[11. Open the public hearing for October 6, 2021 to create a new local law, Chapter 122, “Landscapers and Leaf Blower Regulations” requiring all landscapers to obtain an annual permit in order to operate as a landscaper and restrict the use of leaf blowers.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAN YEAH THANK YOU.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCIL MATTER.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN MECCA.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: YES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, MAYOR CONE.

YES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SPEAKING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SLOW MOTION FOR THE LOCUST AFRICAN SEWER MODIFICATION I'LL MOVE UP.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCIL WOMAN GODDARD.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCIL ONE JOHNSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN MECCA.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN WAX YES, THEY ARE CONE.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO BEARD AWARD FOR CONTRACT 20 2105 MIDDLE AND AVENUES SEWER MODIFICATION.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOVED.

OKAY.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN GODDARD.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, AIR CON.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GOOD WORD FOR CONTRACT 20 2106 CENTRAL AVENUE PUMP STATION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HOW HOW LONG THE SECOND OR TAKE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT.

RYAN COYNE: UM.

RYAN COYNE: SO THAT'S LIKE A SIX TO NINE MONTH PROJECT AT THE LEAD TIME ON MATERIALS NOW IS LENGTHY.

RYAN COYNE: SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO AWARD THE CAR, YOU KNOW SIGN THE CONTRACTS, BUT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT LOOKING AT MATERIALS BEING DELIVERED MUCH BEFORE PEOPLE.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY I'M OF IT.

THAT'S.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO COOL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I'M SOLOMON GARDEN.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN MECCA.

YES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS YES MAYOR CONE.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HERE WE ARE THANKS RYAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE'VE NOW GOT PROPOSED REVISIONS OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO THE CITY OF RIPE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER 104 DOT ONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG ARE YOU GONNA.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I BELIEVE THAT LIEUTENANT AND FEW SO IS JOINING US AT LEAST I'M HOPING SO.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, HE'S JUST PROMOTED OKAY.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YEAH THEY'RE ASKING ALL RIGHT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: MIKE YOU'RE UP.

MCA: GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY I'M HERE TO TRY TO GET GENERAL ORDER 104 POINT ONE UNIFORM SPECIFICATIONS AND EQUIPMENT UPDATED TO MEET DC JS.

MCA: CHANGES.

MCA: SO THIS IS POLICY WAS LAST REVISED REVISED IN MARCH OF 2018 THE CHANGES THAT UPDATE OUR TO MEET THE STANDARDS SET BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND THE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION TO GET US IN OUR ACCREDITATION STANDARDS.

MCA: THE ADDITION INCLUDES TO THE SUBJECT LINE, THE WORD IDENTIFICATION WAS ADDED SO IT'S UNIFORM SPECIFICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION.

MCA: ADDITION TO GUIDELINES SUBSECTION FIVE IS THAT ALL OFFICERS WILL BE ISSUED BUSINESS CARDS WITH THEIR RANK NAME AND SHIELD NUMBER WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED, UPON REQUEST AND DISCRETION.

MCA: AN ADDITIONAL TWO GUIDELINE IS OUR OUR BEST COVERS THESE ARE GOING TO BE OPTIONAL VEST CARRIERS FOR BODY ARMOR APPROVED OUTER FEST CARRIERS WILL BE WARNED BY OFFICERS IN COMBINATION WITH PROPER UNIFORM ATTIRE.

MCA: THE BENEFITS TO THE OUTER VEST CARRIER CARRIERS ARE GOING TO BE THAT IT ALLOWS YOU OFFICER TO BETTER DISPERSE THE WAY THE EQUIPMENT THAT HE GETS.

MCA: AROUND HIS PERSON, IT WILL PREVENT INJURIES AND AS A TACTICAL BENEFIT THE VEST IS ALSO WILL PROPERLY DISPLAY OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MIKE IF IF I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY I THINK I'VE SEEN OUR OFFICERS ALREADY WEARING THESE FESTS.

MCA: YES, SIR, WHEN WE ADDED THE BODY OF THE BODY CAMERAS IN JUNE WE WENT TO THESE TACTICAL VINCE BECAUSE IT HAS PERFECT PLACEMENT SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT THE BODY CAMERAS ON AND IT'S NOT EVERY OFFICER HAS IT IN THE SAME SPOT IT'S NOT LIKE THE OFFICERS CHOICE, WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FOR THE POLICE REVIEW COMMITTEE IT WAS A BIG DEAL TO.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ASK POLICE OFFICERS TO HAVE BUSINESS CARDS TO HAVE SO PEOPLE COULD IDENTIFY PEOPLE HAVE HOPE THE POLICE OFFICERS FEEL OKAY ABOUT HAVING YOUR BUSINESS CARDS.

MCA: OH YEAH ABSOLUTELY AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE ASKED FOR US TO PUT ON THE BACK OF THE BUSINESS CARDS THE CRASH.COM SITE THAT PEOPLE GO TO FOR THE ACCIDENT REPORTS SO IT'LL KIND OF ALL BE IN ONE EASY ACCESS THING FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMUTING INTO TOWN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SEMESTER THEM THAT YOU SAID THAT THE CARDS WILL BE HANDED OUT WITH THEM, YOU KNOW ALL THAT INFORMATION, BUT THEN THE VERY END, SAID AT THEIR DISCRETION, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.

MCA: IF NOT EVERYBODY WANTS A BUSINESS CARD SO IT'LL BE UP TO THE OFFICER, IF HE THINKS IT'S A SITUATE IF THEY SAY WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS CARD.

MCA: THEY WILL GIVE THE BUSINESS CARD, BUT IF IT'S JUST I NEED YOUR NAME THEY CAN GIVE NAME OR THEY CAN PULL OUT THEIR BUSINESS CARD IT'S UP TO THE OFFICER WHICH ONE THEY WANT, BUT.

MCA: WE'RE SETTING IT UP, THAT IF YOU'RE ASKED FOR YOUR BUSINESS CARD YOU GIVE YOUR BUSINESS CARD AND I'LL HAVE ALL OUR PD INFORMATION ON IT.

MCA: OKAY, THANK YOU YOU'RE WELCOME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MIKE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHER DISCUSSION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE EMOTION.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: YES, THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE SMOKE SHOPS ARE.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: YOU MAKE THE MOTION CAROLYN.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WILL DO SECOND.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: I'LL SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO WE NEED ROLL CALL FOR THIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE ALRIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANKS VERY MUCH.

MCA: THANK YOU ALL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO NOW WE OPENING A PUBLIC HEARING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO CREATE A NEW LOCAL LAW CHAPTER ONE LANDSCAPERS AND LEAF BLOWER REGULATIONS REQUIRING ALL LANDSCAPERS TO OBTAIN AN ANNUAL PERMIT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN ORDER TO OPERATE AS A LANDSCAPER AND RESTRICTING THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS AND I'LL JUST PREFACE IT BY SAYING.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COUNCIL HAS BEEN LOOKING AT NOW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE SEEN PRESENTATIONS SUDDENLY FLOWING FROM THE SUSPECT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS COMMENTS FROM MY RESIDENTS, MANY HAVE INTRODUCED US TO LARGE MONTHS REGULATION MOVING TO ELECTRICALLY FLOWERS, WE HAVE, COURTESY OF KRISTIN WILSON AND KRISTEN'S.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JUNIOR LAWYER, A WE'VE WE'VE DONE A SURVEY OF REGULATION IN LIKE LIKE OR SIMILAR TOWNS IN WESTCHESTER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THERE'S BEEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A FAIR AMOUNT OF PROCESS BEHIND THIS THAT SAID, WE PUT THIS OUT BEFORE THE PUBLIC.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN THE HOPE OF GETTING COMMENTS AND WE'LL CONSIDER THOSE COMMENTS CAREFULLY, WE DID MOVE FROM LEAF BLOWERS, TO THE ADJUNCT LANDSCAPER PERMITTING BECAUSE ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IS IN ENFORCEMENT AND THE DIFFICULTY OF OUR ABILITY TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BOTH IDENTIFY LANDSCAPERS AND THEN TO LEVY A MEANINGFUL PANEL TODAY, AND IT WAS SUGGESTED TO US THAT SOME OTHER TOWNS HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LANDSCAPE OR REGULATION AND THAT HAVING LANDSCAPE OR REGULATION IS A USEFUL ADJUNCT TO LEAF BLOWING REGULATION BUT IT'S ALSO USEFUL IN ITSELF, SO WE ALSO HAVE LANDSCAPE OR REGULATION TIED IN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREGOR KRISTEN YOU MAY WANT TO ADD MORE DETAIL HERE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BUT THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD, IS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE AND I ADDED SINCE THERE'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE HERE IS THAT TO.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: HIGHLIGHT, ON THE FIRST PAGE IS A SUMMARY OF THE OF THE GUY IT SAYS PREVIOUS LAW, BUT I SHOULD SAY CURRENT LAW, BUT THE CURRENT LAW AS IT RELATES TO THE DATES TIMES PERMISSIONS FINES, ETC, AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES AT LEAST AS THEY'VE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE FOR FOR DISCUSSION.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE ONLY OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THE MIGRATION TO ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWERS, BEGINNING IN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF AND WHEN WE PASS THIS LAW WILL BE GIVING LANDSCAPERS SUFFICIENT TIME TO CONVERT PRESUMABLY THERE ARE OTHER TOWNS THAT ARE MAKING SIMILAR REQUESTS OF THEIR LANDSCAPERS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST PASSED A BAN ON GAS GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT'S THE ONLY UPDATE ALLEGATION.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND SORRY GREG GO AHEAD, OR THE, THE ONLY THING I WOULD NOTE IS THAT WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED, OR WHAT DOES NOT CHANGE, AS LONG AS THERE ARE EXCLUSIONS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: FROM THE TIME PLACE RESTRICTIONS FOR.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR LARGER OPERATIONS AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT IT REALLY IS MEANT TO ADDRESS NOISE AND AND OTHER CONCERNS AND READ ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, WHERE WE HAVE SMALL LOTS AND YOU KNOW, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF HOMES.

SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO MAY HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OCEAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE A SENTENCE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WE HAVE AN OPEN PUBLIC HEARING DO WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, WE HAVE A FEW HANDS RAISED, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IF YOU COULD JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND WE'LL ADMIT YOU ONE, AT A TIME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND, AND PLEASE BEAR IN MIND, WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAVE A THREE MINUTE CONVENTION, SO PLEASE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAKE YOUR STATEMENT ASK ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN, IF NEED BE, IF IF THREE MINUTES LAPS AND IF WE HAVE IF WE HAVE TIME AFTERWARDS, PEOPLE CAN GO AROUND AGAIN.

KATE BRIGGS: IT BREAKS, YES, GOOD EVENING COUNSELOR AND THEY ARE MY NAME IS KATE BREAKS AND I'M JUST KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, AS A.

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KATE BRIGGS: PERSON WHO PERFORMS LANDSCAPES AND ALSO DESIGNS LANDSCAPES REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN DISCUSSION, BUT.

KATE BRIGGS: WE FEEL THAT THIS IS GOING TO REALLY HURT THE SMALLER PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO COME IN AND RUN THEIR BUSINESS, WE FEEL THAT THE COST TO THE HOMEOWNER IS GOING TO DOUBLE YOU KNOW, FOR THE TIME TO CLEAN UP GARDENS TO TIME TO MAINTAIN THEM AND I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

KATE BRIGGS: I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE TREES I'VE SEEN PEOPLE NOT PUTTING BACK TREES, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE LEAVES AND THE DEBRIS THEY DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS BLOWER CHAOS.

KATE BRIGGS: I'M SEEING PEOPLE PUT NOT BACK TREES, SO THEY CAN HAVE SOLAR PANELS AND I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THE OVERALL LANDSCAPE, FOR THE CITY OF RYE.

KATE BRIGGS: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

BOB ZAHM: THANK YOU, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE INITIATIVE SO THAT PUT THAT ASIDE, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, ONE IS WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE CITY TO CONVERT TO ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWERS.

BOB ZAHM: AND TO HOW WILL ENFORCEMENT OF THIS CHANGE IN THE SCENARIO FROM FROM WHAT EXISTS TODAY, BECAUSE WHAT I'M WHAT I EXPECT WILL HAPPEN IS.

BOB ZAHM: SOMEONE WILL CALL AND SAY LOOK MY NEIGHBORS USING THE LEAF BLOWER OR SOMEBODY ON MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY USING A LEAF BLOWER.

BOB ZAHM: POLICE WILL COME OVER AND EITHER THEY WON'T SEE ANY LEAF BLOWERS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN PUT AWAY WHEN THE POLICE WERE SEEING OR THERE'LL BE GONE, BECAUSE THE POLICE RELATE GETTING THEIR SON CURIOUS ABOUT HOW ENFORCEMENT SUPPOSED TO WORK FOR THIS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN I ASK A QUESTION AS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AS PROPOSED.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT IT WHAT IS, DO WE HAVE AN ANSWER TO THOSE QUESTIONS AT LEAST THAT FIRST ONE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WAY THAT IT HAS WORKED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, THE THE ACTUAL ENFORCEMENT AND I CAN LET LOOKED AT A FEW SO ADD ON TO THIS, BUT THE ACTUAL ENFORCEMENT, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES IN TERMS OF POLICE ON A SHIFT, SO YOU KNOW WE WILL BE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, FURTHER ADDRESSING QUALITY OF LIFE TYPE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ISSUES YOU KNOW, IN THE NEW YEAR, BUT THAT STILL LEAVES YOU KNOW, A LIMITED SET OF RESOURCES, SO TO BOX POINT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE REASON WHY THIS HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IS THAT, INSTEAD OF GOING AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL HOLDING A LEAF BLOWER YOU ARE GIVING.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE ACTUAL SUMMONS IS BEING GIVEN TO THE OWNER OPERATOR OF THE BUSINESS AND ALL THOSE ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER UPON THE THIRD VIOLATION, AT LEAST AS IT'S CURRENTLY DRAFTED.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE BUSINESS LOSES ITS LICENSE TO OPERATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, AND IF THEY OPERATE WITHOUT IT DEFINES GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY, THEN THE GETS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 1500 DOLLARS PER PER SUMMONS SO THE IDEA, THE IDEA IS THAT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE DON'T NECESSARILY EXPECT WE'RE GOING TO CATCH EVERYBODY HOLDING A LEAF BLOWER BUT THAT THE THAT THE THE THE IMPACT OF OPERATING EITHER OUTSIDE OF THE OPERATING HOURS OVER THE TIME OF THE YEAR OR THE NUMBER OF LEAF BLOWERS ON PROPERTY.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, WILL BE A GREATER DETERRENT THAN GIVING INDIVIDUAL TICKETS WITHOUT LIMITATION, WHICH IS THE WAY IT IS RIGHT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO SO JUST TO CLARIFY, I GUESS, TO BOB SAMS POINT IT THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM WILL WILL AS IT'S CONTEMPLATED IN THIS PROPOSAL WILL BE THE SAME AS IT IS NOW OVER.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: GREAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: THEN WE CAN JUST PRIORITIZE THE REVOCATION WILL LAST FOR SIX MONTHS, NOT NOT AN ENTIRE YEAR BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WOULD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JUST ADD THAT IN THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT WE HAVE THOUGHT AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE FINES, I WAS SPEAKING TO A LANDSCAPER TODAY WHO'S ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS REGULATION AND HIS HIS ASSERTION WAS THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PART OF OUR REGULATION DOES REQUIRE THAT LANDSCAPERS ALSO BE HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND FROM KRISTIN IS ACTUALLY COUNTY LAW SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF TAG OR THE LIKE ON TRUCKS AND THAT WILL MAKE.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ENFORCEMENT AT LEAST HAVE THAT ASPECT OF THE LAW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SOMEWHAT EASIER, THAT IS IF THERE'S A LANDSCAPER WORKING AND THERE'S NONE TAGGED TRUCK THEN THERE'S POTENTIALLY A VIOLATION THERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT HE ALSO SHARED WITH ME THAT WESTCHESTER COUNTIES PENALTIES ARE ARE MORE SEVERE THAN THE ONES WE PROPOSE AND ACTUALLY EXTEND TO TAKING THE TRUCK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME POINT IN THE PROCESS WHEN WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER THAT, BUT I DO SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WESTCHESTER COUNTY'S PENALTIES ARE AND JUST SEE HOW R IS COMPARE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ELSE IN THE WAITING ROOM, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION SORRY GO AHEAD.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO BOB JUST HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION, WHICH WAS THE SAME REGULATIONS APPLIED TO THE CITY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU'RE ON MUTE GREG.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AS IT IS CURRENTLY DRAFTED, NO, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE AND AND RYAN COIN HAS BEEN MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARD.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, ELECTRIC YOU KNOW.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: MACHINERY AS AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND WE'VE WE PURCHASED THE SUMMER, THE FIRST ELECTRIC RIDING ALONG MORE PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST PRODUCED IN THE COUNTRY THAT'S NOW BEING USED IN IN THE CITY, SO IT CERTAINLY IS OUR GOAL TO BE MOVING TOWARD ELECTRIC AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT IS THE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE ONE THING I WONDER WELL I'LL TALK LATER THERE'S SOMEBODY WITH THEIR HAND RAISED LET'S GO TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, YES WE'RE WE'RE WRONG ENDING THE THE HEARING WE SHOULD EVER DISCUSSION AFTER.

