JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: TO CAVE OR [00:00:05] RICHARD MECCA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M IN THE SPARE BEDROOM. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THE KIDS ARE HERE FROM CHICAGO. SO THIS IS MUCH BETTER LOOK. [1. Roll Call.] UNDERSTOOD. [2. Discussion of the FY 2021 Budget:] [*A portion of this item is unavailable*] JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: HI, CAROLINA HEY, GREG. CAROLINA JOHNSON, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HELLO. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HELLO. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: HELLO. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M GONNA TRY TO SWITCH OFF ON MY PHONE ON MY COMPUTER. SO I'M GONNA SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE MY LAPTOP. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE IPAD VERSION HERE. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HELLO EVERYBODY. I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: YOU SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN SEE MY THUMB. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH IPAD. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: IT'S WORKING. OKAY. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HELLO, AND I'M GOING TO MUTE MYSELF. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO, JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO I THINK WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR PAM, WHY DON'T WE GIVE HER ANOTHER MINUTE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THEN WE'LL GET GOING. CAROLINA JOHNSON, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO TODAY IS MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SWITCH PLANS AND STAY OUT HERE FOR DINNER. SO I'LL BE ABLE TO HER WHILE BUT CAROLINA JOHNSON, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE'S A BUSY MONTH FOR ME. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, YES. WELL, I'M GLAD THAT WORKED OUT. I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO BE ON THE FLIGHT OF BROOKLYN OR CAROLINA JOHNSON, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, I WAS ON MY WAY TO PROCLAIM, BUT THAT GOT CANCELED AT THE LAST MINUTE, SO JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: VERY GOOD. [00:05:01] JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO WHY DON'T WE JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: START, AND THIS IS THE BUDGET WORKSHOP OF NOVEMBER 23 2020 AND I GUESS WE NEED A ROLL CALL TO KICK IT OFF. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TRY THIS AGAIN WITHOUT THE DOG. SO HERE WE GO. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: HERE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: COUNCILMAN MECCA. HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA, JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: LEAH YOU HERE. CAROLINA JOHNSON, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE CAN SEE HER. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: YOU CAN SEE HER. CAROLINA JOHNSON, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ROSIE. ROSIE. RICHARD MECCA, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS FROZEN. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: STACKS BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HERE, HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: CAN YOU HEAR ME, YES. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: COUNCILMAN TARLOW JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: LATE JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: MAYOR COME HERE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: CRAIG. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: DON'T MEAN TO START GREGOR GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YEAH, SO FOR TONIGHT WE HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: RIGHT GOLF AND RECREATION. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SO, SO SINCE SINCE SINCE ROB WITH LAST LAST WEEK, HE GETS TO BE FIRST TONIGHT. PROBLEM IS, IS LIEUTENANT MCGUIRE JOINING YOU ROBERT FALK: JOHN IS SUPPOSED TO DIAL IN FROM HOME, I CAN ONLY SEE THE PERSON THAT'S TALKING AND MYSELF UP IN THE CORNER RIGHT NOW, I, I'VE HAD TO TAKE THIS MEETING ON MY CELL PHONE TO TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE LAPTOP. OKAY. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I DON'T, I DON'T SEE HIM ON YET, BUT HOPEFULLY HE'LL JOIN, I THINK, I THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT. ROBERT FALK: YEAH, WE SHOULD BE GOOD. ROBERT FALK: ALL RIGHT. JOHN IS SAYING HE CAN'T SIGN IN EITHER ROBERT FALK: I'LL, I'LL WORK ON IT FROM MY END. BUT I THINK JOE'S GONNA START FOR OUR BUDGET. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YEAH, HE JUST CAN'T SIGN IN AND JUST TELL THEM TO USE CELL NUMBER AND YOU CAN JUST CALL IN AND NOT WORRY ABOUT ZOOM OK. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: OK. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: I'M GOING TO START, GREG. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: PLEASE. OKAY, SO LIKE LAST TIME, WE CAN START ON PAGE THREE DESKS 37 OF YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT AND I'M GOING TO PUT UP A JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: PDF OF JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET ADDED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LINES THERE MAYBE IT'LL BE A LITTLE MORE HELPFUL. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: SO LET ME JUST SHARE MY SCREEN. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: OKAY, SO OBVIOUSLY THE BIG TOPIC THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OVERTIME EXPENSE. SO I'VE BROKEN IT OUT ON THIS CHART SO WILL KIND OF START THEIR JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: OVERALL, IF WE'RE GOING 2021 VERSES 2020 OVERALL EXPENSES ARE UP 4.92% JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: SALARIES AND WAGES ARE MADE UP OF EXCLUDING OVER TIME. SO THAT INCLUDES CONTRACTED INCREASES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND A STEP INCREASES. AND WE ALSO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL POSITION AS WE'VE GONE FROM 20 TO 21 POSITIONS IN 2021 JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: OVERTIME EXPENSE. AS YOU CAN SEE, YEAR TO YEAR HAS GONE FROM 350 TO 520 $5,000 $350,000 OF THAT IS DUE TO TRAINING FOR NEW FIRE FIGHTERS AND FOR ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING FOR ODD, LIEUTENANT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: EQUIPMENT EXPENSES IS UP $10,000 WHICH IS JUST DUE TO PROBABLY ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER. THERE'S SOME NEW EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED A COUPLE OF OTHER FIREFIGHTERS THAT JOIN US LATER IN THE YEAR. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES $7,000 NOT A PRETTY FLAT. I MEAN, THERE'S A COUPLE OF INCREASES HERE AND THERE, BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL COSTS LIKE WE'VE TALKED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE DOWN 12% AND THAT'S DUE TO DEBT SERVICE COMING OFF THE BOOKS AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AGAIN. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: LARGEST FACTOR, THEY ARE ON THE INCREASES THAT RETIREMENT EXPENSE, WHICH WE SAY WAS OVER 20% INCREASE FROM NEW YORK STATE. SO THAT'S FOR THE CURRENT FIREFIGHTERS AND OBVIOUSLY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER WILL ADD SOME NOT ONLY RETIREMENT BENEFITS, BUT ALSO HEALTH INSURANCE AS WELL. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: AND I KIND OF GAVE A, JUST A QUICK SUMMARY ON THE RIGHT THERE A PROJECTION TO 2020 PROJECTION WORTH THE 2020 BUDGET AND THE 2021 BUDGET WORTH THE 2020 BUDGET, AS YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SO JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL COLOR IN TERMS OF THE OVERTIME EXPENSE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN A BIG TOPIC FOR THIS YEAR AS AS JOE SAID WE ARE IN THIS BUDGET. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BUDGETING APPROXIMATELY WELL KNOWN APPROXIMATELY $525,000 OF OVERTIME. IN THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, THE TWAIN RETIREMENTS AND UNFILLED POSITIONS WE HAVE FOUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS. ONE WAS IT TRANSFERRED AND THREE ADDITIONAL NEW TRAINEES. [00:10:12] GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE QUALIFIED, THEY HAVE TO GO TO FIRE ACADEMY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GO TO FIRE ACADEMY. WE HAVE TO PROVIDE BACKFILL DURING THEIR TIME AWAY. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WHICH IS OF THAT $525,000 YOU SEE IN OVERTIME APPROXIMATELY $350,000 IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO BACKFILL WHILE THOSE THREE FIREFIGHTERS IN THE TRAIN IN THE FIRE ACADEMY. AND WHILE WE SEND LIEUTENANT MCGUIRE OFF FOR GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WHAT SCHOOL GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT 350 TO BE A REOCCURRING I SO NOT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BEAR THE COST OF IT NEXT YEAR. BUT THE POINT IS IF YOU EXCLUDE THAT 350 AND YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL BUDGET FROM 2020 AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2021 IS EFFECTIVELY WHAT JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO WE JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT GREG. HE SAID, IT'S 525 OF OVERTIME 350 OF WHICH WAS BACKFILL RACHAEL ACCREDITED TO THE THREE TRAINEES AND THE WIRE AND SO JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DOES THAT MEAN THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A FOURTH 175 PROJECTED OT FOR NEXT YEAR. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CORRECT. OKAY, GO. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW MOST OF YOU UNDERSTAND THIS. BUT UNLIKE WELL JUST TAKE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS WHEN I CALL IN SICK. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THIS POSITION JUST MY SEAT STAYS OPEN FOR THE DAY WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO FILL THAT WHEN A FIREFIGHTER CALLS IN SICK WHEN HE HAS AN EMERGENCY WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THEY CAN'T BE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES, WE HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE IN. SO IN THE PERFECT WORLD, YOU DON'T INCUR OVER TIME BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE FOR THE TAXPAYER AND FOR THE CITY. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BUT THE REALITY IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE PROPER STAFFING ENVIRONMENTS. CAROLINA JOHNSON, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN GREG AGAIN JUST TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE. WE ARE TRYING TO FEEL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THAT, THAT'S CORRECT. WE ARE WE ARE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR GOING TO CONTINUE THE GOAL OF GETTING THE DEPARTMENT FULLY STAFFED WITH PROFESSIONALS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: NOT TO SAY THAT THE VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL, BUT RATHER PAID FIREFIGHTERS AND THAT WILL INCLUDE A FULL COMMAND STRUCTURE AS WELL AS A FULLY STAFFED FIRE DEPARTMENT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND THAT, THAT, THAT IS OUR GOAL. ALTHOUGH GIVEN CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS AND LESS AND IN THE LIGHT, IT MAY TAKE THE BETTER PART OF NEXT YEAR TO GET TO THAT FINAL THAT FINAL PLACE. BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREG AND JOE MAYBE WHY DO YOU BREAK OUT OVER TIME EXPENSES, A SEPARATE LINE ITEM IS THAT JUST FOR CLARITY FOR SO YOU CAN ISOLATE THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON IT AND ALSO KIND OF PART B OF THAT QUESTION IS BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT HAS BEEN THE HISTORICAL RUN RATE FOR THAT LINE LIKE HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN UP AROUND THIS NUMBER, OR ARE WE BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAS SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: YEAH, I MEAN, WE WANTED TO BREAK IT OUT YOU KNOW AS GREG SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT PART OF THIS IS OVER TIME THAT IS DUE TO THE BACKFILL OF THE TRAINING AND, YOU KNOW, JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: SO AGAIN $350,000 OF THIS COULD BE FOR THE BACKFILL GOING FORWARD INTO 2022 WE HOPE TO SEE THAT NUMBER DROP. WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT AND BREAK IT OUT HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: AS YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL COLUMN FOR 2019 IS $495,000 AGAIN THAT'S JUDAS SHORT STAFF AND NOT HAVING ENOUGH STAFFING, OBVIOUSLY, THIS YEAR, REALLY EXPLODED AS WE JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: WENT FURTHER, A COUPLE OF MORE RETIREMENTS AND MAKING POSITIONS. SO THE RUN RATE IS NEVER BEEN THE MILLION 50 THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S BEEN CLOSER IN THAT $400,000 RANGE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: GREG WAS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER ON THAT. THAT'S JUST MY EXPERIENCE WITH THAT NUMBER. