONTRACT IS ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE POLICE AND COMMISSION AS WE SPEAK. AND WE TRIED TO REVIEW ALL OF OUR FEES FOR NEXT SEASON TO SEE IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL FEES OR WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE CERTAIN BUSINESSES OR RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: OR ANY BUSINESS. LET'S SAY OPERATING OUT OF THE MARINA, RIGHT. SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO ALL THE FEES FOR 2021 THAT INCLUDES CAREFREE AND SLIP HOLDERS RESIDENTS NON RESIDENTS AND ETC. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IDEA TO I MEAN WE JUST PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN CAREFREE OVER THE SUMMER, ESPECIALLY THIS SUMMER. RIGHT. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND AND THEY DIDN'T. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SUPPLY TO MEET THE DEMAND. SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S GREAT. BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, YOU [01:45:05] JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAVING SLIP HOLDERS BE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS AND OR NON RESIDENTS JUST INDIVIDUALS VERSUS BUSINESSES MIGHT GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SLIGHTLY LIKE A COMMISSION STRUCTURE OR SOME OTHER KIND OF STRUCTURES. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: YEAH, THAT'S JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT. YES. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD SERVICE. SO I LIKE, I LIKE THAT WE OFFER THAT HERE I THINK GARY RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPAND IF IT'S, AGAIN, IF IT'S FEEL RELATED IF IT'S RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: THE WE'RE BRINGING DO WE TRY TO BRING IN AND AUTHOR SLIPS TO, YOU KNOW, FIT EFFICIENT BOAT HERE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO LOOK INTO DOING, YOU KNOW, OTHER OTHER THINGS AS WELL. SO JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S GREAT. IT'S REALLY GOT THE GREEN. OH, I'M IMPRESSED. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH, I REALLY JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE ENERGY THAT YOU BOTH ARE ARE PUTTING INTO THE BOAT BASIN. IT REALLY NEEDS IT SO BADLY. NOW THAT THE DREDGING PROBLEM IS OUT THERE LIKE A GREAT JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, RIGHT, DARK CLOUD AND YOU ARE NOT LETTING IT CLOUD CONTINUED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE BOAT. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: BASIS. ABSOLUTELY. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. RODRIGO PAULINO, BOAT BASIN: YEAH, WELL, WE'LL KEEP MOVING FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IF I CAN JUST ONE LAST THING. JOE AND THEN SORRY TO INTERRUPT INTERRUPT YOU. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I MEAN, I THINK THAT IF IF FOR FOR ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN TO THE BOAT BASIN IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, AESTHETICALLY, IT IS SUCH A MARKET CHANGE. AND THAT'S AND THAT'S GOOD FROM AN AESTHETIC STANDPOINT, BUT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE REVIEW OF WHAT'S DOWN THERE HAS ALSO PROVIDED FOR A SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER AMOUNT OF SPACE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IT'S NOW BEING ABLE TO BE USED FOR WINTER STORAGE THAT'S NOW BEING ABLE TO BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AND SO IT REALLY HAS BEEN A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROCESS JUST, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS AND GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF WHAT JOE IS DONE AND THE COMMISSION IN CONJUNCTION WITH WITH RODRIGO BECAUSE IT IS A IT'S REALLY A MARKET CHANGE BOTH AESTHETICALLY, AS WELL AS FINANCIALLY. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: YEAH. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: THANK THANK YOU THANK JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: YOU UM YEAH I MEAN I'M I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT REVENUES ARE UP OUR EXPENSES ARE DOWN, YOU KNOW, JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: WE HAVE MADE A WORLD OF PROGRESS AND AND I THINK IT'S GREAT. I WAS BEFORE YOU GUYS I GUESS 11 MONTHS AGO AND WE TALKED ABOUT WE WERE GOING TO RAISE RATES AND JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: THE PRODUCT THAT THAT IS CLEARLY SHOWN IN OUR NUMBERS. SOME OF IT IS DUE TO COVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, THERE WASN'T MUCH ELSE YOU CAN YOU CAN REALLY DO THIS SUMMER. SO THAT WAS ONE THING YOU COULD. SO WE BENEFITED FROM THAT. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: BUT AGAIN, WE ARE WE ARE LOOKING WE HAVE RAISED RATES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE RATES AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERY SOURCE OF REVENUE WE POSSIBLY CAN, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO MAKE THIS PLACE SUSTAINABLE. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: WHAT WHAT I DO WANT TO ASK THE COUNCIL, SO WE DON'T DO THIS LAST MINUTE. LAST YEAR I WAS BEFORE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE $40,000 IN MORNING JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: REVENUE THAT USED TO GO TO THE CITY. THIS YEAR IT STAYED WITH THE BOAT BASIN AND I WOULD, I WOULD ASK, WE HAVE THIS LONG DISCUSSION WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION AS WELL. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT STAY WITH THE BOAT BASIN, SO THAT WE CAN OF COURSE CONTRIBUTE TO OUR DREDGE FUND. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: IT ALSO AS A PERCEPTION. IT GOES A LONG WAY TO SHOW OUR, OUR SLIP HOLDERS OUR COMMISSION THAT THE CITY IS IN THIS WITH US AND AND YOU KNOW WE CAN, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: I, IF I CAN GO OVER WHY WE DID THAT LAST YEAR OF WHY WE FELT THAT SHOULD BE IN THE BASIN. THANK YOU GUYS KNOW EXCEPT FOR JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: HIM AND CAROLINA BECAUSE THERE ARE NO YOU GUYS ALL VOTE. AND I THINK BEN WASN'T HERE. YOU ALL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO LEAVE IT AT THE BOAT BASIN. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: SO I WOULD ASK IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I THINK IT REALLY HELPS US ALSO SHOW SUSTAINABILITY, IT, IT GOES A LONG WAY IN HELPING US DO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THEIR JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: DUE TO CAN YOU CAN YOU REFRESH US ON THE ISSUE. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: YOUR VOLUME UP JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: COULD YOU HEAR ME. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW YOU'VE GOT YOU'VE GOTTEN QUIET. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: OKAY, HERE WE ARE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH SO. SO COULD YOU REFRESH US ON THE ISSUE. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: OH, SURE. UM, THE, THE MORNING. TRADITIONALLY, THE MORNING REVENUE. THE FIRST $40,000 USED TO GO TO THE GENERAL FUND. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: FOR THE CITY AND THEN FOR YEARS. MY TO MY TWO PREDECESSORS FOUGHT FOR QUITE A WHILE TO TRY TO GET THIS TO STAY, YOU KNOW, STAY IN THE BOAT BASIN IN THAT WE DO THE ALL THE ADMINISTER ADMINISTERING OF THAT AND THAT BEING WE WE BUY THE PERMITS WE COLLECT THE MONEY. [01:50:14] JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: WE JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: WE ARRANGE WHERE WHO GOES WHERE. WHAT DOES. WHAT IF THERE'S A BEAR LIKE MORNING WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND ATTEND TO IT. IF THERE'S A DERELICT FLOAT. WE GO OUT THERE, REMOVE IT AND DO ALL THAT, AT OUR EXPENSE. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: SO, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS BEING THAT WE'RE DOING ALL THAT THIS WAS A GREAT WAY FOR THE CITY TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE WORK TO LET US KEEP JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: THAT REVENUE, SINCE WE'RE WE'RE DOING MOST OF THE WORK FOR THAT. AND ALSO, NOW WE ARE DOING A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HELPING WITH THE ENFORCEMENT, SO THERE'S THERE'S QUITE A BIT THAT THAT WE DO FOR THAT FOR THE MOORINGS. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY SO DECIDED THAT IS THE 40,000 IN THE NUMBERS, THEY WERE LOOKING AT FOR NEXT YEAR. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: I THINK, THEN THE TENTATIVE BUDGET, THEY'RE OUT AGAIN. RIGHT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SO WHAT IS THE ROLL BACK THE, THE, THE MORE YOU FEE WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 2003 TO GO INTO THE GENERAL FUND SOMETIME OVER THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND I, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND COUNCIL ACTION SO I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY THE DATE THE FIRST 40 WAS GOING TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND AND EVERYTHING ABOVE THAT WAS GOING TO THE FACE IN COMMISSION GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ARE TO THE BASE AND RATHER TO DEBATE, THE COMMISSION RATHER BUT TO THE TO THE FUN THE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: LAST YEAR AT THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE BUDGET APP STORE, I BELIEVE, AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. IT WAS EMOTION MADE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 2020 BUDGET TO MOVE THE 40,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE BOAT BASIN, BUT THAT WAS DONE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 2020 BUDGET. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IF THE DECISION IS MADE, THAT YOU WANT TO DO IT PERMANENT THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ACTION. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: RIGHT NOW THE 40,000 REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS THE 40,000 OF THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN THAT IN EXCESS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 55 OR 50 TO 55,000 WOULD GO TO THE BOAT BASIN. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, SO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: GO AHEAD, SHOOT. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY I PRESUME THAT THAT IS MEANT ALSO TO TAKE THE PLACE OF SORT OF ANY INNER MUNICIPAL FUND TRANSFERS AND SUPPOSED TO COVER THE COST OF WHATEVER SUPPORT THE CITY PROVIDES THE BOAT BASIN. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: STILL JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: WELL, WE STILL PAY THE CITY, OUR INTERMEDIATE SIMPLE FUND, YOU KNOW, GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THERE, THERE'S NO AND THERE'S AN INNER FUNDRAISER, THEY'RE STILL IN JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE AND ALREADY JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO WITH ALREADY JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: OKAY, YEAH. AND THERE'S AND THERE'S ALSO WHAT THEY CALL THEM AND JUST LOOK AT THIS A NON RESIDENT USE YOUR FEET WHICH WHICH WE GENERATE AND THE CITY, YOU KNOW, GETS AS WELL. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT IS SORT OF COMING BACK TO ME THAT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HEARD HAD BROUGHT THIS UP. IS THAT CORRECT, YEAH. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO IT'S RIGHT THERE. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT AND AND SO SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREG, IT WAS SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO WE DON'T REALLY. I MEAN, THINGS CHANGE. OBVIOUSLY SO. SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK WHY SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EMILY BROUGHT IT UP LAST YEAR AND IT SEEMED TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ALL OF US BACK THEN. I CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER. BUT I'M SURE JOE AND JOE HAS JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AN ANALOGY IN ANY OF OUR OTHER YOU KNOW LIKE, IS THERE AN ANALOGY WITH THE JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RYE GOLF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, WHAT IS THIS MEANT TO TO COVER LIKE IS THIS PAYMENT LITTLE OF RENT OR WHAT I'M LIKE, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE WHOLE THESIS, THERE IS THERE ANALOGY FOR IT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WE SAY SO. I'M SORRY. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK OF IN JOB BEFORE YOU JUMP IN. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE MAY BE SOME CITY SUPPORT POLICE SUPPORT OR THE LIKE, WITH RESPECT TO MORNING SUPERVISION, I'LL JUST THROW THAT IDEA OUT THERE AND AND SEE IF IT'S ON JUST LIST. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I WAS JUST GOING WITH A YOU KNOW THE INITIAL THOUGHTS WAS AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF REVENUE BACK AND KEEP WAY BACK IN 2003 WHEN THIS WAS SET UP. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: IT WAS PROPOSED BY I BELIEVE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OLDER MINUTES AND IT WAS ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE INNER FUND CHARGES. I THINK AT THAT POINT WE'RE LOOKING TO APRIL, AND I CAN'T SAY WEEKS THAT ACTUALLY STARTED THAT YEAR. BUT, UH, BEFORE I GOT HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: WE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REVENUES, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, [01:55:01] JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THEN PROPERTY TAXES AND THERE'S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ABOUT CHANGING THINGS. IT WAS A PRETTY WILD YEAR. SO I THINK THERE ARE BEING CREATIVE IN TERMS OF COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF REVENUE TO PROVIDE THE CITY, REALLY, THERE WAS NO KIND OF JOSEPH FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: THERE WASN'T MUCH DISCUSSION FROM WHAT I SAW ON THE MINUTES AND GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE ONLY OTHER COLOR. I'LL ADD IS THAT THE WAY THAT IT HAS APPEARED IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THAT THAT REVENUE LINE HAS BEEN HAS GONE TO THE MARINE UNIT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FROM A FROM A FINANCIAL SUPPORT STANDPOINT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE ONLY OTHER ASPECT OF THIS THAT WILL GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BE IMPORTANT IS THAT IF WE EXPAND THE RIGHT NOW. THE MORNING ENFORCEMENT THAT RODRIGO SPOKE ABOUT, AND THAT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THAT THEY UNDERTOOK THIS YEAR WAS LIMITED TO THE BASIN AND THE GREEN HAVEN AREA IF WE IN FACT ENFORCED MAUREEN'S ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH ARE BEING ALL CITY WATERS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THAT WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE PURVIEW OF THE BASE AND SUPERVISORS SO YOU KNOW EITHER THAT WILL HAVE TO BE CHANGING HIS RESPONSIBILITIES AND CIVIL SERVICE TITLE AND THE LIKE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE BASIN OR HAVING THE EXPANDED MARINE UNIT ENFORCEMENT ASPECT THAT WOULD GO INTO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: RIDE WATERS, BUT NOT IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE BOAT BASIN. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW. GREG WAS SO I STILL HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IN THE SCENARIO, YOU JUST DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENS. NOW HOW ARE WE JUST NOT PATROLLING THAT AND PEOPLE ARE JUST DROPPING MOORE'S OUT LIKE OUTSIDE OF THE PURVIEW OF THE BASIN AND NOT PAYING FOR IT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THAT'S WELL, THAT'S JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: BUT WE, THE BOAT BASIN, THE BOAT BASIN SUPERVISOR IS DOING AN ANALYSIS OF OF WHO'S AWARE, WHAT'S GOING WHAT HE'LL GO OUT, HE'LL PUT IN VIOLATION TAG AND AND HE'LL, YOU KNOW. HE'LL. HE'LL LET THEM KNOW. AND USUALLY THEY COME FORWARD. I'VE HAD A GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: GOOD JOB. HE'S NOT HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENFORCE MOORINGS OUTSIDE THE BASE AND THAT'S MY POINT. OKAY, SO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR. OKAY. AND THIS YEAR VERSUS NEXT YEAR. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF THERE IS GOING TO BE ENFORCEMENT OUTSIDE THE BASE AND GOING FORWARD. IT WILL IT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THINGS UP. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: RIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAD THAT PRIOR. WE USED TO HAVE A JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: HARBOURMASTER AND I THINK THAT GOES BACK MANY YEARS, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO APPROACH IT. AND AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL EXPENSES. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: YOU KNOW, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH BEEN DOING IT. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME SLIGHT, SLIGHT LARGER EXPENSES, BUT MOST OF IT. I THINK IS GOING TO BE ABSORBED IN IN OUR CURRENT EXPENSE STRUCTURE. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DO WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OTHER MOORINGS OUTSIDE OF THE BASIN AREA AND AND THAT THAT ARE OPEN. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, DR. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF MORNINGS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RIVER JORDAN PETERSON. RICHARD MECCA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND YOU HAVE A WE HAVE MOORINGS OVER BY THE FORMER TIKI BAR THAT IS NOT. I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST WHEN I WAS OUT IN THE BOAT BASIN COMMISSION. THEY REFUSED TO PAY US FOR THOSE MORNINGS. RICHARD MECCA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THERE'S ABOUT A GOOD DOZEN OF THEM, MAYBE MORE, THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF MOORINGS THAT ARE IN RIGHT WATERS, BUT ARE NOT PART OF THE BOAT BASIN. AND SO IF THERE'S SOMEBODY TIKI BAR THERE. THERE MIGHT BE A GOOD DOZEN OR OTHERS. RICHARD MECCA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT THAT HAVE NOT FULLY BEEN THAT IT OR COUNTED FOR OR BEING FORCED TO PAY. WE HAVE A NEW TENANT TO MARCIA, MAYBE THEY'LL BE A LITTLE MORE COOPERATIVE, BUT IN THE PAST THEY THE ATTITUDE WAS THIS IS NOT THE BOAT BASIN AND YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SO, GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I MEAN THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR, THE FOCUS RODRIGUEZ AND JOSEPH FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE BOAT BASIN AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY AND THEN THEY SPENT THE LION'S SHARE OF THIS YEAR. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: CLEAN IT UP. I DON'T MEAN LITERALLY CLEAN IT UP. BUT I MEAN IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THE MORNINGS WERE PROPERLY GPS COORDINATES. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THAT THEY WERE BEING YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION THAT THERE IS AN ACTUAL LEGAL PROCESS AND DOING THAT. THAT WAS THE STEP PETITIONER IN ANTICIPATION OF DOING EQUIVALENT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THROUGH ALL OF RYE WATERS, GOING FORWARD, BOTH FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT AS WELL AS FROM A, FROM A PERMANENT RESIDENCY. YEAH. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO, I MEAN THAT THAT MAKES SENSE. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S MAYBE DECOUPLED FROM THIS CONVERSATION, WHICH IS JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ONCE YOU GET OUT OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOAT BASIN, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO AND GREG, YOU RAISE THE POINT THAT CAME TO MY MIND, TOO, IS IT'S NOT JUST ENFORCING YOU KNOW JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OUR, OUR RIGHTS OF, I GUESS, OWNING THE WATER AROUND OR WHATEVER. BUT IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE TO WE SHOULD KNOW WHO'S WHERE THEY SHOULD BE PROPERLY PERMITTED JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO, SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE TO GO. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY AND OR IF THERE ARE TOO MANY IN ONE SPOT OR WHATEVER. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. SO DIFFERENT DISCUSSION. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS $40,000 FOR A SECOND AND UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S ANY COMP FOR THAT WITH IT, GUESS THE BEST EXAMPLE I WOULD HAVE WOULD BE THE GOLF CLUB. [02:00:07] JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS THERE ANY ANY COMP FOR THAT NOW, AND ARE WE SURE THAT WE ARE AT PRESENT ACCURATELY RECOUPING THE EXPENSE THAT THE CITY DEPLOYS MARINE PATROL, WHATEVER IT IS THROUGH THE INNER MUNICIPAL FUND TRANSFERS. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: GOOD JOB, SUGAR, YOU GO FIRST. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: NO I YOU KNOW I THINK THAT JULIE AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE MOORINGS. OKAY. UM, THE, YOU KNOW THE THE WORK THIS YEAR AND COMMISSIONER BALL WOULD WOULD AGREE WITH THIS, THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK THIS YEAR WAS BEING DONE BY RODRIGO. SO, JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT. THANK YOU. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALRIGHT. SO GIVEN THAT, I MEAN, LOOK, I THINK IT BECOMES A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT MORNING LIKE OUTSIDE RIDE STUFF. AND WE MIGHT NEED TO HOLD THAT BACK IN IN FUTURE YEARS. ALTHOUGH IF MOST OF THAT WORK WAS DONE BY THE BOAT BASIN. THIS YEAR, THEN I WOULD BE FINE. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: REALLOCATING THAT $40,000 BACK TO THE BOAT BASE AND AGAIN THIS YEAR. I DON'T, I'M NOT INCLINED NECESSARILY TO DO ANYTHING ON A PERMANENT BASIS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE PERSON TALKING BUT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT LIES AHEAD AND ALL OF THAT, BUT JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN DO WE. THIS IS A WORKSHOP WE CAN ACT DONE ON THE JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE AS A CONVERSATION THAT WE JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAY WANT TO HAVE YEAH. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WE SHOULD RESERVE RESERVE THE ISSUE FOR LATER IN THE BUDGET PROCESS WHEN WHEN WE'RE POSITIONED TO DECIDE OKAY JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: IF I COULD PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SAVE MONEY. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: OKAY, CAN I GO NEXT. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY. UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENFORCEMENT OR THE MARINES, THERE SHOULD BE FINES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ENFORCEMENT, WHICH SHOULD BE IN ESSENCE A USER FEE THAT PAYS FOR THAT ENFORCEMENT. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I THINK THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO TYPICAL TYPICALLY TO A PROJECT. ONE IS THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MORNING PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THE OTHER WOULD BE THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE MORNING SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE BOAT BASE. AND EVEN IF THEY DON'T OWN PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE MOORINGS PER SE ARE DOING THE ADMINISTRATION ON THOSE MORNINGS, IN WHICH CASE THOSE FEES BELONG WITH THE BASIN. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE ENFORCEMENT, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH OF A HAMMER THAT PEOPLE AREN'T PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DOING THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING WITH THE MORNINGS AND THAT THEY ARE PAYING THEIR FEES. AND IF THEY'RE NOT THERE SHOULD BE CHARGES AND CHARGES ON TOP OF THAT FOR THEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A JUDGE RULE FOR US IN A COURTROOM. SO PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF GIVING THEM THE $40,000 ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF ALL THE HARD WORK THEY'RE DOING PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK WE HAVE TO CONCERN OURSELVES WITH FUTURE REVENUE STREAM FOR THESE FOR THE BOAT BASE AND IT'S A COMMITMENT. THE CITY IS MAKING BY DOING THAT. PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL OF BONDING OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS TO COME. WHAT WE WANT OUT OF THE ENTERPRISE FUND, IF WE DO DECIDE TO BOND FOR THEM FOR DREDGING PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND ALSO IT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AND I THINK THAT RODRIGO AND JOE AND GREG SHOULD SHOW SHOULD GET SOME RESULTS FROM THAT THEY SHOULD SAY, LOOK, WHAT PAM TARLOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE'VE GOTTEN SO I AM WITH JULIE. I SUPPORT AT THE VERY LEAST, GIVING THEM THE 40,000 THIS YEAR. I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO IT EVERY YEAR AND SET UP AN ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THAT IS STRONG AND SELF SUSTAINING ON ITS OWN. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OK, BOO, BOO, BUT BASED BASE IN PEOPLE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: RODRIGO JOE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION ANSWERING ALL OUR QUESTIONS AND FOR YOUR GREAT EFFORTS, GRAB THE YEAR SARA GODDARD, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, REALLY. JOE PECOR, BOAT BASIN COMMISSIONER: WHAT WAS YOUR JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: JOE, THANKS VERY MUCH. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEP, THANK YOU EVERYONE. BEN STACKS, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SAY, THANKS. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. JULIE SOUZA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALWAYS. THANK YOU. THANKS EVERYBODY. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.