KRISTEN WILSON: ROBERT ALEXANDER.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: GOOD EVENING, DO YOU HEAR ME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, THANK YOU.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: HI ROB ALEXANDER TO 90 STUYVESANT AVENUE.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: JUST WANT TO SAY I APPLAUD YOUR DESIRE TO TAKE ACTION ON BLOWERS THAT WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: BUT WHY EXEMPT CERTAIN ENTITIES AND ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO USE GAS POWERED EQUIPMENT THESE ENTITIES SUCH AS SCHOOLS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS GOLF COURSES MEMBERSHIP CLUBS HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHARGE BATTERY POWERED EQUIPMENT MUCH MORE EASILY THAN THE MOBILE LANDSCAPERS.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: IN ADDITION, THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE NEAR THESE INSTITUTIONS ARE SOMETIMES SUBJECT TO DAILY BLOWER ACTIVITY AS OPPOSED TO THE OCCASIONAL WEEKLY USE FROM LANDSCAPERS NEXT DOOR.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: THE PART OF THE LAW THAT SAYS ANY LEAF BLOWER YOU SHIP A MINIMIZE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE AND PROXIMITY RESONANCE IS GREAT, BUT RIGHT NOW.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: IT IS IN THE CURRENT LAW AND THEY'RE USED TO CERTAINLY NOT MINIMIZED, IN FACT, YOU CAN SAY SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE THE WORST OFFENDERS, SINCE THEY USE THIS EQUIPMENT ON A DAILY BASIS.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: FOR INSTANCE, I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM FROM SOME PRIVATE CLUBS AND MILTON POINT.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: SHAMROCK, FOR EXAMPLE, BLOWS A PARKING LOT MOST EVERY DAY THEY'RE OPEN SOMETIMES STARTING BEFORE 7AM EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, ALWAYS BEFORE 8AM.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: BESIDES BEING LOUD AND GAS POWERED AND EMITTING NOXIOUS FUMES AT AN EARLY HOUR, IT CREATES A DUST STORM ON STUYVESANT AVENUE, SO I THINK SOME ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS COULD BE PLACED ON THESE EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE MAYBE NOT AS.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: CONSTRAINING AS THE OVERALL, FOR EXAMPLE, NO, NO EXEMPTIONS IF OPERATING WITHIN 200 FEET OF A PROPERTY LINE.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: MAYBE THESE ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO USE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT DURING THE MONTH THE CITY BANDS BLOWERS ENTIRELY.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: KNOW BLOWERS SHOULD BE USED BEFORE ATM ANYWHERE.

ROBERT ALEXANDER: AND FINALLY, I LIKE JUST JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS ISSUE UP BLOWERS EFFECT ALL RIGHT RESIDENTS, NO MATTER WHERE THEY MIGHT LIVE THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO EVEN LIKE.

SUKI VAN DIJK: HI I HAVE A GUESS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO WHAT BOB SOUNDLESS ASKING UM.

SUKI VAN DIJK: SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT CAN TELL US HOW MANY LEAF BLOWER TICKETS WERE WRITTEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS OR HOWEVER LONG WE'VE HAD IT.

SUKI VAN DIJK: AND HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT THE POLICE HAVE GOTTEN FROM PEOPLE SAYING SOMEBODY BLOWING LEAVES BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO CHANGE IN THE ENFORCEMENT I'M NOT SURE THAT.

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SUKI VAN DIJK: THIS IS GOING TO DO ANY GOOD, THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: LESLIE WINTERS.

LESLIE WINTERS: CAN YOU HEAR ME YES OKAY FINE UM I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A DECIBEL METER I'VE NEVER SEEN IT IN US, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO COME OUT THE BLOWERS ARE GETTING LARGER.

LESLIE WINTERS: SECOND THING SINCE EVERYBODY SEEMS TO HAVE A CELL PHONE IN THEIR POCKET, IS THERE A REASON THE COMPLAINING HOMEOWNER CANNOT TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE OPERATOR, WITH A BLOWER.

LESLIE WINTERS: A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TRUCK AND A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HOME ELECTRONICALLY SEND IT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY IN TURN CAN ELECTRONICALLY SEND.

LESLIE WINTERS: A FINE SINCE WE WILL SUPPOSEDLY REQUIRE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE AND IDENTIFICATION OF REGISTERING LANDSCAPERS THE POLICE RARELY GET OUT IN TIME.

LESLIE WINTERS: I HAVE NOTES FROM GOING BACK FIVE YEARS EVERY SINGLE CALL DATA, ETC, AND I WOULD POSIT THAT LESS THAN MAYBE 3% OF THOSE ACTUALLY GOT FINDS.

LESLIE WINTERS: SECOND THING IS, WHY ARE OUR ONE IN OUR TWO ZONES CREATED DIFFERENTLY ONE HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE OTHER.

LESLIE WINTERS: CITY HALL IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM HOUSES RIGHT HIGH SCHOOL IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM HOUSES ON GRACE CHURCH STREET NOISE AND POLLUTION TRAVELS THE ENTIRE CITY SHOULD STOP WITH THE BLOWERS.

LESLIE WINTERS: AND KNOW THE LAW, THE LAW THAT APPLIES IN ONE ZONE SHOULD APPLY IN ALL ZONES.

THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: CURTIS SACRAMENTO.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: MY NAME IS CARLOS BACK ON THE LANDSCAPE AWRY AND I HAVE ALSO ALONG WITH RYAN COIN TRIED THE ELECTRIC MOTORS MYSELF.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: AND I'D LIKE TO TALK TO RYAN HOW HIS EXPERIENCE WAS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT EVEN LAST A HALF A DAY THE BATTERY PACK LAWN MOWERS AND THE TECHNOLOGY ANY NEW BLOWERS, THERE IS NO TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE ELECTRIC BAD BLOWERS THAT REALLY DON'T WORK.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: AND THE TECHNOLOGY, THE AMOUNT OF LEAVES THAT YOU HAVE AN MRI NOT TO HAVE ANY MORE BLOWERS PERIOD.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT, I MEAN CITY OF RAW USED TO BE TREES FOR RYE, AND PEOPLE ARE NOT PLANTING TREES TODAY JUST FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO TO HAVE THE LEAVES I THINK THAT THE NOISE LEVEL HAS GONE DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: AND CURTIS SPACAVENTO: THE TECHNOLOGY ISN'T THERE TO DO THIS IN ONE YEAR, I MEAN THE EQUIPMENT THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: THIS YEAR DOESN'T JUST LAST FOR ONE SEASON, AND I DO THINK THAT THE BLOWER LAW, THE NOISE IN RYE IS LOW ENOUGH, AND THEN TO TRY AND PERMIT EVERYBODY.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: AND THEN THE POLICE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR PERMIT TAGS ON TRUCKS, MEANWHILE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN SOMEBODY COULD BE HAVING A HEART ATTACK.

[12. Financial update on Q3 results.]

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THEM SAYING OKAY WELL THIS TRUCK DOESN'T HAVE A PERMIT TAG ON IT SO I'M GOING TO WRITE HIM A TICKET, BUT YET THERE'S SOMETHING.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: BAD HAPPENING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, I MEAN THAT'S A PRETTY BAD THING I'M SORRY I DON'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME GREG DID RYAN QUITE GIVE YOU ANY SAYING ABOUT HOW THE ELECTRIC MODEL THAT THEY USED OR DEMOED WAS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ENCOURAGED I'M SAYING I GUESS THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, I MEAN I IT'S IT IS IN USE EVERY WEEK DURING THE SUMMER I SEE IT EVERY MORNING I'M COMING INTO CITY HALL AND IT'S BEING USED, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW THE PERFORMANCE OF IT IS THE BATTERY AND AND THE LIFE BUT YEAH.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: MY EXPERIENCE WAS TERRIBLE AND THE OTHER PROBLEM IS, IS THAT YOU KNOW WITH ALL THESE BATTERIES THAT WE'RE USING ALL THESE BATTERIES.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, WHERE DO WE DISPOSE OF THESE BATTERIES THEY'RE ALL THAT ACID AND EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THESE BATTERIES AND ALL THE LANDFILL SITES, I MEAN IT'S GOT TO BE DOING A LOT MORE DAMAGE THAN A LITTLE BIT OF GAS GASOLINE POWERED MACHINE.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S HUGE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

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GIBB KANE: NAME IS GIVE CAME ON 350 STUYVESANT AVENUE I'D LIKE TO.

GIBB KANE: COMMAND ROB ON HIS PRESENTATION TO THE ISSUES THAT WE FACE BAND COSTS FOR FROM THE MEMBER CLUB AND THEIR THEIR USE OF THE OF THEIR EQUIPMENT.

GIBB KANE: WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS IN GENERAL I'M IN FAVOR OF THE 65 DB A RULE.

GIBB KANE: I THINK THAT WE SHOULD USE THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES TO OUR ADVANTAGE AND MAKE IT PEACEFUL AND RYE 60 DECIBELS IS JUST ABOVE A CONVERSATION.