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT, AT LEAST, AT LEAST, BREAK IT OUT FROM THE OVERALL SALARIES AND WAGES, GIVEN THAT WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT IT SO MANY TIMES THIS YEAR. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: THROUGHOUT OUR PRESENTATION. BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT I MEAN, SO I GUESS LIKE WHEN YOU GET TO A FULLY STAFF ARE FULL, YOU KNOW, FULL COMPLEMENT OF OF EMPLOYEES FIREFIGHTERS. LIKE, DO YOU SEE THIS BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOING AWAY OR DO YOU JUST SEE IT MODERATING A LOT OR LIKE WHAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, YOU'RE FULLY STAFFED. EVERYTHING'S GREAT. YOU KNOW, IS THERE A MUCH MORE BASELINE NUMBER THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. [00:15:06] GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YES. I MEAN, I THINK THAT ROB CAN SAVE TO THIS AS WELL. I MEAN, I THINK THAT ONCE YOU GET TO THE APPROPRIATE STAFF. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TRAIN. NOW, I THINK THAT'S THE KEY. THIS YEAR IS THAT PART OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE TO SEND THREE OF THE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: LINE FIREFIGHTERS, NOT INCLUDING LUKE JOHN MCGUIRE TO THE ACADEMY, THEN YOU LOSE THEM FROM STAFF ROTATION OR SHIFT ROTATION DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. BUT THEY, I'M SORRY, BEEN A TRICK QUESTION. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THAT WE WOULD EXPECT A LOT OF OVERTIME LINE MORE IN LINE WITH THAT SAY HUNDRED AND $50,000 A YEAR NUMBER, NOT THIS 350 TO 500 THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ROB IS THAT ROBERT FALK: YEAH, THAT THAT'S ROBERT FALK: THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. ROBERT FALK: THAT THE MASTER PLAN WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS STAFFING GOES IS TO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT TOTALLY EVER GOING TO ELIMINATE OVERTIME, BUT IT'S TO CONTROL ROBERT FALK: AT REGULAR YOU'LL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PAYING TO HAVE FIVE MEN STAFFING THE FIREHOUSE ROBERT FALK: AND FIVE FIREFIGHTERS STAFFING THE FIREHOUSE AND ALSO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER VACATIONS PERSONAL LEAVE TIME TRAINING TIME AND SUCH. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A SPECIAL TRAINING WHERE YOU ROBERT FALK: CAN ONLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT FIVE GUYS INTO THAT TRAINING AND THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY COST, BUT THIS SHOULD CUT DOWN A LOT OF THIS JUST BASIC MANPOWER OVERTIME FOR STAFFING JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE WHERE ARE WE IN TERMS OF JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: FIRE TRUCKS. I KNOW THAT MEAN WE GOT OUR AIR OUR WONDERFUL NEW TRUCK OR WONDERFUL NEW PUMPER THIS YEAR AND AND THAT WAS JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: VERY WISELY WISELY PURCHASE CAREFULLY PURCHASED JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAVE TWO LADDER TRUCKS ONE'S BEEN BROKEN FOR YEARS. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THE OTHER WAS REPORTED OUT OF COMMISSION RECENTLY AND SUBJECT TO INSPECTION WITH AN UNKNOWN RETURN DATE AND AN UNKNOWN PROSPECT FOR NEED FOR COSTLY REPAIR OR POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WHERE DID THAT GO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WELL, I AM SORRY TO REPORT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXPENSE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH VERY SOON. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THAT THE THE WORK THE SINGLE WORKING LADDER DID FAIL INSPECTION. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE AND I WAS HOPING THAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WOULD BE ON THIS CALL. WE ARE ASSEMBLING COST ESTIMATES TO DO A GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: REHAB REFURBISHMENT OF THAT LADDER. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IT COULD BE APPROACHING $400,000 GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FOR THAT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I'M GIVING YOU HOPEFULLY A CONSERVATIVE SLASH HIGH NUMBER. BUT I THINK YOU HAVE TO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE HOPE IS THAT WITH THAT REFURBISHMENT THEY WILL GIVE US ANOTHER 10 ISH YEARS OF USE OUT OF THAT LADDER. SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. BUT THE BAD NEWS IS CERTAINLY WAS NOT A PLAN, A PLAN EXPENSE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND AND THAT'S THAT LITERALLY JUST OVER IN THE LAST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I SHOULD HAVE ROBIN I WOULD GUESS PROBABLY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, WE'LL HAVE SOME PRETTY PRECISE ACCURATE NUMBERS AND ESTIMATES OF TIME, ETC. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, FOR THAT. ROBERT FALK: YES, WE'LL HAVE IT MORE NARROWED DOWN TO WHAT OUR OPTIONS WILL BE. AND AS ALWAYS, BY THE WAY. JOHN IS NOW ON THE CALL. OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE SOME OPTIONS IN WHICH WE CAN TAKE WITH CLUSTERING YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED. IT WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO WORK FORWARD IN ROBERT FALK: AND FIND OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT DISPOSING POSSIBLY THE TRUCK THAT IS DOWN AT MILTON. NOW THAT'S BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ROBERT FALK: AND WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO GET THIS LADDER REPAIRED OR AT LEAST FIND OUT WHICH TRUCK WOULD BE MORE SUITABLE TO BE REPAIRED AND WE WANT TO HUSTLE IT ALONG. SO, WE WILL LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS IN THE NEXT WEEK AND COME UP WITH A PLAN. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WE'RE WE'RE COVERED IN TERMS OF LADDER BY OUR NEIGHBORING FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THEY KNOW WHERE WE WE DON'T HAVE A LADDER AND THEY'RE READY TO PROVIDE [00:20:10] GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YES. YES, WE ARE. WE'RE 60 CONSOLE. THE COUNTY IS WELL AWARE OF THAT AS WELL AS MAMARONECK, WHO IS OUR BACKUP FOR LADDER, AS WELL AS OTHERS IF NEED BE, BUT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YES, WE ARE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE'RE WELL COVERED AND JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OPTIONS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PRICING THE OPTION OF LEASING A TRUCK FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHILE OURS IS OUT ON REPAIR AND THAT'LL BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION WHEN YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE READY IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS THAT LADDER, CRAIG. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I'M JOHN IF YOU ARE YOU ON GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: JULY. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S 15 TO 20 YEARS GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ROB I KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT'S THE SHELF LIFE. I MEAN, I THOUGHT THEY WERE ONLY LIKE JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: 16 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS THE SHELF LIFE OF A ENGINE ANYWAY KNOW WHERE THEY HAVE THAT NUMBER. ROBERT FALK: IT CAN BE 16 TO 20 YEARS IS THE SHELF LIFE. WE'VE GOTTEN SOME PRETTY GOOD MILEAGE ROBERT FALK: OR YEARS OUT OF OUR ROBERT FALK: TRUCKS THAT WE DO HAVE ROBERT FALK: I UNMUTED. 1914****173: I THINK YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME. 1914****173: YEAH. YEAH, WE CAN HEAR JACQUELINE 1914****173: OK, SO THE LADDER THAT SOUNDED BUILDING FIREHOUSE TURNED 20 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. 1914****173: THE CURRENT ONE THAT'S AT A SERVICE RECENTLY TURNED 14 IN 2021 1914****173: AND TYPICALLY, THE EXPECTED SHELF LIFE OF ANY PIECE APPARATUS IS TYPICALLY 20 YEARS. HOWEVER, BASED ON PAST PERFORMANCE BEING IN THE SHORELINE COMMUNITY WITH SALT WATER. 1914****173: IT'S AFFECTING THE LADDERS IN THEIR ABILITY TO PASS THE STRUCTURAL TEST DUE TO RUST. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PRUDENT GOING FORWARD AND AND TRY TO BUDGET 15 YEARS 1914****173: AND AND HOPE FOR THE BEST. BUT I THINK 15 YEARS MORE REALISTIC NUMBER 1914****173: TWO, WHAT WE CAN EXPECT LIVING IN CITY. RIGHT. YEAH. AND THEN LET ME JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST READ JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE QUESTION FOR ME THAT IF 1914****173: WE'RE JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING WITH THE SHELF LIFE OF LET'S SAY 15 YEARS AND IT'S ALREADY 14 YEARS JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OLD, AND I GUESS I'M WONDERING JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE $400,000 GREG THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD GIVE US 10 YEARS OF ADDITIONAL USE 1914****173: WHICH ACTUALLY STRETCHES IT JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW WELL BEYOND AND SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT REPLACEMENT AS A MORE PRUDENT SORT OF LONG TERM STRATEGY VERSUS REPAIR. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: GIVEN THE EACH OF THE VEHICLES. WELL, AND AGAIN JOHN WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO WHAT I SAY REFURBISHMENT IT'S GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: NOT JUST A ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM THAT FAILED. 1914****173: INSPECTION, IT BECOMES A GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: MORE OF A REHAB OF GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE ENGINE ITSELF OF THE 1914****173: OF THE APPARATUS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WHICH IS HOW YOU GET TO THE 12 YEARS GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: OR 10 YEARS BUT THE PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE. 1914****173: THE ALTERNATIVE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IS A MILLION TO 2,000,005 AND SO GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE TRULY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A BALANCE AND THAT'S GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WILL BE. I'M GOING TO SAY 1914****173: IT'LL. IT'LL BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AS COLLECTIVELY ROB JOHN AND MYSELF TO COME BACK TO 1914****173: YOU FOR MORE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THOROUGH EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE CITY IS GETTING FOR THE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FOR THE DOLLARS AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THAT. 1914****173: BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION AS WE SIT HERE TONIGHT. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG IF IF WHEN WHEN WE MAKE THIS EXPENDITURE, DOES IT COME OUT OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: BUDGET. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OR DOES IT COME OUT OF THE VEHICLE FUN GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM RESOURCES OTHER THAN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, BECAUSE 1914****173: THERE'S GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IS GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BASED UPON OPERATING EXPENSES FOR NEXT YEAR. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AS AS GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AS WE COLLECTIVELY GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BEFORE I THINK THAT WE'RE IN, IN GREAT NEED OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: PLAN FOR EXACTLY THIS REASON. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T WHERE WE HAVE NOT IN RECENT YEARS, PUT ASIDE MONEY IN ANTICIPATION OF THESE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: LARGE 1914****173: EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IT'S REALLY HARD TO COME UP WITH MONEY OUT OF A SINGLE YEAR BUDGET. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WITHOUT FUND BALANCE. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT, WE SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DID WE TAKE THAT DEBT ON THE, ON THE OTHER. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: VEHICLE SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW. WHAT DID WE HAVE A FUND THE SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PRIOR PURCHASES GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE THE 1914****173: FIRE TRUCK. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: LAST YEAR THAT WE PURCHASED THIS YEAR, PARTIALLY CAME OUT OF WRITING IN LARGE PART CAME OUT OF GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: BUILDING VEHICLE MAINTENANCE ON I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF OTHER FUN BALANCE US BUT JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: IT'S A BUILDING A VEHICLE FUND, FUND BALANCE THE MOMENT I'M THE LAST TRUCK WAS PURCHASED ME THROUGH DEBT THAT WAS IN 2005 [00:25:01] SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S RIGHT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: WE DID PAY FOR THAT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: WITH DEBT SERVICE, BUT THIS PAST ONE WAS GUEST WITH US TO FUND BALANCE. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, THANKS. AND THEN YOU WOULD MENTIONED, GREG. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT THE SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: POSSIBILITY OF BELIEF, SAYING, I MEAN, WHAT IS THE SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT IS USUALLY THE LEASING SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TERM ON ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I WHEN I WHEN I WAS TALKING, I WAS REALLY SPEAKING GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ABOUT LEASING SOMETHING GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: DURING A SHORT TERM PERIOD IF IT TAKES, LET'S SAY IF IT TAKES SEVEN GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: MONTHS TO HAVE IT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: REHAB GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: NOT, NOT, NOT THE IDEA OF GOING TO THE GYM AC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND AND DOING A GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: CAPITALIST BECAUSE FRANKLY GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: OUR COST OF BORROWING. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: OR OUR COST OF MONEY IS 1914****173: SO LOW GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: RADICALLY LESS THAN SOMEBODY ELSE. 1914****173: OKAY. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS. NOW, THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THEN JUST IN TERMS OF THE OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT WE BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAVE BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MEAN, IS THAT ALL IN DECENT SHAPE. AND HOW OLD IS IT AND 1914****173: ARE WE BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ARE WE WORRIED AT ALL ABOUT ANY OTHER BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, SUFFERING THE SAME FATE AS THE AS THE LADDER TRUCK. ROBERT FALK: AND ROBERT FALK: EVALUATE SOME OF ROBERT FALK: THEM THE LADDER TRUCK IS ROBERT FALK: UNIQUELY SPECIAL BECAUSE OF THE LADDER ITSELF. THE ATTACHED LADDER. THERE'S CERTAIN TESTS THAT ARE INVOLVED TO CERTIFY IT SO IT IS DEEMED TO BE SAFE GUYS ARE GOING UP 80 FEET IN THE AIR. SO THAT'S MORE STRINGENT. 1914****173: OVER ROBERT FALK: OVER THE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE I USE THE PHRASE KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND YOU KNOW I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD TO A 1914****173: MORE ROBERT FALK: YOU KNOW, REAL REPLACEMENT ROBERT FALK: PROGRAM. 1914****173: WHERE IT'S ROBERT FALK: IT'S DONE WHETHER SORT OF WHETHER IT NEEDS IT OR NOT. ROBERT FALK: AFTER 14 1516 YEARS 1914****173: JOHN JEFF SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD ON THE ON THE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YEAR. YEAH. 1914****173: YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN I WHEN I TOOK OVER. I SPENT A LITTLE TIME WITH THE CITY GARAGE AND THE DEALERSHIP EVALUATING THE STATE OF THE FLEET. 1914****173: OBVIOUSLY 191 IS BRAND NEW, AND WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE THERE THIS LADDER IS PROBABLY THE 1914****173: MOST PARAMOUNT TO DEAL WITH RIGHT NOW AND 1192 WHICH IS OUR SECOND RIG IS IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE. MECHANICALLY, IT NEEDS A LITTLE MINOR TLC. 1914****173: I CAN WORK ON GETTING QUOTES ON KEEPING THAT UP AND. AND THE REASON I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THAT UP IS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED A BACKUP RIG. 1914****173: 192 IS DUE FOR REPLACEMENT AND SIX YEARS. I SAY WE STAY THE COURSE WITH THAT REPLACEMENT AND SIX YEARS AND MAYBE SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TLC MONEY. 1914****173: INTO THAT RIG AND RATHER THAN HAVE IT DETERIORATE AND IT'LL MAKE A VERY VIABLE BACKUP RIG THAT WILL SERVE US THE CITY ARRIVED FOR QUITE SOME TIME AFTER THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S A WISE INVESTMENT. BUT AS FAR AS THE FRONTLINE APPARATUS. 1914****173: YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY JUST STATED A FLEET, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS LADDER RIGHT NOW, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT OF TLC AND ENGINE AND WE LOOK TO REPLACE 192 IN IN FIVE TO SIX YEARS. 1914****173: SO THAT'S YOUR GIVE YOU A GOOD SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE WITH FRONTLINE APPARATUS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AGENDA 1119 THE NEW 191 OR 1914****173: JOE REMIND ME WAS GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SOMETHING SHORTER GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: OR THOUSAND 1914****173: KNOW, I THINK IT WAS FIVE AD ON JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: 700 I'M JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: SORRY. YEAH, I WAS ON MUTE. 1914****173: $600 OKAY GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ALL RIGHT NOW. 1914****173: THAT RIG JUST, YOU KNOW, AS THE MAYOR ALLUDED TO EARLIER, IT WAS VERY PRUDENT PURCHASE THAT RIG. WE GOT 1914****173: WE WERE LUCKY TO GET THAT RIG. THE POINT I'M MAKING IS TODAY'S PRICES FOR THAT RIG IS 800 AND CHANGE. SO WE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A GIFT. SO I DON'T I DON'T FORESEE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IN THE FUTURE, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW GOOD THAT PURCHASE WAS JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1914****173: I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. BUT THANK YOU JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1914****173: I'M SORRY. 1914****173: THANKS. THANKS, ROB, AND JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: JOHN FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. JOE FOR THE REVIEW. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT MORE WORK TO DO IN IN THE YEAR YEARS TO COME, AND AND [00:30:03] JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M SURE WE'LL DO, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE A GREAT SUCCESS WITH IT. THANK YOU. 1914****173: THANK YOU. ROBERT FALK: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. BE WELL GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THANK 1914****173: YOU. THANKS. HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYBODY. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: KNOW WE HAVE GOLF GOLF NEXT JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: YES. GOLF IS NEXT. JIM IS HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: JUST GET UP GOLF ON THE SCREEN. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: MATT. MATT CUNNINGHAM IS REPRESENTING THE GOLF COMMISSION AS WELL. HE'S HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: OK. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: OK, SO I'M GOING TO SHARE THE SCREEN FOR THE GOLF CLUB. I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: OKAY. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: YES. OKAY. SO AGAIN, JUST KIND OF WALKING THROUGH GEMS HERE ARCHIVES SPOKE WITH HIM EARLIER TERMS OF JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: WHERE WE ARE OR WHERE WE ARE YOU BUDGET TO BUDGET AND A COUPLE OF COLUMNS, JUST FOR THIS CALCULATION PURPOSES. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: JUST GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN JIM'S WANT TO ADD TO IT AS WE GO, LET ME KNOW. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: SO WE'LL START ON THE SALARY, THE EXPENSE SIDE EXPENSES OVERALL HERE TO EUROPE 4.32% JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: SALARIES AND WAGES ARE UP 7% WHICH IS MOSTLY DUE TO THIS CONTRACT IT INCREASES AND ALSO PROMOTION DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. THAT WASN'T BUDGETED FOR IN 2020 JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: EQUIPMENT IS UP BY ABOUT $40,000 SOME NEW COMPUTER NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED THE SNACK BAR FOR NEXT YEAR DEPRECIATION IS BASED ON THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE BEING DONE OVER AT THE GOLF CLUB IN TERMS OF IMPROVEMENTS OR YOU KNOW UPGRADES TO CERTAIN FACILITIES OR EQUIPMENT PURCHASES JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. IT'S PRETTY MUCH A FLAT NUMBER ONLY ABOUT 2.8%, I THINK, CAN WE TALK TO THOSE COME SOME LANDSCAPING AND SOME WATER INCREASES THAT WAS REALLY THE BIG ONES THERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: CONTRACTUAL COSTS ARE DOWN ABOUT 9% AND I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME AT THE MOMENT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: YEAH, THERE WAS JUST A COUPLE OF MINOR DECREASES ACTUALLY KNOW THE BIGGEST ONE IS YOUR CONTINGENT ACCOUNT. I THINK WHAT JIM. WE'RE ONLY DOING 25,000 FOR NEXT YEAR AS OPPOSED TO THE HUNDRED THOUSAND WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: AND THEN WE HAVE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS WHICH ARE PRETTY MUCH FLAT GIVEN DECREASES IN HEALTH INSURANCE OR HEALTH INSURANCE BEING FLAT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: AND WE'RE ACTUALLY THERE WAS, I BELIEVE, A LOSS OF IN RECOVERY RETIREE, WHICH IS CAUSING RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE TO DROP AS WELL. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: I'M JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: JIM, I THINK ON THE REVENUE SIDE, IT'S MORE OF A DISCUSSION FOR YOU AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR. I THINK IT'S MORE OF A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE FOR NEXT YEAR FOR 2021 AND IN TERMS OF CHARGES OR SERVICES AND BETWEEN POOL MEMBERSHIPS AND JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: GOLF MEMBERSHIPS USE OF MONEY AND EQUIPMENT IS DOWN, MOSTLY IN JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: INTEREST RATES ARE DOWN, OBVIOUSLY, SO USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY THAT NUMBER IS A CLIENT FOR MY BELIEF 50,000 TO $12,000 WE BUDGETED FOR JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: I HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME CORRECTLY. YEAH, WE WENT FROM 50 TO 12 AND THEN YOU KNOW REVENUE COMING IN FROM THE SNACK BAR, I BELIEVE, IS BEING CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED THERE AS WE WENT FROM 300,000 TO 175,000 JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: AND JIM I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR IF YOU WANT TO SHED SOME MORE DETAIL ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THINGS. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SURE. I THINK THE BIGGEST IMPACT THAT WE HAVE IS REVENUE RELATED. SO I'D LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME ON THAT ULTIMATELY IN 2020 WE FACE TWO REALLY BIG CHALLENGES. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: ONE. ONE. THE FACILITY WAS ALLOWED TO BE OPEN, WHICH FORTUNATELY WAS ALMOST ALL THE YEAR AS NORMAL. WE NEEDED TO OPERATE SAFELY AND THE OTHER IS THAT WE WERE BUSIER THAN EVER. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: ON THE GOLF SIDE SO MANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVING MORE TIME AT HOME, TRAVELING WITH US, YOU KNOW, LESS EVENTS TO ATTEND LESS WORK TO GO TO JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: AND THEN ON THE COOL SIDE, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT BUSIER WE HAVE STRICTER DIRECTIVES AND MANDATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OR SELF IMPOSED MANDATE TO TRY TO MEET OR EXCEED ALL THE STANDARDS FROM THE CDC WITH REGARDS TO OPERATING JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SO ESSENTIALLY WE ARE BUSIER THAN EVER, BUT DIDN'T HAVE THE REVENUE FOR. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE AN ONLINE MEMBERSHIP MEMBERSHIP BASED THOUGHT BUT YOU PLAY ONCE A WEEK AND VISIT ONCE A WEEK AND AMOUNT OF MONEY. [00:35:05] JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SO BECAUSE WE'RE BUSIER THAN EVER TO AVOID CONGREGATION OF GROUPS, THE TEA AND THE CURRENT SOCIAL DISTANCING WE SPREAD OUR TEA TIME INTERVALS WOULD TREAT IT THAT MUCH MORE OF A DEMAND FOR AN ALREADY BUSY GOLF COURSE. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: TO ALLEVIATE THAT DEMAND WE HAD RESTRICTIONS ON OUR GUESTS PLAN THAT ALSO WOULD HELP US WITH CONTACT RACING IN CASE YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN THAT PATH. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SO WE'VE NOT HAVING A GUEST PLAY UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF JULY, AND THEN WE DID START TO ALLOW GUESTS PLAY IS LIMITED TO ONE GUESTS PER MEMBER AND THEY HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR REVENUE ABOUT $180,000 JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: WE'VE GOT ABOUT CARDS FOR THE FIRST FOUR WEEKS OF THE SEASON POSTED A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK WHERE WE WERE CLOSED. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: IN TOTAL, THAT HAD AN IMPACT HAVE GOTTEN A NEGATIVE IMPACT OF ABOUT $50,000 ON OUR REVENUE. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: ON THE COOL SIDE WE OPENED ABOUT MONTHLY. SO RIGHT AWAY, WE HAD A PLAN FOR ACCOMMODATING THAT LACK OF TIME BEING OPEN WITH DISCOUNT IN THE MEMBERSHIP. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: AND THEN WHEN WE WERE OPEN. WE HAD ALL THESE RESTRICTIONS AND MANDATES IN PLACE AND OBVIOUSLY WITH OTHER HEALTH CONCERNS WE ONLY HAD ABOUT 60% OF OUR MEMBERSHIP SIGN UP AT A REDUCED RATE. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SO THAT HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON REVENUE ABOUT $500,000 BLESSINGS EFFECTIVELY CANNOT HOST A CATERED EVENT SINCE MARCH, THERE WAS A STATE MANDATE. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: THAT I'M FADED EVENTS SOCIAL GATHERINGS. THE LIMITED TO 50 PEOPLE INCLUDING STAFF TO THAT MEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A WEDDING IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 35 PEOPLE JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: THAT HAD A BIG IMPACT ON OUR REVENUE THERE ABOUT $225,000 COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHER MISCELLANEOUS IMPACTS ON REVENUE ALL AND HE ENDED UP TO ABOUT $990,000 SO WHEN ADJUSTING FOR DEPRECIATION AND INTO FUND TRANSFERS, YOU ARE PROJECTING GETTING A DEFICIT ABOUT ABOUT $600,000 FOR 2020 SO OBVIOUSLY THINGS ARE OPERATING AS NORMAL. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: AS AS REFERENCED BY OUR AVERAGE INCOME BY THE FACT THAT WE INCREASE GOLF MEMBERSHIPS. THIS YEAR, YET AGAIN AT THINGS BE NORMAL AND THINKING, HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: FORTUNATELY, THE CLUB WAS ABLE TO OPERATE SAFELY. WE DID NOT NEED TO CLOSE DOWN DUE TO A CLUSTER CONTACT RACING OR ANY TYPE OF SUPER SPREADER EVENTS. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SO IT'S A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE EFFORTS, PUTTING BY THE MEMBERSHIP TO HERE TO THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND OUR STAFF TO HELP WITH THAT OUR MEMBERS USE THE CLUB 40% MORE THAN 20 20TH AND THE 2019 AND ALTHOUGH WE WERE CLOSED FOR ABOUT A MONTH WE DID OPEN THE FULL ON JUNE 17 JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: WE WERE ABLE TO REMAIN OPEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF OUR MOBILE CALENDAR SEASON, WE WERE ABLE TO HOST 17 PRACTICES. SO WE FEEL AS THOUGH THAT WAS A GREAT EFFORT FOR THE COMMUNITY POOL. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO 2021 WE EXPECT A POTENTIALLY SIMILAR IMPACT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE BUSY, ESPECIALLY THE START OF THE SEASON WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME IMPACT ON REVENUE. SO WE BUDGETED TO REFLECT THAT OUR CURRENT BUDGET FOR 2021 JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: AS A PROPOSED LAST ABOUT $680,000 AFTER ADJUSTING FOR DEPRECIATION INTERFERENCE TRANSFERS. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: IT DOES REFLECT A 2% INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP DUES FOR NEW MEMBERS AND A 10% INCREASE FOR SORRY 2% INCREASE FOR RETURNING MEMBERS AND A 10% INCREASE FOR THE NEW MEMBERS. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST HAD A QUESTION. I DON'T SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE CLUB BUSINESS, BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE IT'S QUITE A, QUITE A DILEMMA BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT FIXED REVENUE BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT VARIABLE COST BASED ON DEMAND, AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT NEXT YEAR. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SIMILAR SETUP AT LEAST PART OF THE YEAR. SO, IS THAT JUST SORT OF YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FOR CLUBS AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT OR HAVE YOU SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHAT OTHER CLUBS HAVE BEEN DOING TO SORT OF ANTICIPATE THIS AND AND MAYBE SHRINK THE DEFICIT OR IS THIS JUST KIND OF THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: GOOD QUESTION. UM, I WOULD SAY IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE OUR FUTURE. WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: HERE WE'D HAVE TO MAKE SO MANY MUCH MORE DIFFICULT, BOSS. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: HOPEFULLY ONE MORE YEAR WORST CASE. IN FACT, MAYBE HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE HERE. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SO I THINK WE OPERATE AS A VISITOR. WHAT MAKES MY OFFER UNIQUE IS THAT IN ORDER TO BE AS AFFORDABLE AS A AS A HIGH VOLUME. [00:40:05] JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: AND ON ANY GIVEN YEAR. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING, PEOPLE ARE WORKING FAMILIES TEND TO A LARGE VOLUME DOESN'T OR JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: THIS IS REALLY, I THINK, JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SO I DON'T THINK A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS, YOU KNOW, SOME CLOSING THE AREA. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: WE HAVE ALMOST 1000 JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: RIGHT. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: JIM, YOU MIGHT GET YOURSELF CLOSER TO YOUR MICROPHONE. YOU'RE BREAKING BREAKING UP AS HE SPOKE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: MIKE. MY QUESTION IS WITH REGARD TO LESS THINGS JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WHERE WE WERE, WHERE ARE THEY IN TERMS OF THEIR JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: DEDICATION TO OUR FACILITY AND AND TO ANOTHER YEAR LIKE THE YEAR THAT JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'VE JUST SEEN. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: WELL, I KNOW LAST SEASON HAS STRUGGLED IMMENSELY. LIKE MOST BUSINESSES IN THAT INDUSTRY, I THINK. FORTUNATELY FOR US, THERE ARE MUCH LARGER CORPORATION. THEY ARE NOT A JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SO CALLED MOM AND POP ONE SHOP BUSINESS. SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN WEATHER THE STORM BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR. I KNOW THEY HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT KOBE HAS HAD ON THEM. AND I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT DEGREE OF DETAIL WE COULD GO INTO THERE. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: BUT I THINK THERE'S, THERE CERTAINLY IS AN IMPACT WITH THEM, BUT THEY ARE, THEY SENT TO US THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO BE HERE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR CONTRACT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH LESSONS THEY WE'VE WE PUT THEM ON NOTICE. THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN THREE MONTHS AGO, BUT THEY WERE IN BREACH OF A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS OF THEIR CONTRACT THEY ARE OCCURRING IN THEIR TAXES, BUT WITH REGARD TO OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF THE CLUB. THEY ARE NOT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS IS EXTRAORDINARILY LIMITED AND SO WE'RE WE'RE BEGINNING TO TALK ABOUT VARIOUS OPTIONS. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, GOING, GOING FORWARD, WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY LIKE TO WORK WITH THEM AND RECOGNIZE THE FINANCIAL SITUATION, THEIR END, BUT AT THE SAME TIME. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW THERE IS A THERE IS A CONTRACT WITH OBLIGATION THAT YOU KNOW THEY NEED TO PERFORM ON WHERE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MODIFY JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO THAT POINT. GREG, SOME OF THOSE THINGS PREDATED JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: COCONUT. IS THAT THE CASE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WHAT SOME OF WHAT THINGS JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JULIE. I'M SORRY, THE THINGS THAT THAT THAT LESSONS WAS NON COMPLIANT OR IN BREACH OF WEREN'T THOSE ISSUES BEFORE COMIN HEAD OR NO. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I MEAN, MAC MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, BETTER THAN I CAN. IN TERMS OF OPERATING ITEMS FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, I THINK THERE WERE CURRENT, BUT I'M NOT. I CAN'T SPEAK FROM AN OPERATION STANDPOINT MAC. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: GREG. GREG IS CORRECT, FINANCIALLY, THEY WERE BEING THEIR OBLIGATION, I THINK IT WAS THE SERVICE LEVELS THAT THE COMMISSION WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED ON AS FAR AS SERVICING THE MEMBERS. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: THEY KNOW WHERE THEIR BREAD IS BUTTERED IT'S IN THE WEDDING'S IT'S IN THE SPECIAL AFFAIRS AND WE WERE KIND OF LIKE THE ORPHAN. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: JIM HAS DONE A YEOMAN EFFORT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THAT ENVELOPE AND GETTING BACK TO GREG'S POINT MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WHAT I CALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUSH FOR THE REMAINDER THEIR CONTRACT A KIND OF REMINDER OR SCHEDULE WHERE WE WANT TO ESCALATE THEIR SERVICE LEVELS BACK TO THE MEMBERSHIP AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAP. CAN I GET YOU WHILE YOU'RE THERE. I WANT TO ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION TO AND JIM AND GREG WHOEVER ELSE WANTS TO WEIGH IN. THAT'S FINE, WHERE WE ARE. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PRETTY STRATEGIC AND THOUGHTFUL PLAN AROUND JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS POOL, THE COURSE, EVERYTHING ELSE. SO HOW, HOW DOES THE FINANCIAL PICTURE, WE'RE IN NOW IMPACT OR EFFECT THOSE PLANS IF AT ALL. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO GO DOWN. CAUSE WHAT MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: OR JUST SOME BACKGROUND. I'LL LET JIM BASICALLY FINISHED UP MY COMMENTS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S OUR FOCUS ON THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY TO JIM'S COMMENT. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: WE HAD OVER 35% INCREASE IN PLAY IN THE GOLF COURSE AND LIKE YOU KNOW WITH ANY RECREATIONAL FACILITY, YOU NEED TO POUR MONEY BACK INTO IT TO KEEP THE, THE QUALITY OF THE THE ASSET UP. YES. WE HAVE A VERY DISCIPLINED CAPITAL AND PROVEN PROJECT WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: NEEDS AT THE POOL, LIKE ANY POOL IN THE NORTHEAST, IT BREAKS DOWN. IT HAS PUMPS. THERE'S CONCRETE. SO WE HAVE A VERY DISCIPLINED. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: CAPITAL PROJECT TO YOUR COMMENT. OBVIOUSLY, THE BUDGET THIS YEAR WE STOPPED ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. [00:45:04] MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: AND AT THIS POINT, WE'RE IN ABEYANCE FAR AS NEXT YEAR BASED ON JIM'S PRESENTATION UNLESS MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THAT MID YEAR THINGS ARE GOING TO START GETTING NORMALIZED AS FAR AS PEOPLE AND THE COVEN RESTRICTIONS THAT WE MIGHT IN THE LAST HALF OF THE YEAR. AND AGAIN, MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: WE ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT LESSONS BUT SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A CONSTANT BASIS IS OUR ELASTIC REVENUES, WHICH IS JIM TALKED ABOUT GUESTS CARTS AND OUTINGS. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR REVENUE. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: THAT COMES IN WHEN THERE'S GOOD WEATHER AND THAT'S COOL TOO. SO JULIE, TO YOUR POINT, YES, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DELAY ON MAKING CAPITAL. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: PROJECTS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO SCHEDULE THESE THINGS WHEN IT'S OFFSEASON YOU NEED TO GET THE CONTRACTORS IN PLACE. WE NEED TO GET THE APPROVAL. WE NEED TO GET THE IMPROVEMENT IN. WE NEED TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT ALL TAKES TIME. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: TO ELABORATE THAT ON THE LITTLE LEAGUE MAX SAID WE DID POSTPONE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROJECTS. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: AND I THINK WE KEEP THEM SUSPENDED AND STILL GET A BETTER PICTURE FOR WHAT EXTENT WE ALREADY PACKED WITH 21 OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING GOING TO BORROW MONEY FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDING TO PAY IT BACK ON THAT PLANE AND BASED UPON JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: YEARS OF POSITIVE MEANING TO PERFORMANCE. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: RESERVE FUNDS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: TO THE RESERVE BOMBS AND WHETHER OR NOT WE DID A SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE YEAR TO YEAR OPERATIONS WE VOTED ON THIS. TOO IS THAT YOU ALSO NEED TO OUR PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE FOCUSING ONLY ON ACTUALLY NECESSARY. MEASURES NOT JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: JIM, A SMALL POINT, UH, BUT WE'VE GOT A SEPARATE PAGE IN OUR BUDGET BOOKS FOR THE WHITBY CASTLE SNACK BAR. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: AND IT'S LARGELY A BLANK PAGE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M WONDERING WHAT THE STORY IS WITH THE SNACK BAR IS IS THAT INTENDED TO BE A GOING SUB OPERATION. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: I BELIEVE WE ARE BUDGETING FOR REPLACEMENT OF POINT OF SALE. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: WORKSTATIONS NEXT YEAR IN THE SNACK BAR. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: THOSE ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS PART OF THE CONTRACT WILL BUY THINGS THEY ARE ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND THEY'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: AND THE REASON WHY WE, THE CLUB GO TO CITY CHOSE TO KEEP THEM AS OUR OBLIGATION IS BECAUSE WHOEVER THE VENDOR IS IN THERE. WE WANT THEM TO USE OUR SYSTEM AND BE ABLE TO CHARGE OUR MEMBERS TO BE A MEMBER CHARGE JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SO THAT WAS WHY WAS NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT TO KEEP THAT AS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. SO THAT'S A AN EXPENSE. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GET US THROUGH ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: AND AND THEN THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT SEPARATE PAGE BROKEN OUT BECAUSE THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE CITY'S PIECE OF THE SNACK BAR OPERATION AND THE REST IS SUBSUMED IN THE IN THE REPORT ON LESSONS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: I MEAN, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE POINT IS WE WANTED TO HAVE OUR AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE. GOING BACK TO 2009 WHATEVER WE WANT TO SAY 2012 JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: WE WANTED TO BREAK OUT EVERY DIFFERENT COST FOR THE CITY THERE WAS THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL REQUIRED BACK THEN. SO WE JUST WE HAVE SPLIT ANY COSTS RELATED TO THAT AS WE ALSO HAVE ONE FOR WIKI CASTLE AS WELL, WHICH REPRESENTS OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CASTLE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: GOSH, JUST YOUR COMMENT BEFORE LESSONS ASSUME THE SNACK BAR, WE HAD HOW CATERING IN THERE. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: SO WE HAD A SEPARATE VENDOR RUNNING THAT AND SO WHEN LESSONS TOOK IT OVER AND GOT WRAPPED UP INTO THEIR CONTRACT. SO THAT'S BASICALLY A PLACEHOLDER THAT JOE REFERENCE GOING BACK TO 2012 WHEN WE HAD THE OTHER VENDOR IN THERE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH, RIGHT. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU. BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I JUST LIKE TO SAY I CAN'T THANK JIM AND THE COMMISSION. BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ENOUGH FOR REALLY MANAGING THROUGH WHAT WAS JUST AN EXTREME. I MEAN, LOOK AT EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS YEAR HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY. BUT YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS WORKED EXTREMELY HARD BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I HAVE TO SAY, AS A MEMBER OF RYE GOLF THE CONDITION OF THE COURSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, DESPITE THE 35% INCREASE IN PLAY. BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WAS EXTRAORDINARY THROUGH EVEN LAST WEEKEND SO I PERSONALLY PLAYED EIGHT MONTHS OF GOLF THIS YEAR AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. SO I CAN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH. I CAN'T COMMEND JIM YOU AND THE STAFF ENOUGH BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND, CHIP, WHO DID A FABULOUS JOB WITH JUST, YOU KNOW, FACING EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. IT'S, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH ALL WITH ALL OF YOU. THIS YEAR, BUT WHAT A FANTASTIC JOB. SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. [00:50:09] JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: AND LET ME LET ME ADD TO THAT BECAUSE, JIM. OF COURSE I WAS WORKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF GREG AS WE WERE DEALING WITH THE COVEN LIMITATIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE PLACED ON ON JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: GOLF CLUB OPERATIONS AND REALLY APPRECIATED THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COURSE STAYED OPERATIONAL AND AND JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: MORE THAN JUST STAYING OPERATIONAL STAYED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND STAYED OF APPEAL TO THE MEMBERS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO LIMIT OPERATIONS IN CERTAIN RESPECTS TO KEEP IT COVERED SAFE YOUR WORK. THERE WAS MUCH APPRECIATED. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE MEMBERS OF COURSE TO COME TO AN APPEAL TO US. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: WHILE I'M HERE. I ALSO JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: I FORGOT TO MENTION EARLIER THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION DIDN'T VOTE TO MAKE A REQUEST TO SEE COUNCIL AND I'LL LET MAC ELABORATE A LITTLE MORE ON THAT. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: SO PLEASE GO AHEAD MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: YEAH, FIRST I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON BEN'S COMMENT, YOU KNOW, WE AS A COMMISSION AND I'VE BEEN ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AT THE GOLF CLUB SINCE 2012 MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: WE START THE PROCESS LIKE THEY DO IN THE CITY IN THE SENSE THAT RIGHT AFTER LABOR DAY WE START PESTERING JIM TO GET A BUDGET FOR US. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: AND WE GO THROUGH MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND WE BASICALLY LOOKED AT BOTH SIDES, WE LOOKED AT EXPENSES AND WE LOOKED AT REVENUES OBVIOUSLY REVENUES. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: WAS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE HAVE WE HAVE CREDITS THAT NEED TO BE MOVED FORWARD FOR POOL MEMBERSHIPS FOR NEXT YEAR. AND SO THERE'S THERE'S A ANOTHER CHALLENGE IN 2021 FOR REVENUE. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: BUT I WANT TO COMPLIMENT JIM AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE COMMISSION, AS FAR AS LOOKING AT BOTH SIDES OF THE LEDGER HERE. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: OBVIOUSLY LABOR AND SOME CATEGORIES IS AN UNCONTROLLABLE FOR US LESS THINGS TO A POINT IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US NEXT YEAR. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: SO WE LOOK VERY ARDUOUS TO TRY TO GET THIS REJECTED LAST DOWN AT THE SAME TIME BEING IN THE REALITY OF THE FACT IS THE COVEN IS GOING TO HAVE SOME HANG OVER HERE IN MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: AS FAR AS THE OPERATION AND THE SAFETY OF THE GOLF COURSE WHICH IS PARAMOUNT. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT SAID, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE AN OPERATING LOSS IN THE POOL. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: AND HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL NORMALIZE AND THE LOWEST WON'T BE AS PROJECTED AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE BUT MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: I MEAN, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON JULIE'S COMMENT ABOUT CAPITAL AT CAP X THINGS IS, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO LOOK BACK AT AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE I DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMISSION. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: AND OBVIOUSLY WANT TO ESCALATE THAT TO THE COUNCIL IS FAR AS LOT OF OUR LOSSES GOT TO DO WITH A FIXED OPERATING EXPENSE WITH WHICH IS THE INTERFACE. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: BETWEEN THE DIRECT AND FUND FEE OF $350,000. WE ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE RISK RETENTION FUN WHICH BUDGETED FOR NEXT YEAR'S 104,000 SO YOU ADD THOSE NUMBERS TO GET HIGH. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: THOSE ARE TWO FIXED EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE AS AN OPERATION. I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE THAT CITY PROVIDES US AS FAR AS ALL THE ACCOUNTING WITH JOE DOES ON US ALL THE ASSOCIATED OF BEING A MINISTER ABOUT MUNICIPAL OPERATION. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: BUT I SAID AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A DISCUSSION HERE BY THE COUNCIL THAT YOU KNOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON WHAT WE BELIEVE IS INVESTMENT BACK IN THE CLUB. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: SO THE MOTION THAT I MADE AND THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION WAS LOOKING AT A OPPORTUNITY OF MAYBE TAKING A 10% MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: REDUCTION IN OUR INTERPHONE FEE WHICH WE HAVE $40,000 AND ANNUALLY. EACH YEAR WE ALSO CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 35,000 AND NON RESIDENTS FEES TO THE GENERAL FUND. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: SO THAT WAS REALLY WHAT I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION BACK OF THE ENVELOPE IMPACT JOE WILL HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT WITH YOU. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: BUT I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT POINT OH 5% IMPACT ON THE ON THE TAX RATE GOING IN 2021 SO MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: IN SUMMARY, THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW THE WEEK TO DISCUSS WITH THE COMMISSION, THEY VOTED IN FAVOR OF IT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: HOPEFULLY. MAYBE. BEN CAN ELABORATE IN A LATER TIME. AS FAR AS THIS REQUEST, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ON THIS AND I HOPEFULLY YOU WILL CONSIDER IT AS YOU GET DEEPER INTO THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. CAROLINA JOHNSON, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BACK. HOW MANY GOLF MEMBERS ARE THERE. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: I THINK JIM ALLUDED TO THAT THERE'S OVER 1000 BETWEEN QUALIFIED MEMBERS. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: THOSE ARE NOT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THOSE COMPRISED OF RESONANCE AND ON RESONANCE. THANK YOU. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: ABOUT 640 GOLF MEMBERSHIPS, BUT SOME OF THOSE ARE FAMILY MEMBERSHIP SO EDIT ALL TOGETHER. WE HAVE ABOUT 1000 WE THIS YEAR WE HAD 1045 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS WHO PLAYED GOLF. THE CLUB, AS A MEMBER [00:55:10] MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: AND AT SOME POINT, JUST TO, TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION, WE JIM YOU STOPPED IN AUGUST, TAKING ON A NEW MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE OF IT. BASICALLY, WE WERE AT CAPACITY AT THAT POINT AS FAR AS GOLF IS CONCERNED. SO WE IN ABEYANCE. WE DID NOT TAKE ANY NEW MEMBERS ON BECAUSE OF THE YOU KNOW THE INTEREST MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: THAT AT FAIR STATEMENT. YEAH. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: WE POSTPONE ALLOWING NEW MEMBERS TO JOIN FOR THE END OF SEASON PRORATED MEMBERSHIP UNTIL SEP TEMBER 15TH. USUALLY WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO SIGN ON AND AUGUST 1 BUT WE WE POST ON THE SALE THAT TILL SEPTEMBER 15 WITHOUT A DISCOUNT JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: AND WE STILL SOLD IT, WE STILL SAW THOSE MEMBERSHIPS. CAROLINA JOHNSON, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WITH A NICE BOUGHT SOME JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: YES, IT CERTAINLY WAS. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: I JUST WANT TO ADD. I MEAN, GETTING BACK TO BEN'S COMMENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHIP DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB ON MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: IS WE ACTUALLY MADE AN IMPROVEMENT TO A WETLAND DOWN AT THE END OF SOUNDVIEW AVENUE, WHICH MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: THE GOLF CLUB RECOGNIZES BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, THERE IS BASICALLY WE IMPROVED A WETLAND DOWN THERE DRAMATICALLY. IT CAPTURES THE RUNOFF. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: DOWN OFF OF SOUNDVIEW THE RAIN RUN OFF AND BASICALLY FILTERS IT FROM THERE. SO IT DOESN'T GO DIRECTLY INTO THE SOUND. SO THE SAME TIME, WE RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, OUR RESPONSIBILITY. THE CLUB. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: AND OBVIOUSLY, TO THE CITY AND WE BASICALLY MADE A SMALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT DOWN AND IT'S HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT YOU'LL GO DOWN AND SEE IT. MACK CUNNINGHAM, RGC COMMISSION: BECAUSE I THINK JIM. JIM, ALONG WITH CHIP AND AND OBVIOUSLY A WETLAND EXPERT. WE REALLY DID A NICE JOB DOWN THERE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT TO, YOU KNOW, TO A WETLAND. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S AWESOME. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M GONNA GO LOOK FOR IT. THANK YOU. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, MOM. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANKS EVERYONE. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU. KIM MAC. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: JOE, THANKS FOR THIS PRESENTATION. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: THANK YOU. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR ALL THE EFFORT OVER THE PAST YEAR. JIM BUONAIUTO, RYE GOLF CLUB: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: BE BEFORE WE WE GO ON, I REALIZED THAT I WAS REALLY REMISS IN SAYING, GOOD NIGHT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE DWYER AND FALL CAN I'LL I'LL SEND REQUIRE AN EMAIL. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE THAT WE HAD FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS YEAR WAS, OF COURSE, TERRIFIC. AND I'M SURE EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL WOULD AGREE WORTH NOTING PUBLICLY JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, JOE NEXT CHAPTER. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: BY CHAPTER FOR NOW. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: GOING TO START WITH THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. I SPOKE WITH SALLY EARLIER TODAY, HAGAR SALLY. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: KIND OF A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, ONLY BECAUSE WE GOT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT OF A STORY ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: THE REC DEPARTMENT. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: ACTUALLY, WE TRY TO RECOUP ABOUT 40% OF COST EVERY YEAR ON THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT BUT 2020 BUDGET CALLS FOR A COST OF THE CITY OF ABOUT $1.8 MILLION AND $25 MILLION DOLLARS. AND WE ACTUALLY CAME IN ABOUT $75,000 BETTER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLAN AND THAT WAS WITHOUT THE JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: THE BEING ABLE TO HAVE CAMP AND CERTAIN ATHLETIC EVENTS DURING THE SUMMER AND WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO SALLY AND HER STAFF FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THEY'VE DONE THIS YEAR AND SALLY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU NOW. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: THANK YOU JOE. I'M GONNA SHARE MY SCREEN. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL ALSO IS THERE A PAGE, WE SHOULD GO TO JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: YES, I'M SORRY. A 350 DASH 56 IS WHERE IT STARTS IN TERMS OF RECREATION. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: AND THEN IT'S KIND OF SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT. BUT WHAT I'LL SHOW YOU DEFINITELY HAVE A SUMMARY AT SOME POINT DURING THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR COHEN MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND THE SUPPORT OF MY RECREATION COMMISSION FOR BRINGING US HERE TONIGHT. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AS YOU ALL KNOW, EVER AMAZING STAFF WHO WAS MOTIVATED ALL THROUGH COVEN SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: TO MAKE IN AN UNUSUAL YEAR EXTRAORDINARY EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE FACED ONE OF OUR JOKES AT RECREATION IS WE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A LOT OF LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: SO BEFORE COINSTAR WE HAD PRETTY MUCH FULL PROGRAMS ARE SENIORS WERE IN FULL ACTIVITY. THEY HAD A 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WITH 27 INDIVIDUALS TURNING 90 SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AT THAT PARTICULAR EVENT VALENTINE'S DAY FOLLOWED OUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM WHICH WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, RANGING FROM THIRD GRADE THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE WE'RE FULLY ENROLLED. [01:00:04] SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: OUR FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADERS WERE SLATED TO PLAY IN THE CANDY CENTER TOURNAMENT, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF CODE GOT CANCELED. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AS DID SOME OTHER SENIOR PROGRAMMING EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH, WE HAD ALREADY REGISTERED FOR CAMP OUR KITTY CAMP WAS FULL OUR LOWER CAMP WAS FULL OUR CAMP 78 WAS AT CAPACITY OR UPPER CAMP REGISTRATION WAS COMING IN STRONG SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE HAD FULL RENTAL CAPACITY IN OUR PROGRAMS IN OUR BUILDING, EXCUSE ME, BETWEEN A WRECK PROGRAMS RIGHT SCHOOL OF DANCE AND OTHER RENTERS. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AND WE ACTUALLY HAD DONE OUR SPRING REGISTRATION IN EARLY MARCH, AND THAT WAS STRONG, AND NEARLY TO CAPACITY AND THEN CAME OF IT. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: SO EVERY TIME. GREG AND I TALKED, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW RECREATION HAD TO GET REINVENTED AND I THINK WE DID SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: OMENS WORK AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE USED TO DO AND HOW WE CAN DO IT DIFFERENTLY, LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT WE SUCCESSFULLY MOVED INTO REMOTE WORK ENVIRONMENT, BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN WE WERE SITTING HOME DOING NOTHING. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE LOOKED AT NEW SOFTWARE. SO WHEN TENNIS CAME BACK ONLINE, WE WERE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A SYSTEM THAT COULD PEOPLE COULD RESERVE. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: ONLINE AND WE HAD THE ABILITY TO CONTRACT TRACE ALL THOSE PARTICULAR FOLKS WHO ARE USING OUR FACILITY. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE HAD TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, WE CAN'T HAVE TRADITIONAL CAMP BECAUSE COVEN SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: PUT ALL OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DELAYED. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO WELL IN TERMS WE OFFERED 126 DIFFERENT SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: PROGRAMS THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN JUNE AND EARLY PART OF SEPTEMBER THAT KEPT KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH MULTIPLE OF OFFERINGS, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AND ALL THROUGH COVEN ALL THE STAFF EVERY WEEK THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS CHALLENGE AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY COULD TAKE PART OF AND THAT'S WHAT KEPT THE, THE STAFF GOING THROUGH THE WORK FROM HOME SITUATION. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: COLLABORATION WITH NICOLE AND RIGHT TV WAS SUPER SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: OUR LOGO GOT CHANGED. WE ARE ON INSTAGRAM. WE'RE ON FACEBOOK, WE HAVE YOU KNOW A REAL PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT BEFORE SOFTBALL WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF COVEN STAFF CAME BACK AND SAID LET'S RUN CORNHOLE SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE DID A FULL BLOWN CORNHOLE OUT ON THE BIG WRECK FIELD. IT TURNED INTO PLEASE OFFER FALL. AND NOW PLEASE OFFER NOVEMBER LEAGUES. SO SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: ALL THAT WAS DONE WITH CODE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE WITH SOFTBALL CANCEL. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TRYING TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE SOMETHING BACK AND WE OFFERED AT ONE PITCH SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT IN EARLY PART OF SEPTEMBER, WHICH WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE INTRODUCED PICKUP BALL WE PARTNERED WITH THE RYE YMCA, AND THEY GAVE SERIES OF LESSONS ON COURT, SEVEN, EIGHT AT REC PARK AND ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHO'S INTERESTED IN PICK A BALL CAN MAKE A RESERVATION THROUGH OUR SOFTWARE WHICH IS CALLED SCATTER SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WITH SCHOOL COMING BACK IN THIS HYBRID METHOD WE SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: PUT FORTH OUR EFFORTS AND CAME UP WITH RECESS AND LUNCH. LUNCH AND IT WAS THE VOID TO FILL THAT HOUR AND A HALF GAP IN BETWEEN MORNING HYBRID AND AFTERNOON HYBRID SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE CURRENTLY HAVE 440 KIDS WHO HAVE COME THROUGH THE PROGRAM, WE CAN HAVE UP TO 120 KIDS ON ANY PARTICULAR DAY IN THE PARK IN THEIR SCHOOL PODS HAVING LUNCH AND HAVING ACTIVE SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: GAMES AND ACTIVITIES BY REC STAFF YMCA STAFF AND BEYOND. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE PARTNERED WITH RYE READS AND THE RIGHT LIBRARY TO OFFER REMOTE LEARNING SITES AT THE DAMION. OH, RECREATION CENTER AND ALSO IN THE MCDONALD BUILDING THAT OUR WI FI WAS UPGRADED TO ONE GOOD AND WE CAN HAVE UP TO 50 PEOPLE ON WI FI WITHIN OUR FACILITY AT ANY ONE PARTICULAR TIME. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: EITHER EVEN THROUGH CODE CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING CAME IN, I BELIEVE THE COUNT IS OVER $16,000 TO DATE, WHICH WE'VE ASKED TO CARRY OVER TO NEXT YEAR. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: IN HALF SUMMER CAMP, SO IT WILL SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF OUR CAMP PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD. WE WERE, WE RAN LASER TAG FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN. WE HAD 26 DIFFERENT FRIDAY NIGHTS THAT SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: EXCUSE ME 16 DIFFERENT SESSIONS OFFERED WITH MORE THAN 200 IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT ACTIVITY OVER A GAGLIANO PARK. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE HAD TO REINVENT EVERYTHING, HOW WE DID IT. HOW MANY KIDS WHICH FACILITIES WE USED SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: HALLOWEEN WINDOW PAINTING IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST EVENTS. WE HAD TO GIVE UP BECAUSE OF CODE, BUT WE CAME UP WITH A HALLOWEEN HUSTLE AND CRAWL WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE OVER 300 KIDS IN THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM IN OUR EVENT IN A COVEN FRIENDLY WAY SOME PICTURES WILL SHOW THAT LATER. [01:05:14] SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE WORK WITH ALL OUR YOU SPORT GROUPS RIGHT GIRLS SOFTBALL AND LITERALLY BABE RUTH RUGBY. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AND OTHERS TO PROVIDE EITHER SUMMER SKILLS AND DRILLS, AS THEY WERE PERMISSIBLE THROUGH CODE OR ACTUAL LEAKS THROUGH THE SUMMER AND THE FALL SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO REINVENT OUR FALL AND EARLY WINTER OFFERINGS REMAINING MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE OUTSIDE AND I'D BE REMISS IN NOT THINKING THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB FOR ALLOWING OUR SENIORS TO SWIM AT THE GOLF CLUB, EVEN THROUGH ALL THEIR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF GIVING SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: SENIOR YOU KNOW THEIR MEMBERSHIP, THE ABILITY TO TO SWIM. THEY ARE FOUR O'CLOCK TO SEVEN O'CLOCK WAS NOT FILLED AND THEY DID ALLOW OUR SENIORS TO GO TO THE POOL ONCE A WEEK. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: SO ONE THING WE LOVE IN RECREATION ARE SMILING FACES. AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A COLLAGE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DID BETWEEN PICKLE BALL WE RAN AN SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: ADVENTURE ROPE COURSE FOR HALLOWEEN, OR AT BOUNDLESS IN AT SUNY PURCHASE. YOU CAN SEE THE KIDS ON THE FIELD PLAYING GOLF PICTURES FROM OUR REC RECESS. THOSE ARE THE KIDS IN THE HULA HOOPS. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: NINJA WARRIOR. NOT ONLY DID WE RUN PROGRAMS AND CLASSES THEY WERE ALSO AT ARE HUSTLING CRAWL. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE HAD OUR CORNHOLE WINNERS ARE THERE ARE SOFTBALL WINNERS ARE OUT THERE. WE HAD A HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST, WHICH WAS GREAT. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: OR WOMEN'S TENNIS PROGRAM EXPLODED. THIS YEAR WE HAD 80 WOMEN WHO PLAYED IN ROUND ROBINS EITHER IN THE EARLY EVENING OR IN THE MORNING FOR DIFFERENT DAYS A WEEK, ALL DONE BY USTA RATING. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: MADE A TERRIFIC STAFF WHO SPEARHEADED THAT ON, SAY, A WHO WORK PART TIME AT THE TENNIS COURTS AND REALLY MADE TENNIS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO DO THIS YEAR. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: CAMP WAS OF COURSE THE SIDES PROGRAM TO LOSE, BUT ONE OF OUR TREATS IN CAMPUS ARE FOXY POP. SO WE HAD A FOXY PIPE DRIVE THROUGH TO STAFF REALLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT ANY WAY THEY COULD TO MAKE NORMALCY OUT OF AN ABNORMAL SITUATION. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: PARK IMPROVEMENTS WERE ANOTHER BIG PART OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH, THROUGH THE COURSE OF A YEAR. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: MANY THANKS TO RYAN COIN GEORGE VEGA JOHN DEMARCO, AND HIS CREW FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING ALL ALONG. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS WERE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY COVE ID. MANY OF THE SUPPLIES CAME FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE'RE ON TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE DONE BY JUNE 15 ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: BUT THE LIGHT IS AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. THE NEW COMFORT STATIONS ARE HERE THEY ARE BUILDING THE LOWER PAVILION, WHICH IS DEPICTED IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WHEN THAT IS DONE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS. THERE SHOULD BE SOME MOVEMENT ON THE UPPER PAVILION. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE SKINNED FOUNDERS FIELD TO ACCOMMODATE FOR FAST PITCH SOFTBALL. WE MADE SOME RENOVATIONS AS FALL TO FEELING INFIELD AS IT WAS NOT SINKING, BUT IT WAS HAVING A LOT OF BAD BOUNCES FOR THE INFIELD SO STAFF HAS BEEN OUT THERE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO IMPROVE THE INFIELD AND THE PLAY THERE. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: THROUGH A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE GOTTEN SOME NEW PATHWAYS. THOSE ARE DEPICTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE THAT TIE IN THE PATHWAY FROM MIDLAND SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: TO THE END OF OUR PROPERTY AS YOU GO TOWARDS MILTON AND THEN KIND OF WINES THROUGH THE PROPERTY OF TO WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE OLD HAUNTED PART TRAIL AND THEN BACK ON TO OUR ROADWAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IN THE PARK. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: THE UPPER RIGHT IS JUST THE DAY WE WERE GETTING OUR PICKUP BALL ALL LINED OUT. SO THERE'S HASN'T BEEN A DAY WHERE THERE HASN'T BEEN SOMETHING GOING ON IN OUR PARK THE UPPER PAVILION WAS DELIVERED, JUST A FEW WEEKS BACK. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: ACTUALLY WILL BE READY TO GO. AS SOON AS WE GET SOME SAFE ACCESS POINTS THERE. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: EVEN WITH THE SPRING AND WRESTLING OF THE FIELDS THROUGH MOST OF APRIL, MAY AND JUNE, IF YOU WERE OUT ON OUR FIELDS TODAY, YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T NOTICE SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: HOW GREEN AND LUSH, THEY WERE DURING THEIR TIME OF REST AND THAT'S ANOTHER FOCUS THAT RYAN AND STAFF HAVE BEEN GIVING TRYING TO CONTINUE TO PROCEED AND ERROR RATE THOSE FIELDS. SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL COME BACK. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: COME SPRINGTIME. [01:10:03] SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: SO JOE'S GONNA POP BACK IN AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MONEY AND THEN I WILL COME BACK AND TALK AGAIN. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: YES, NOW I'VE GOT ALL THE FUN OUT OF THE WAY. I WILL JUMP IN AS USUAL ASKED MY KIDS ABOUT THAT. LET'S SEE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: LET ME SEE IF I CAN SHARE THIS ONE WE GO JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: OKAY. SO AS WE'VE SAID JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: BASICALLY, WE WERE PROJECTING A BETTER OUTLOOK THAN WE DID ORIGINALLY IN OUR 2020 BUDGET. UM, BUT, AGAIN, WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEXT YEAR AS WELL WAS KIND OF IT WAS REALLY HARD TO JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: BUDGET FOR THIS SALLY WILL TELL YOU THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. BUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU BUDGET. DO WE HAVE CAMPED WE NOT HAVE CAMP. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW, HYBRID, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DEFINITELY A CONSERVATIVE ON OUR ESTIMATES AND HERE'S KIND OF A PICTURE WHERE WE ARE. IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT BUDGET TO ACTUAL AND BUDGET TO JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: BUDGET. SO FOR THE 2021 BUDGET, WE'RE PROJECTING OVERALL EXPENSES ARE GOING TO BE UP ABOUT 5.2% SALARIES AND WAGES ARE, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTED INCREASES. AGAIN, I THINK WE ADDED SOME EXTRA MONEY. SALLY FOR PART TIME AND SEASONAL JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THERE'S A PART TIME DIRECTOR, I BELIEVE FOR ONE OF YOUR PROGRAMS THAT CORRECT SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: YEAH WE WE ADDED A PART TIME STAFF TO HELP FACILITATE SENIOR PROGRAMMING. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: OKAY, UM, EQUIPMENT, AS YOU CAN SEE IS PRETTY MUCH FLAT OKAY $1,000 OFF THEIR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING MORE ONLINE WITH REGISTRATION AND WHATNOT. I THINK THE TENNIS PROGRAM AS WELL. YEAH, LITTLE BUMP IN CREDIT CARD FEES, JUST TO POINT OUT SOME JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: AND I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT REALLY JUMPS OFF THE PAGE HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW THIS ACROSS THE BOARD. IT WASN'T ANYTHING DRAMATIC BIGGEST THING. YOU KNOW, I SAID I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. RYAN TRYING TO DO. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: A GOOD JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THE FIELDS. SO THERE'S A LITTLE MORE MONEY AND STEPHEN SIDES AND FERTILIZERS, THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND SOCCER FIELDS. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: CONTRACTUAL COSTS. AGAIN, SAME DEAL AS EVERY OTHER THING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DEBT SERVICE ROLLING OFF THE BOOKS FROM THE 2002 BOND, WHICH WAS WHEN I DAMIANO PURCHASE FUNDS FOR US TO BUILD A DAMIANO CENTER. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ARE KIND OF HAND IN HAND WITH JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: OVERALL, JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW SALARY INCREASES THERE. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT ON THE EXPENSE SIDE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: CHARGES FOR SERVICES, THE LARGE DROP OFF IS WE'RE BASICALLY CONSERVATIVELY BUDGETING CAMP FOR NEXT YEAR WE HAD BUDGETED I BELIEVE ABOUT 660 $5,000 IN 2020 WE'RE KNOCKING THAT NUMBER DOWN TO ABOUT $600,000 JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: AND AS WITH EVERYTHING WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR. SO WE KIND OF ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: AND WITH THAT, HOW DID WE GET TO THESE NUMBERS AND HOW, HOW DID WE WIND UP WITH A MUCH BETTER OUTLOOK THAN WE INITIALLY THOUGHT SALLY'S GOT SOME MORE DETAIL THERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAD ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY HERE. GREG WANTS ANYTHING. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM NOW. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YEAH. BEFORE WE GET TO THE QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO JUST DEBATE TO MAKE ONE ONE POINT AND THEN IS THAT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IN SPITE OF ALL THE GYRATIONS THE SHARE AND I'M PUTTING ASIDE ALL THE THINGS THAT SALLY WENT THROUGH IN TERMS OF GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE, THE, THE, THE PROGRAMMING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE NET CHANGE VERSUS THE BUDGET WAS $75,000 AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF REASONS THAT THAT WENT INTO IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT IS AS MUCH AS SALLY, AS WAS FOCUSED ON THE PROGRAMMING ASPECT THAT I SAY SALLY. IT'S HER ENTIRE STAFF. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SHE AND HER STAFF, ALONG WITH WITH JOE WERE EXTRAORDINARILY FOCUSED ON ON, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF IT AS WELL. AND IT'S NOT. IT WAS NOT LOST IN ANY OF THE PLANNING THAT GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT WE WERE WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AND THEY ARE, AND IT'S JUST IS IS STRIKING TO ME THAT IN THE YEAR THAT WE JUST HAD EVERYTHING THAT WAS CANCELLED AND CHANGED AND MODIFIED THAT THE NET IMPACT WAS $75,000 JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: SO IF YOU'RE HERE. JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: YEAH, AGREED. I BELIEVE CAROLINA JOHNSON, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, I MEAN THE CAMP HAD TO BE CANCELED, BUT THEN EVERYONE NEEDED AN ACTIVITY TO DO IN SALLY CAME UP WITH AN ERRAND, WITH ALL THESE LIKE AMAZING GATE. WHAT ABOUT THE CORNHOLE YOU DID. YOU MENTIONED THE CORN HOLE. CAROLINA JOHNSON, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR DID I HAVE AMAZING. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: SO I'M GONNA GO BACK IN SHARE MY SCREEN AGAIN. [01:15:07] SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: FOR ME AND MY END. SO OVERALL, SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE DID PRETTY WELL FINANCIALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH CAMP NOT RUNNING AND NOT BRINGING IN, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN FIVE AND $600,000 IN REVENUE. WE ALSO HAD A HUGE REDUCTION. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: IN EXPENSES WE SAW THAT ALSO WHEN YOU LOOKED AT. WE CAN'T REGISTER FOR OUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A $50,000 REVENUE PIECE. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: TO THE 2020 BUDGET. WE DIDN'T RUN ADULT SOFTBALL, WHICH WAS OVER $28,000 IN LOST REVENUE WE HAVEN'T RUN ANY OF OUR LARGE SPECIAL EVENTS OBVIOUSLY BETWEEN FOOD TRUMP HALLOWEEN WINDOW PAINTING. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AND THE TURKEY TROT, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SWEET AND SO AS MUCH AS THE REVENUE HASN'T COME IN. WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE, HOW MUCH WE SPEND SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: EACH AND EVERY DAY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LEARN WHEN YOU'RE SORT OF HANDED EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES IS YOU LEARN TO PARTNER DIFFERENTLY WITH THE PEOPLE WE DO BUSINESS WITH. SO SOME OF THE EXPENSES THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE HAD A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MODEL WHERE WE ALLOWED OUR OUTSIDE VENDOR TO REGISTER AND PAY US OUR SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: PROFIT SHARE ON THOSE PROGRAMS AND THAT ALSO HELPED KEEP SOME OF OUR FINANCIAL BURDEN AT A LOWER POINT SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: REP RECESS, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, AARON'S BRAINCHILD ON HOW TO HELP AND BE A COMMUNITY ASSET WITH THE HYBRID SCHOOLING BROUGHT IN TOO DEEP $61,000. SO WHERE WE HAVEN'T HAD IT SOMEWHERE. WE'VE FOUND OTHER WAYS TO MAKE IT UP. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WITH THE ARRANGEMENT WITH RIGHT READS BEING IN THE BUILDING WHERE WE NORMALLY YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT WITH COVEN WOULDN'T BE RUNNING OUR FACILITY AT ALL. WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES MONTH OVER MONTH WITH THAT PARTICULAR RENTAL SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: IN TENNIS. WE DID A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH INSTEAD OF SELLING PERMITS. WE WENT TO A PAY TO PLAY TYPE ARRANGEMENT THAT WAS DUE TO THE SOFTWARE THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US AT THAT TIME. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WHO PLAY TENNIS WITH US FOR A LONG TIME WEREN'T HAPPY WITH IT. WE ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE IT UP FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT IT HELPED US THE JUST GOING INTO A RESERVATION SYSTEM. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: KIND OF PUSH YOU GOING PLACES YOU WANTED TO GET TO. BUT YOU NEVER GOT THERE BEFORE AND THE RESERVATION SYSTEM WAS SURELY ONE OF THOSE SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: YOU KNOW, AS JOE SAID AND CITY MANAGER REITERATED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 75 GRAND BETTER THAN WE EXPECTED TO BE AND THESE FIGURES, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FLUID DOCUMENT SO IT KEEPS MOVING. EVERY TIME I TALKED TO JOE, I'M LIKE, WE HAVE MORE MONEY IN THE BANK THAN THAT. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: BUT YOU HAVE TO CUT IT OFF AT SOME POINT TO DO YOUR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK IN YOUR BUDGET. SO, JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: ON A WEEKLY BASIS KIND OF UPDATING THIS STUFF, SO IT'S IT'S IT'S SOME TO POINT YOU TO CUT IT OFF FOR THE BUDGET DOCUMENT ITSELF, BUT YEAH. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: EXACTLY AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMING. SOMETIMES WE COULD BE A WEEK OR TWO OUT AND SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AND THE NEXT NEW IDEA OR BRILLIANT IDEA THAT COMES UP THAT WE REGISTER FOR WILL DEFINITELY IMPACT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE. BUT OVERALL, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING OF HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WRITE A BUDGET FOR 2021 BASED ON AND UNUSUAL 2020 AND BASICALLY WE JUST TRY TO KEEP MOST OF OUR COST CENTERS PRETTY FLAT. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: THE ONLY ONE THAT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PARKS IN ATHLETICS, BECAUSE WE MOVED SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WITH A MERGER WITH THE PW SEVERAL YEARS BACK. WE'RE CONTINUING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE FUNDING SHOULD BE IN WHICH COST CENTER SO SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: IT BASICALLY, IT GETS MOVED FROM ONE TO ANOTHER. AND AGAIN, TRYING TO KEEP OUR FIELDS UP AND RUNNING AS BEST AS THEY CAN. JOE SHARE WITH YOU BEFORE WE DEFINITELY INCREASED OUR MONEY AND SEED INSIDE SO THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE OF KEEPING THESE FIELDS GREEN AND FULL OF SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: GRASS. I THINK THE OTHER INCREASE OBVIOUSLY IS JUST IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AS WE GET TO OUR FINANCIAL SAVINGS FROM OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET THIS YEAR TO OUR PROJECTED. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER FLUID DOCUMENT. SO THIS IS AS OF LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, WE KEPT OUR EXPENSES DOWN ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: IN THIS TRYING HERE. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES GOING INTO NEXT YEAR MINIMUM WAGE IS GOING TO INCREASE TO $14 AN HOUR, REGARDLESS OF AGE OR EXPERIENCE OF THE STAFF. [01:20:04] SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL BE BACK TO 100% NORMAL PROGRAMMING OR REDUCED COPIA OFFERING WILL OUR FACILITY BE AVAILABLE FOR RENTALS THAT'S PROGRAMS PICNIC OR OTHER BASED ON WHATEVER REGULATIONS ARE OUT THERE. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WHAT WILL CAMP LOOK LIKE, WHAT WILL THAT NEW NORM BE AARON I WERE TALKING TODAY ABOUT CAMP AND MANY COMMUNITIES WERE ABLE TO RUN SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: A SMALL VERSION OF THEIR TRADITIONAL CAMPS IN 2020 WE DID NOT BECAUSE OF THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE GOING ON. WE DO BELIEVE WE CAN OFFER SOME TYPE OF A SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM NEXT YEAR WILL WE TRAVEL IN CAMP. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: THAT'S TO BE SEEN WHAT THE STATUS OF ALL THESE PLACES THAT WE WOULD TRAVEL TO ARE SOME OF THEM MAY NO LONGER EXISTS. WE MAY NEVER GO BACK TO NEW YORK CITY, REALLY, REALLY HARD IF IT WILL LOOK THE SAME AS IT DID UP SORRY IN ON THE WRONG WAY IN 2019 SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: THE NEW EVENTS THAT WE HELD THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN EXPECTATION THAT GETS ADDED TO OUR TRADITIONAL EVENTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD WOULD WE HOST A HALLOWEEN WINDOW PAINTING AND A HALLOWEEN HUSTLE AND CRAWL THAT IS TO BE SEEN. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AND LIKE EVERYTHING GOLF CLUB ALLUDED TO THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU FIND FUNDING TO FIX YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE OURS BEING TENNIS COURTS AND OTHER THINGS TO KEEP THEM UP TO DATE. DURING 2021 AND BEYOND. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: SO WE ARE PARK TO WRECK. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SALLY'S SO I MEAN I JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN RECORD ON THIS, BUT LIKE JUST. UNBELIEVABLE. UNBELIEVABLE EFFORT, BUT THE ENTIRE STAFF BY YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, PARTICULARLY JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WAS COACHING SOFTBALL THIS FALL. AND THERE WAS A TEAM, THE OPPOSITE TEAM. I HEARD THE COACHES TALKING, THEY WERE LOOKING AT OUR NEW SOFTBALL FIELDS. RIGHT. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH MY GOD, THIS IS AMAZING. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN OUR TOWN OR WHATEVER. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WAS LIKE, SO PROUD WAS LIKE RIDICULOUS LIKE I DIDN'T DO IT, BUT I WAS JUST SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT WENT INTO IT. AND I KNOW THAT'S YOU. WHEN I KNOW THAT'S RYAN AND I KNOW IT'S GREG AND AND AND JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I HAVE FRIENDS WHO LIKE DEPEND ON LUNCH BUNCH. LIKE IT'S THEIR SANITY, RIGHT, LIKE SO. I THINK THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH NEW STUFF THAT CAME OUT OF THIS AND JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE EFFORT JUST FOR MY, MY COLLEAGUES WAS JUST JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OUT OF OUT OF THIS WORLD. I MEAN, I'M, I'M SO GRATEFUL TO YOU AND YOUR, YOUR STAFF SALLY AND ALL RIGHT, SHOULD BE TOO. SO JUST THANK YOU SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WELL THANK YOU JULIE. I KNOW THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, THE COLLABORATION. NOW WE AMONGST OURSELVES AND WHERE WE FIND THESE IDEAS AND HOW WE TRY TO BRING THEM TO FRUITION. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: BUT EVERYTHING ACROSS THE CITY. EVERYBODY IS A PART OF THE VICTORY IN A WAY YOU KNOW GREG ALLOWED US TO DO IT. JOE HELPS WITH MONEY. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: RYAN AND HIS STAFF HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO DO THE THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARK AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET DONE WITHOUT THEIR EFFORTS AND IF WE DON'T ALL KIND OF DO IT TOGETHER. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AND SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE WAY WITH THAT WE'VE WORKED, BUT EVEN THE OUTSIDE COLLABORATIONS THAT WE'VE SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: MARRIED THIS YEAR WITH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AND PARTNERING WITH A WHY FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS WHICH IN A NORMAL YEAR MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: BUT YOU KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF, AS I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD TAKEAWAYS. THERE'S A LOT OF LEMONADE. THAT WAS MADE. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: IN A YEAR WHERE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF MY PEERS. IT'S NOT THAT THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT THEY SURELY DIDN'T DO AS MUCH AS OUR STAFF DID SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WEREN'T ALLOWED TO. IT WASN'T ONLY THEM IT WAS WHAT THEIR COMMUNITY ALLOWED THEM TO DO. SO I, YOU KNOW, KRISTEN WAS A GREAT HELP IN EVERY PHASE OF THE SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: AS WE KEPT CHANGING PHASES AND WHAT THE RULES MEAN AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. SO IT WAS REALLY A GREAT COOPERATIVE EFFORT AND MY COMMISSION CAN'T BE MORE HELPFUL AND SUPPORTIVE AND IN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I JUST WANT TO JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: SORRY. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT JULIE SAID. BUT ALSO JUST TO, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I'M JUST LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION. SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH HOW FLEXIBLE AND CREATIVE YOU ALL WHERE YOU AND YOUR STAFF AT COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES, YOU KNOW, THE TENNIS PAY TO PLAY. IT'S REALLY SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SUCH A CLEVER WAY TO DEAL WITH A CHALLENGING FINANCIAL SITUATION, BUT ALSO LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH OTHERS. AND WHAT I GET OUT OF THIS PRESENTATION BEYOND THE USUAL WHICH IS THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF CONTINUE TO WORK. [01:25:03] SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO HARD OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT'S IT'S A TESTAMENT TO HOW VALUABLE THE WRECK IS VIEWED AS A AS A COMMUNITY ASSET AND EVEN DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME, YOU KNOW, SARA GODDARD, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU RUN A A SPACE AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE SO VITALLY IMPORTANT TO SORT OF THE, THE, THE HEALTH AND VIBRANCY OF OUR TOWN. SO, SO THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, PLEASE EXTEND OUR THANKS TO TO ALL YOUR STUFF. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, SIR. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: SO LIKE TERRIFIC JOB I THINK EVERYONE ON EVERY EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL SHARES ALL THE ACCOLADES THAT HAVE BEEN LAID AT YOUR FEET. I CAN'T IMAGINE A MORE FRUSTRATING YEAR AND I CAN ONLY THINK THAT YOUR HANDS WERE SO BUSY MAKING LEMONADE THAT YOU HAD NO TIME TO PULL YOUR HAIR OUT BECAUSE JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A RESULT TO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: THANK YOU MARY JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU, SALLY. BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: THANK YOU ALL. IF. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR WE'RE GOOD. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION IS THE OTHER I I TOOK A PICTURE WHEN THE FIRST PAVILION WAS COMING IN IS THE SECOND ONE HERE TO IT. THEY'RE BOTH UP NOW. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: OKAY, I KNOW THAT BOTH UP. THEY'RE BOTH ON SITE RIGHT NOW WORKING ON THE LOWER PAVILION. THEY'VE GOT MAYBE TWO THIRDS OF THE ROOF ON RIGHT RYAN THINGS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. THERE'LL BE ABLE TO POUR THE PAD FOR THE UPPER ONE FOLLOWED BY THE INSTALLATION OF THE UPPER ONE. OKAY. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T THINK THAT HOPEFULLY LOOK THOSE WILL JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BE THINGS THAT PAY DIVIDENDS IN THE FUTURE I THINK SO AND WILL HOPEFULLY HELP IT, WE'RE DEALING WITH ANOTHER COCONUT INSPIRED SUMMER THAT HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTENSIVE ABILITY AS WELL, GOING INTO THAT ONE BUT SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: WE RAN AWAY PROGRAMS ACTUALLY ON THE PAD ITSELF BEFORE WAS BUILT RIGHT SCHOOL OF DANCE ACTUALLY RAN THEIR FALL PROGRAM ON THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: SO WE MADE USE OF IT, AND WITH A ROOF ON IT, EVEN IF WE'RE ENCODED THAT DEFINITELY EXPANDS OUR OUTDOOR OFFERINGS THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN HAVE. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE WILL BE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING, EVEN IF IT'S ON THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: I'VE GOT A THREE FOOT SCISSOR READY READY AND WAITING TO BE US. JULIE SOUZA, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S AWESOME. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING. SALLY. SALLY ROGOL, RYE RECREATION: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: THANKS, JOE. SALLY. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: ANYTHING MORE TO BE SAID. GREG, ARE WE JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: I MEAN, THERE GREG USRY, INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I THINK WE'RE THERE FOR TONIGHT. JOSH COHN, RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY. THANKS EVERYONE. BEN STACKS, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS JOHN JOSEPH FAZZINO, COMPTROLLER: THANKS. WELL, * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.