GIBB KANE: I THINK THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER EXPANDING THE THE AMOUNT OF TIME, IT COULD BE USED IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THAT LOUD AND BUT LIMITED MAYBE TO THE TO THE GARDENER'S AND THERE ARE A LOT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR A WEEK OR SO PER LOT.

GIBB KANE: THE ISSUE REALLY I HAVE IS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS HERE THEY OPERATE AS ROB SAID THE BLOWERS ALL YEAR, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A MONTH IN FEBRUARY.

GIBB KANE: WHEN THEY'RE CLOSED DOWN, THEY DON'T DO IT FOR A GRASS THEY THEY DON'T DO IT FOR LEAVES PRIMARILY IT'S USED FOR SAND AND THEY HAVE PARKING LOTS AND ROADS AND THEY START EXTREMELY EARLY IN THE MORNING, I WILL PLAY FOR YOU THIS MORNING, IF I CAN GET IT UP QUICKLY.

GIBB KANE: CLIPPING I DID.

GIBB KANE: TAKEN FROM THAT WAS TAKEN FOR AN INTERVIEW, COULD YOU HEAR THAT.

YEAH.

GIBB KANE: THAT WAS TAKEN FROM INSIDE OUR BEDROOM THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND I KNOW THAT IT'S WITHIN THE CURRENT RULES, THE RULES DON'T PERTAIN TO THESE CLUBS AND I JUST THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WRONG THEY'RE THE WORST OFFENDERS OF OF THESE.

GIBB KANE: LAWS AND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND IT SORT OF IS LIKE GIVING THE WORST OFFENDERS, YOU KNOW.

GIBB KANE: THE ABILITY TO BYPASS THE LAWS FOR NOISE SO LIKE GIVING THE OUTLAWS THE ABILITY TO HAVE GUNS HERSELF IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME WHY THESE ENTITIES WOULD BE EXEMPT AND I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT MY THREE MINUTES, THANK YOU.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KRISTEN KRISTEN DO YOU KNOW IF LARGE MONTHS LAW EXEMPTS CLUBS AND OTHER ENTITIES TO DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA I KNOW SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT, JUST IN CASE YOU DO KNOW, AND THIS IS, THIS IS A GOOD A GOOD POINT AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU KNEW.

KRISTEN WILSON: I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP MY HEAD, BUT I COULD CERTAINLY GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU AND SEND IT AROUND TO THE COUNCIL.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL THANKS.

KRISTEN WILSON: ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND, OR IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, YOU CAN PRESS STAR NINE.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU KNOW OUR HANDS RAISED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO THESE I'M I'D LIKE TO LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'D LIKE TO GIVE THIS A CHANCE TO PERCOLATE I'D LIKE TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I HESITATE TO START A DISCUSSION NOW BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S THERE'S STILL MORE WILL HERE, SO I I'D LIKE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND PUT IT OVER.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO THEM FIX EVERYTHING YEAH IT'S A GREAT IDEA I AGREE WITH YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ANY EMOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NEXT MEETING I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JUST HARKING BACK A MOMENT TO RICH MAC HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER, I LEFT OUT SOMETHING AND JULIE REMINDED ME OF IT AND IT'S REALLY VERY IMPORTANT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RICH HAS BEEN A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FOR MANY YEARS AND HE'S THAT EXPERIENCE OF HIS HAS BEEN I'M SURE HELPFUL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN IN MANY OF THE OTHER THINGS HE'S DONE FOR THE CITY, BUT CERTAINLY IN HIS WORK ON THE CITY COUNCIL THAT EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN ADDITIONALLY HELPFUL, BUT JUST DOING THAT FOR FOR THAT ALONE, WE THANK YOU.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OK, SO NOW, THE FINANCIAL UPDATE ON Q3 RESULTS.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: SO TONIGHT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE SIX QUARTER THIRD QUARTER RESULTS FOR.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: BASICALLY, GENERAL FUND.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: NOT A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST TIME I SAW YOU GUYS IN IN JULY, GOOD NEWS ACROSS THE BOARD IN TERMS OF OUR REVENUES AND.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: SOME OF OUR EXPENDITURES SO I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT WITH YOU HERE ONE THING TO KNOW AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE IS NOT GOING TO JUST BENEFIT THE CITY IN 21 BUT IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US NEXT YEAR.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: WE'RE COMING FROM A VERY IN TERMS OF OUR REVENUES WE BUDGETED VERY CONSERVATIVELY LAST YEAR, BASED ON RESULTS, THIS YEAR WE KIND OF FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING THINGS BACK TO.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: WHERE THEY USED TO BE AND SOME EVEN NEW ONES LIKE THE SALES TAX WHICH I'LL GET INTO A MINUTE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BETTER GRASP ON WHERE WE THINK THOSE NUMBERS COULD GO SO.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: WITH THAT SAID I'LL JUMP INTO SOME OF THE REVENUES AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY SHARE MY SCREEN AS WELL UM LET'S JUST PUT UP A SLIDE FOR YOU.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN USING LAST YEAR, SO IN TERMS OF KOBE COMPARISON OF.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: REVENUES VERSUS BUDGET, I THINK, NEXT YEAR, WHEN WE GET BACK TO OUR QUARTERLY PRESENTATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO DO A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON OF.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW ACTUAL IS TO ACTUALLY BUT FOR THIS PURPOSE WE KIND OF JUST GOING THE SAME DIRECTION AS WE HAD BEEN.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: SO IN THE LEFT COLUMN NEAR, WE HAVE A 21 ADOPTED BUDGETS FOR THESE REVENUES AND OUR ACTUAL THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: AGAIN SALES TAX AND USE TAX HASN'T CHANGED SINCE LAST TIME BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANOTHER PAYMENT YET.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE THIRD QUARTER SALES TAX IS UP ABOUT 18% OVER LAST YEAR, WHICH IS KIND OF APPLES TO APPLES, IT WAS AS THE PANDEMIC WAS KIND OF COMING TO AN END.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: JULY AND AUGUST SO.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: THOSE NUMBERS KIND OF ARE ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH NOT COMPARING LIKE THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC VERSUS A DIFFERENT PART OF IT, BUT SO ANYWAY 18%.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: FOR THE THIRD QUARTER IF WE ASSUMED 18% FOR THE THIRD QUARTER AND THEN ASSUME WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER WE'D BE GETTING ABOUT $700,000 OVER BUDGET COMPARED TO WHAT WE BUDGETED SO IT'S ABOUT $3.9 MILLION AND.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: AGAIN THIS IS GOING TO HELP US WHEN WE GO INTO 2022 WHEN I SEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGET NUMBER FOR SALES TAX.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: PARKING METER REVENUE GETTING WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THE PANDEMIC, SO WE LOWERED THAT BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY WE WENT FROM 430 $6,000 TO $200,000 FOR 2021.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: AS RESULTS SHOW HERE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH AT BUDGET THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER TO GO AGAIN BASING IT ON LAST YEAR'S RESULTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, WE EXPECT TO HAVE ABOUT $100,000 OVER BUDGET AND IT'S SIMILAR TO THE 90,000 I HAD SAID BACK IN JULY.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: PARKING FINES 83% EXPECT THAT NUMBER TWO IT'S YOU KNOW EXCEED BUDGET SLIGHTLY MAY CLOSE TO 400,000 FOR THE YEAR UM WE NEVER REALLY GOT WE HAD ONE FULL YEAR WE INCREASED PARKING FINES FOR THE.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: CALENDAR YEAR, SO WE SAW AN UPTAKE THAT YEAR, BUT THEN THE PANDEMIC IT AND WE REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE DATA THAN THE ONE YEAR SO WE'VE BEEN CONSERVATIVE WITH OUR BUDGET, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE FINE THEY'RE.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: MOVING VIOLATIONS ARE THROUGH AUGUST WE'RE AT $183,000 THROUGH AUGUST WE HAD A REALLY ROUGH FIRST QUARTER AS COURTS STILL WEREN'T OPEN AS TRAFFIC SORRY.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: AS TRAFFIC PICKED UP AND WE ACTUALLY GET TO HEAR SOME OF THE COURT DECISIONS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HEARD UNTIL APRIL, A LOT OF MORE MONEY STARTED ROLLING IN SO YOU FEEL THAT THIS NUMBER WILL HIT BUDGET AND PERHAPS EXCEEDED SLIGHTLY.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES IS ANOTHER TOUGH ONE UM WE BUDGETED VERY CONSERVATIVELY FOR 2020 $100,000.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: WE GOT THE SECOND QUARTER RESULTS, AND IT WAS ABOUT 25% BIGELOW PRIOR YEARS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC SO CARRYING THAT OUT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR WOULD BE LOOKING AT PROBABLY ABOUT $115,000 IN REVENUE SO IT'S STILL ABOVE BUDGET BUT DEFINITELY NOT TO WHERE IT WAS AT ONE POINT.

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JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: INTEREST INCOME IS REALLY THE ONLY HICCUP RIGHT NOW BUT THAT'S FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST US.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: WE EXPECT TO COLLECT ABOUT $50,000 LESS THAN BUDGET.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: ONE NEW ITEM WANT TO JUMP DOWN TO QUICKLY JUST KIND OF OFFSETTING THAT PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON A PROPERTY TAXES IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT $300,000 FOR 2022, WHICH IS ABOUT $100,000 MORE THAN BUDGET SO THAT WILL MORE THAN OFFSET.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: THE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN INTEREST INCOME.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: MORTGAGE TAXES, WE NOW HAVE THE FULL YEAR'S WORTH OF MORTGAGE TAX IT RUNS FROM OCTOBER THROUGH SEPTEMBER WE HAD SAID BACK IN JULY THAT WE'D BE ABOUT.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: $700,000 OVER BUDGET AND, AS YOU COULD SEE HERE, THIS IS THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS $2.4 MILLION SO THAT'S ABOUT 806,000 MORE AND WE HAD ORIGINALLY BUDGETED FOR A LOT OF DATA ON MORTGAGE TAX OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: REALLY HAVE SEEN IT.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: THERE'S BEEN A FLUCTUATES BUT IT'S REALLY GIVEN US SOME CONFIDENCE IF WE NEED TO USE THIS NUMBER AND INCREASE IT JUST TO KIND OF OFFSET SOME OF THE OTHER EXPENSES, WE HAVE THAT AS AN OPTION TO.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: BUILDING PERMIT REVENUES, AS YOU CAN SEE, BY THIS COLUMN WE ACTUALLY HIT OUR BUDGET OF $1.4 MILLION, WITH THREE MONTHS AGO, AGAIN BEING CONSERVATIVE WITH LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS IF WE STAY IN LINE WITH THEM, WE CAN EXPECT ABOUT A $400,000 SURPLUS OF REVENUES OVER BUDGET.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: STATE AID, NOTHING REALLY HAS CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO YOU, THE ONLY THING IS, WE RECEIVED THE FIRST PAYMENT, WHICH IS A 15% AMOUNT FROM THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE EACH YEAR.

[13. Consent to City Manager’s appointment of Mike Kopy to Commissioner of Public Safety.]

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: THAT NUMBER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NUMBER WE'VE RECEIVED FOR THE LAST DECADE, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY GIVE US 50% NOW AND THE OTHER HALF COMES IN DECEMBER, BUT BASED ON THAT NUMBER AND NOT HEARING ANYTHING.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: DIFFERENTLY, I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF STATE AID, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC OF $1.208 MILLION.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: ASSUMING THAT AND WE HAD BUDGETED INITIALLY DOWN 20% FROM OUR INITIAL OUR REGULAR FUNDING WE'D HAVE ABOUT $302,000 OF SURPLUS ON THAT LINE.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: SOMETHING I DIDN'T SHOW LAST TIME WAS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS WE RECEIVED THE FIRST HALF OF THE $1.6 MILLION WE'VE GOT THAT IN JULY, AND WE CAN EXPECT THE SECOND HALF NEXT JULY.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: WE'VE WE'VE FOLLOW THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK THAT WE NEED TO AT THE MOMENT.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: SPECIFIC USES OF THE FUNDS AND REPORTS ON THE PROJECTS THAT WE PLAN ON DOING IS NOT DOING NOW UNTIL APRIL OF NEXT YEAR, SO IT GIVES US PLENTY OF TIME TO DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS MONEY FOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, YOU KNOW THAT 1.6 MILLION RECEIVED HALF THIS YEAR HALF NEXT YEAR, THERE ARE RESTRICTED USES AND YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THIS WILL BE USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, NECESSARY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S CAP EXCELLENT IT.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: THERE MAY BE MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOME REGULATIONS AND YOU GOING FURTHER AND FURTHER WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW ANY OF THAT SPECIFICALLY YET.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: ONE ITEM THAT'S NOT MENTIONED HERE IS THE RECREATION PROGRAMS IT'S A NET REVENUE ITEM I'M SORRY I GOT EXPENSE ITEM WE WORKING WITH SALLY TO KIND OF KIND OF FINE TUNE SOME OF HER NUMBERS BUT WE DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING FURTHER THAN YOU KNOW THE INITIAL COST FOR RECREATION FOR 2021.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: THAT POINT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON REVENUE, IF YOU HAVE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD SAY, HAVE WE CALCULATED ANY OF THE LOSSES FROM IDAHO OR WHEN WOULD THAT HAPPEN OR HOW WOULD IT HAPPEN.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: YEAH I MEAN RIGHT NOW WE ARE KIND OF GATHERING SOME INFORMATION, MOST OF IT'S BEEN LIKE OVER TIME DP W ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLEANUP LIKE THAT WAS THE INITIAL.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: ITEM WAS THE OVERTIME, I KNOW WE'VE HAD LOSSES AT CERTAIN CITY LOCATIONS, BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING QUOTES ON FOR REPAIRS AND YOU KNOW, LAST EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE NUMBERS AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: WILL ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY GET A LOT OF REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA BUT WE NEVER KIND OF BUDGET THAT WAY OR PROJECT THAT WAY YOU KNOW WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THE EXPENSES ARE BUT WE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS WE CAN UPDATE OUR PROJECTIONS FOR 2021.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: OKAY, MOVING ON TO EXPENSE.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: AGAIN THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE WERE JUST FURTHER ALONG IN THE YEAR, THESE ARE EXPENSES THAT WE HAD HIGHLIGHTED THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE OF ISSUE LAST YEAR AND CONTINUE TO BE THIS YEAR.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: FIREFIGHTER OVER TIME, A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WE HAD INITIALLY BUDGETED FOR.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OF COURSE VACANT POSITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO KIND OF FLOW THROUGHOUT THIS IN TERMS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WILL OFFSET SOME OF THESE OVERTIME EXPENDITURES DO THE RETIREMENT AND YOU KNOW NEW FIREFIGHTERS COMING ON MAKING LESS SALARY THAN THEIR PREDECESSORS.

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JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: AGAIN POLICE OVERTIME SAME THING WE BUDGET NET REIMBURSE A NET COST OF 405,000 AT THE MOMENT WE ARE SITTING AT A $300,000 NET COST OF THE CITY SO THAT'S POSITIVE.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: RIGHT TOWN PARK INITIAL, THESE ARE THE SAME NUMBERS THAT WE HAD GIVEN YOU BACK IN JULY BUDGET 50,000 FOR OPERATIONS, THEY WERE SHOWING $120,000 LOSS.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: NO CHANGE THERE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: JUST JUST FROM ENJOY JUST TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND TO REMIND EVERYONE THESE NUMBERS 120 8000 IS REFLECTIVE OF THEIR 2020.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: OPERATIONS NOT 2021 SO WE THIS RUNS ABOUT NINE MONTHS BEHIND OUR PAYMENT RUNS ABOUT NINE MONTHS BEHIND THEIR THEIR FISCAL YEAR END, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY REFLECTIVE OF CODE YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR, WHICH ARE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY WILL BE MUCH CLOSER, IF NOT BETTER THAN THE $50,000.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: CORRECT AND YOU KNOW WE WAIT TO THE GET THEIR NUMBERS AUDITED OBVIOUSLY BY THEIR AUDITORS BEFORE THEY GO SO THAT'S GOOD NUMBER.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: AND AGAIN, THESE ARE SALARIES PAYROLL TAXES THAT ARE ACTUALLY WENT ABOVE.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: KIND OF TRENDING DOWN AGAIN DUE TO VACANT POSITIONS ACROSS THE CITY WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FILLING A LOT OF THESE POSITIONS BUT SAVINGS FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, BY NOT FILLING THESE POSITIONS WE'VE SAVED CITY ABOUT 850,000 AND SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE IS AT 64% VERSUS BUDGET AGAIN, AS I SAID LAST TIME YOU KNOW, WE HAD BUDGETED A 10% INCREASE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: AND AS YOU SEE, FOR RETIREES IT'S DOWN AS WELL IT'S ABOUT 71% OF BUDGET ACTUAL RATE FOR 2021 WHERE EMPLOYEES 3% INCREASE AND RETIREES ACTUALLY REMAINED FLAT.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: WORKERS COMPENSATION.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: WE KNOW THAT'S A REAL NUMBER, BECAUSE WE PAID WE PAID ACTUALLY IN JANUARY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SAVINGS ON THE PREMIUM.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: OVERALL NUMBER IS DOWN AND PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT $240,000 UNDER BUDGET COMPARED TO I'M SORRY COMPARED TO BUDGET SO THERE'S THERE'S REAL SAVINGS THERE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY QUANTIFY.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: LAST ITEM IS CONTINGENCY OF 350,000 ANNUALLY BUDGETED BY THE CITY, WE ARE WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $50,000 NOT ABOUT, BUT WE SPENT $3,000 ON THE MS SERVICES, SO WE HAVE $300,000 LEFT AND CONTINGENCY FOR THE YEAR.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: SO THIS POINT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL ABOUT ANYTHING I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: THANK YOU.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: THANK YOU ALRIGHT.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS JOE.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: THANK YOU STOP MY SHARE.

JOE FAZZINO CITY COMPTROLLER: HOW GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.

LIKE.

[14. Update from Westchester Power.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSENT TO THE CITY MANAGERS APPOINTMENT OF MIKE COPPI TO THE COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC SAFETY AND OF COURSE WE HAVE ALL MET MIKE AND HAVE SEEN HIS CV WITH GREG YOU MIGHT WANT TO INTRODUCE HIM TO THE PUBLIC.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SIR, GOOD EVENING.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: UNDER ARTICLE FOR OF THE CHART OR THE POSITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMISSIONER, IS REQUIRED TO BE CONSENTED BY THE COUNCIL, IT IS A HIGHER THE CITY MANAGER, IT IS THE ONLY POSITION THAT DOES HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL CONSENT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMISSION, IN THIS CASE THE MY APPOINTMENT, SUBJECT TO YOUR CONSENT, WHICH I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR IS MY COPY MIKE IS A 30 YEAR.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: MEMBER OF THE STATE POLICE RISING TO THE POSITION OF MAJOR AND TROOP COMMANDER YOU FURTHER SERVED AS THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE, AS WELL AS HEAD OF ACCREDITATION FOR THE STATE POLICE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: MIKE IS A LONGTIME VOLUNTEER FIREMAN HE WAS A PAST VOLUNTEER CHIEF OF MAMARONECK FIRE DEPARTMENT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, HE SERVED AS THE GOVERNOR'S DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH INCLUDED IN ALL EMERGENCY RESPONSES ABOUT THE STATE, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE STATE'S RESPONSES AND TEMPORARY COVERT HOSPITALS IN THE CITY.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: MIKE IS A A RESIDENT OF MAMARONECK.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: HE'S REMINDED ME SEVERAL TIMES, HE LIVES TWO AND A HALF MILES AWAY AND INTEND, ON BEING HERE CONSTANTLY.

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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIM JOIN THE CITY OF COURSE WITH WITH YOUR COLLECTIVE CONSENTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY ANY CONVERSATION REQUIRED ON THE PART OF THE COUNCIL, WE DON'T VOTE ON THIS, THIS IS THIS, THIS IS A NOD.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WOULD JUST I WOULD, IF I HAVE JUST ONE, SECOND, I WOULD JUST LIKE GREG TO.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LET EVERYBODY KNOW THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT ARE THE DIFFICULTIES IN FINDING IT FILLING THESE POSITION AND HOW THIS POSITION IS DIFFERENT FROM A REGULAR POLICE, COMMISSIONER.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SURE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: GOOD QUESTION THE THE THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND JOB REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION REQUIRES BOTH SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE IN POLICE AND FIRE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IT IS A IS A VERY UNIQUE POSITION FROM THAT STANDPOINT THAT SIMPLY HAVING SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR SOMEONE WHO JUST HAS EXPERIENCED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WOULD BE MUCH EASIER, BUT BECAUSE OF THE THE CHARTER CHANGE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WITH THE CITY AND THE CREATION OF THIS POSITION.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THIS INDIVIDUAL AND, IN THIS CASE MIKE WILL HAVE OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOTH BOTH POLICE AND FIRE FOR A DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: HE ALSO IS RESPONSIBLE, AS THE SENIOR PERSONNEL IN CHARGE OF ANY SORT OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE OR ACTION WITHIN THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, ITEM, SO IT IS A VERY, VERY UNIQUE POSITION VERY DIFFICULT TO FILL AND, IN THIS CASE WE ARE EXTRAORDINARILY FORTUNATE TO TO HAVE MIKE IN THIS ROLE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND IN HIS CASE HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN MAMARONECK.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YES, THAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT, YES, HE WAS APPOINTED BY HIM BY MAMARONECK TO PUT TOGETHER THEIR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THE NIGHT OF THE STORM AND OVERSAW ALL OPERATIONS IN THE IN THE DAYS AFTER THAT SO.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: HE HAS A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST OBVIOUSLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, BUT AT THE STATE LEVEL TREMENDOUS RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COUNTY WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK WITHIN ALBANY AND ACROSS THE STATE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO UNLESS ANYONE IS GOING TO SAY MAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK GREG YOU HAVE OUR COLLECTIVE NOD.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IF I CAN JUST ADD ONE LAST NOTE BEFORE WE MOVE ON I'M LIEUTENANT MIKE AND FEW SO IS SERVED AS THE ACTING.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMISSIONER, FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS I DON'T THINK WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED OR ASKED TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE HE REALIZED THAT SOMETHING LIKE IDA WAS AN HENRI WAS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: HE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB DURING THE LAST THREE MONTHS HE'S BEEN A REAL ASSET TO THE CITY AND I CERTAINLY.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: COLON COLLECTIVELY THINK FOR ALL OF US SHOULD THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AND AND CONTINUATION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE DO WE THINK WE WE WE THANK HIM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH HIM.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST ONE MORE THING CLARIFICATION BEFORE WE MOVE ON AND I'M SORRY JUST YOU KNOW FOR THE PUBLIC STEP, YOU KNOW INFORMATION.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HOW LONG COULD WE HAVE HAD LIEUTENANT AND FEW SO IN CHARGE, YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WELL, I MEAN AGAIN GOING BACK TO WHAT THE JOB REQUIREMENTS ARE PERSONAL SERVICE AND WITH REGARD TO THE CHARTER, IT IS WE NEEDED TO HAVE A PERMANENT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMISSIONER, AND IF YOU RECALL BACK UPON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMMISSIONER FOX RETIREMENT, I ANNOUNCED THAT WE WOULD BE ENDEAVORING TO DO A SEARCH BEGINNING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THIS MOVE VERY, VERY RAPIDLY BECAUSE OF.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: COMMISSIONER COPIOUS AVAILABILITY AND WE WERE NOT REQUIRED, THEREFORE, TO GO OUT AND DO AS AN EXTENSIVE SEARCHES, WE MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE NEEDED TO, BUT WE DID ANNOUNCED WITH WITH MIKE'S APPOINTMENT IS ACTING THAT WE WOULD BE MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO FIND A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO NOW WE HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE FROM WESTCHESTER POWER.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: OKAY.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I'M NOT SURE.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU'RE HERE OH THERE WE GO OKAY.

KRISTEN WILSON: ANYONE ELSE OTHER THAN PAUL.

[01:15:02]

PAUL PRESENDIEU: I BELIEVE IT'S JUST ME TODAY I'M DAD WAS THE DIRECTOR, THE WESTCHESTER POWER PROGRAM WILL WON'T BE ABLE TO JOIN US SO IT'S ME MYSELF, AND I WILL DEFINITELY KEEP THIS VERY EFFICIENT AND QUICK TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE RAINBOW THE AGENDA.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: AM I ALLOWED TO SHARE MY SCREEN TO ACCESS, THOUGH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

OKAY.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: ALRIGHT, SO THANK YOU EVERYONE I GUESS THE FIRST I WANT TO FIRST THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS MUNICIPAL LEADERS WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE IS PART OF OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO REACH OUT TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FULL PARTICIPANTS.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: IN THE WISHES OF OUR PROGRAM AND PROUD WHAT A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: A LOT OF THESE SLIDES ARE HIDDEN JUST, BUT YOU HAVE THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION, SO IF ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE SLIDE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPEN SHOUTED COMMUNICATION AS WE PROCEED FORWARD TO REALLY HELPED.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: WASH THE COUNTY IN THE CITY ARRIVED MEET THE THE CL CPA GOALS SO BEFORE I TALK ABOUT OUR PROGRAM FOR SOME OF OUR WISHES ASSIGNABLE WAS JUST WHO WE ARE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: WE ARE NONPROFIT CONSORTIUM OF 44 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING THE CITY RIGHT TO SUPPORT COUNTYWIDE PROGRAMMING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: AND ACCESSIBILITY ACCESSIBILITY TO LOWER ENERGY WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR PROGRAMS BEING MINUTES TO BE VETTED WITH MUNICIPAL LEADERS.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: SERVING ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FOR EXAMPLE, COUNCILMAN SARAH GODARD IS ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ALONG WITH MOTHER MUNICIPAL LEADERS.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT, AS WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WORK FOR ALL COMMUNITIES, REGARDLESS OF THEIR SOCIAL ECONOMICAL CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS HERE AT A CINEMA WATCH SO WHILE WE HAD ONLY TALK ABOUT THE WESTCHESTER POWER PROGRAM ANY OTHER PROGRAMS FOR FREE TO EMAIL ME OR X ANY QUESTIONS AND I'LL BE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: I'LL BE HAPPY TO FIND INFORMATION FOR YOU, BUT THE WAS JUST A POWER PROGRAM HELPS MUNICIPALITIES CREATE WHAT IS CALLED A COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: WHICH IS A RENEWABLE ENERGY COMMUNITY ENERGY OPTION FOR RESONANCE THAT HAVE KIND OF MEDICINE AS A DEFAULT SUPPLIER.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO PROVIDE RENEWABLE ENERGY AT A VERY AFFORDABLE PRICE BY LEVERAGING THE THOUSANDS OF RESONANCE THAT RESIDED IN THE CITY OF RYE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: WHICH RESULTS IN BETTER PRICING AS OPPOSED TO SINGLE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER LOOKING FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND THIS IS A GREAT GREAT WAY TO THE MIDDLE THE OFFSET RESIDENTIAL CARBON EMISSION OF CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON EMISSIONS.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: THROUGH ACCESS TO THE ENERGY THAT WAS JUST POWER PRO IS CURRENTLY BEING POWERED BY NEW YORK STATE HYDRO POWER WHICH IS RENEWABLE ENERGY, AND WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE THIS.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE, REGARDLESS IF YOU LIVE IN A MULTI FAMILY HOME OR, IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: BARELY INVOLVED ACTIVE IN 20 MINUTES A PALLET EASE POWERING 115,000 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: 29 IS COMING VERY, VERY SOON TO THE CITY OF YONKERS WHICH WILL GIVE US THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN IN NEW YORK AND HAVE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BE HOME TO THE LARGEST MINUTES OF ALL PARTICIPATE IN THE WEST IN WITH THE COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGRAVATION PROGRAM.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: IT'S A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTS IMPACT FULLY FROM THE WISHES OF OUR PROGRAMS, SO FAR WE HAVE OFFSET IT OVER 770 5000 METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENCY OF TAKING 160,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD IN THE COUNTY FOR.

[15. Residents may be heard on matters for Council consideration that do not appear on the agenda.]

PAUL PRESENDIEU: FOR ONE YEAR OR THE PLANTING OF 12.8 MILLION TREE SEE LINKS WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, BECAUSE THAT IS YOU HAVE OFFSET OR 26,486 87,000.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: METRIC TONS OF CO2, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENCY OF TAKING 5750 CARS OFF THE ROAD WITHIN WITHIN THE CITY ARRIVED FOR ONE YEAR OR THE PLANNING OF FOR ORIGIN 37,040 TREE CEILINGS.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: IN IRAN, WITHIN THE SPAN OF 10 YEARS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ONE METRIC TON IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 2,204.6 POUNDS SO REALLY SHOWS ARE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: A WEIGHT OF CARBON DIOXIDE THAT HAS BEEN TAKING OUT OF THE AIR MITIGATED, WHICH IS VERY GOOD FOR OUR LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM GOALS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR PRICING, WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS WITHIN TWO RATES WITHIN WAS JUST A POWER ON PROGRAM WE HAVE 100% RENEWABLE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: ENERGY RATE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS NEW YORK STATE HYDROPOWER IS RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: AND THEN WE HAVE THE STANDARD SUPPLY OPTION, WHICH IS ABOUT ROUGHLY ABOUT 20% WHEN ALL THE ENERGY AND THE REST IS KIND OF A MIXED SUPPLY OF SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD GET FROM YOUR DEFAULT SUPPLIER FROM KNESSET.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: THE OUR OUR OUR PRICING WITHIN WHICH IS POWER IS FIXED RATES.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: DURING CONTRACTUAL PERIODS OUR CURRENT CONTRACT ENDS IN JULY OF 2022 WHICH MEANS RAISES OR X ARE ACCESSING WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT ENERGY FOR SEVERAL POINTS FOR ONE CENTS PER KILOWATT SMALLER.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ABLE TO ACCESS WENT OVER ENERGY FOR 7.1 CENTS PER KILOWATT AND OUR CENTER SUPPLY OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS AT 6.75 CENTS PER KILOWATT OR SMALL SMALL BUSINESSES SO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES FOR 6.45 CENTS PER KILOWATT.

[01:20:15]

PAUL PRESENDIEU: WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE BEST PRICING FOR OUR MINUTES PARTNERS DO A REVERSE AUCTION WE HOLD THIS COMPLETELY ONLINE AND THOSE YOU A US BUSINESS LEADERS CAN PARTICIPATE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: TO SIT IN ON THIS, WE ARE, WE INVITE ENERGY SUPPLY COMPANIES ESKIMOS TO COME TO US AND BE ABLE TO CALL UPON YOUR COMPETITIVE NATURE TO GAIN THOUSANDS OF CONTRACTS AND ALL IN ONE SITTING BY.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: HAVING THEM BIT AGAINST EACH OTHER AND IT'S A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE AND IT ALLOWS US TO REALLY GAIN THE BEST.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: REALLY TAKE OUT THE BEST 10TH OF A CENT FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE FINANCES OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL THUS FAR AND ALLOWING PEOPLE ETHICAL SUPPLIERS TO REALLY TRANSCEND THE GEOGRAPHIC BARRIERS OF BEING WE GO TO YOU IN PERSON HOLDING A PADDLE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: AND AND REALLY SHOWING THAT, ON THIS PROGRAM IT WORKS, BECAUSE IF THESE ESCALATIONS APPLY COPIES ONE AGAIN THE CONTRACTS HAVE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS IN ONE SITTING.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: TO KIND OF SAVE THEMSELVES HAVING A REVERSE FIELD OPERATION THAT WILL HAVE THEM BY KNOCKING ON YOUR DOORS LIKE A LIFE INSURANCE SALESMAN.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRICING OF THE WASHES THE POWER PROGRAM COMPARISONS OF KINDNESS GENERATES.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: THE RED LINE IS THE 1% RULE WHY OPTIONS WITH YELLOW AS A STANDARD OPTION WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING ABLE TO SAY THAT OUR PRICING IS COMPETITIVE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: TO KIND OF DISTANCE PRICE IT WITHOUT PROMISING TO BEAT FINANCE RATE BUT HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE THE INCARNATE SON IS RATE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: GOING INTO 2019 AND 2020 WHEN WE SAW THE DROP IN GAS AND OIL PRICES, IF ANY OF YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION TO NEWS, THOSE ARE MOMENTS, WHERE YOU ACTUALLY GETTING.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: PAID TO TAKE GET BARRELS OF OIL AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY A LOT OF VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE GOING TO GAS STATIONS WITH CONTAINERS AND BUCKETS FOR GASOLINE AT IT THAT'S HOW LOW GAS WAS AND YOU SEE A SIMILAR TREND.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: FOR SMALL COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, BUT WHAT I'M PROUD TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT WE ARE SEEING SO FAR IN 2021.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: A STRAW RECOVERY IN TERMS OF OUR PRICING, WITH THE PRICE OF OFFERING BY KINDNESS AND THIS IS KIND OF US AS DEFAULT RATE AND SO THAT MEANS THERE ARE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: WORDS THAT RENEWAL RATE IS VERY COMPETITIVE TO WHAT PEOPLE WILL BE PAYING FOR STANDARD OPTION FROM KINDNESS AND AS A DEFAULT SUPPLIER.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: SILVER LINING IS OUR 7.41 CENTS PER KILOWATT RATE IS LOCKED IN UNTIL JUNE 2022 AND IT'S BETTER THAN ANYTHING YOU WOULD SEE IF YOU'RE GOING TO NEW YORK STATE POWER TO CHOOSE WEBSITE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: SO IT SHOWS THAT THAT THIS PROGRAM WORKS, ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER RESULTS IN BETTER PRICING FOR THE MORE ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT DO WANT TO SUPPORT OUR WAYS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE ON A MINUTE SCHOOL AND COUNTY LEVEL.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: THIS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR PRICING BRACKETS ARE BEHIND PRICING.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: OUT OF BRACKETS ARE AHEAD OF PRICING, SO, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE RECONNAISSANCE PRICING.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: BUT NOT BEATING IT AND, AS YOU CAN SEE, HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE KEEPING UP WITH KIND OF DISTANCE RIGHT, BUT SO FAR WITH OUR THIRD CONTRACTUAL PERIOD DO PRICING, ALL THE WAY TO.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: ALL THE WAY TO THE MONTH OF MAY, WE HAVE BEEN ONLY BEHIND RESIDENCE WHEN THERE WAS JUST A POWER PROGRAM FOR THEIR INTERESTS THAT ROBOT OPTION ARE PAYING.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: $3 AND 91 CENTS MORE PER MONTH TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY OFFSET THE RESIDENTIAL CARBON EMISSIONS AND SHE CONSUMPTIONS YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY HEY IT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR FOR ME.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO, HOW MUCH YOU WILLING TO PAY TO HELP OFFSET AND HELP THE C RY.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: ME, CLIMATE CHANGE, THIS IS ABOUT TO STARBUCKS COFFEES MAYBE ONE IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AT STARBUCKS IT'S REALLY PUTTING THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE BUT WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THESE NUMBERS WILL BE.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: COMING WILL BE ABLE TO BE BETTER, AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A STRONG PERFORMANCE CLOSING OUT THE YEAR 2021.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: SIMILAR CHART AND BREAK DOWN FOR ON COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS, THE RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTS IS THIS AVERAGE ACCOUNT IN RISE FOR THE WORST POWER PROGRAM USES ABOUT 161 KILOWATTS PER MONTH AND AS COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT USES FORTUNE 346 KILOWATTS PROMOTERS OF CRISPIN.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: WAS JUST A POWER IS THE FOUNDATION FOR OTHER INITIATIVES WILL SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY SOLAR VERY, VERY POPULAR PROGRAM AND ALLOWS ALL PARTS OR ANY PARTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL OH, I THOUGHT YOU, YOU PROMISED US FIVE MINUTES.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: OH, SO I GUESS I'LL GO THROUGH, THEN I THINK THAT'S ABOUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT WE'RE AT WE'RE AT WE'RE AT 10.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: OH REALLY OKAY, I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT IT THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TIME FLIES WHEN WE'RE ALL HAVING FUN AND.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: YES, YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A TERRIFIC JOB.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT BECAUSE I THINK JUST LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SOLID BILLING AND THAT'S ABOUT IT FROM SOMEWHERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: YEAH IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW WE SEND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE NUMBERS OUT TO YOU TO FULFILL OUR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANKS AGAIN SORRY.

PAUL PRESENDIEU: THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE IT'S.

ALL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD ON MATTERS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.

[01:25:05]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND AGAIN, WE, WE HAVE A THREE MINUTE CONVENTION, AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK THEM IF ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL IS READY TO ANSWER THEM, THEY WILL AFTER YOU CONCLUDE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YOUR SPEAKING AND ASKING AND PEOPLE CAN GO AROUND A SECOND TIME IF WE'RE NOT OVERWHELMED.

KRISTEN WILSON: BARBARA YOU'RE UP.

KRISTEN WILSON: BARBARA.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU'RE ON MUTE BARBARA.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO ON MUTE.

KRISTEN WILSON: MAYBE MAYBE WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT PERSON AND COME BACK TO BARBARA.

BOB ZAHM: THANK YOU, I HEARD WELL WHAT QUESTIONS FOR MEETING FROM TWO WEEKS AGO, THE SIDEWALK HAS NOW BEEN PAVED ALONG THEODORE FRIEND AND I WOULD APPRECIATE AND WITH UNFORTUNATELY THE.

BOB ZAHM: OLD UTILITY POLE STILL BEING WORKED THERE, SO MAKING THE PATH TREACHEROUS MY QUESTION IS WHAT'S COME OF THE CITY MANAGER HAVING LOOKED INTO THAT.

[16. Authorization for CityManager to enter into an Inter-municipal Agreement with Westchester County for providing a Positive Youth Development Program for 2021.]

BOB ZAHM: SITUATION AND TRYING TO GET THE OLD POLL REMOVED, THANK YOU.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BOB I HAD TWO OTHER POLLS REMOVED IN THE LAST 10 DAYS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE POLE, IN PARTICULAR, I WILL DO MY BEST TO HAVE THAT ADDRESSED.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AS QUICKLY AS I CAN, BUT WE DID HAVE A MULTIPLE POLLS AND WE'VE HAD TO I AM AWARE OF IN THE MIDDLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED.

BOB ZAHM: BUT I THINK YOU.

SUKI VAN DIJK: HI HOW YOU DOING I'M SO MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF HEALTHY TREES AT RYAN GOLF CLUB.

SUKI VAN DIJK: AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PETITION DELIVERED WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF SIGNATURES FROM PEOPLE I KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS ALL OVER TOWN.

SUKI VAN DIJK: AND AS FAR AS I'VE HEARD THE CITY COUNCIL'S POSITION IS THAT RIGHT GOLF IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, AND SO THEY CAN TAKE DOWN AS MANY TREES, AS THEY WANT WITHOUT HAVING TO GET YOUR PERMISSION, BUT IN LIGHT, ESPECIALLY OF JOSH SAYING AT THE BEGINNING OF TONIGHT'S MEETING THAT FLOODING.

SUKI VAN DIJK: REMAINS AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST.

SUKI VAN DIJK: THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GONNA LET RYAN GOLF TAKE DOWN OVER 125 TREE IS WITH NO REVIEW NO PUBLIC INPUT AND AND 125 PLUS HEALTHY TREES.

[17. Bid rejection for Rye Golf Club 2021 Fairway Drainage Project.]

SUKI VAN DIJK: HONESTLY, JUST MAKES NO SENSE AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WILL RESPOND TO THE CITY OUTCRY ABOUT THIS AND STOP RIGHT GOLF FROM DOING THIS, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: JOSEPH DONLEY.

JOSEPH DONLEY: THANK YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME.

YEAH YEAH.

JOSEPH DONLEY: I LIVE ON ALLENDALE DR JASON TO RIDE GOLF AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CITY AND IN PARTICULAR THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RYE GOLF PROPRIETARY FUN WHICH.

JOSEPH DONLEY: MR USURY AND AND THE GENERAL MANAGER WERE KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE WITH US, AND ALTHOUGH I HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF.

JOSEPH DONLEY: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC CORPORATIONS I'M NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH ACCOUNTING IN THE CONTEXT OF MUNICIPALITY SO I'M HOPING PERHAPS MR USER HE CAN HELP ME TO THE FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT THE TERM TOTAL NET POSITION WHEN I LOOK AT THE.

JOSEPH DONLEY: ANNUAL REPORT IT INDICATES THAT.

JOSEPH DONLEY: RY GOLF'S TOTAL NET POSITION DECREASED AS OF THE END OF 2020 BY ONE POINT, APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION IS THAT ROUGHLY THE EQUIVALENT OF SHAREHOLDER EQUITY IN A PUBLIC CORPORATION CONTEXT.

[18. Consideration to change the Budget Workshop dates from November 16th and 22nd to Monday, November 8th and Monday, November 15th]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WELL, MR DONNELLY I'M NOT UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT A I'M NOT A FAST BE ACCOUNTING.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BUT I THINK THAT THE THE BAT, AND THIS IS PROBABLY BETTER DONE OR EASILY DONE FOR YOUR QUESTIONS WITH YOU ME AND JIM.

[01:30:01]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I KNOW THAT YOU REACHED OUT AND ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION ON THE FINANCIALS AND THAT JIM WAS PUTTING TOGETHER SOME MORE ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: FOR YOU, I KNOW HE'S ON VACATION THIS WEEK I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT STANDS I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THEM, BUT IF YOU WANT TO DIG INTO THE FINANCIALS I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO TO GET WITH HIM THE COMPTROLLER WHOEVER YOU'D LIKE AND WE CAN TRY TO ANSWER YOUR YOUR YOUR QUESTIONS.

JOSEPH DONLEY: ALL RIGHT, FINE I WILL I WILL I WILL TAKE YOUR SUGGESTION AND FOLLOW UP WITH SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO THAT GROUP, THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: THERE'S ANYONE ELSE, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL PEOPLE JOSH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BEN IS IF HE WOULD I, I THINK THAT THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GOLF CLUB HAS A.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: POSITION ON THE HUNDRED 20 TREES THAT YOU MIGHT SHARE.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SURE, I MEAN, I THINK YOU KNOW JUST FIRST AND FOREMOST IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW NOTHING HAS COME TO THE COUNCIL, YET THIS CLUB IS STILL FORMULATING ITS PLAN.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE WILL BE YOU KNOW REVIEWING EVERYTHING AND APPROVING EVERYTHING ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH IT, BUT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET SO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND YOU KNOW IT WILL BE A FULL OPEN PROCESS AS TO THE TREES, THEY THE CLUB, IS COMMITTED TO REPLACING ALL THE TREES THAT THEY TAKE DOWN DURING THE FOUR OR FIVE SIX RENOVATION PROJECT SO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S REALLY, ALL I CAN SAY AT THIS POINT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THEY'VE COMMITTED TO DOING IT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I THINK THAT THEY THE OTHER THING TO NOTE THAT INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER AND I CAN'T TELL YOU THE THE SPECIFICS, BUT WE, THE CLUB HAD AN ARBORIST COME IN A FEW YEARS AGO.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND REVIEW ALL THE TREES ON THE COURSE AS IT RELATED TO DISEASE AS WE'RE LOCATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: PRUNING AND THE LIKES AND ARE BASED UPON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE IS CONTINUED TO BE PRUNING AND A LIMITED NUMBER OF TREES BEING TAKEN DOWN SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE, AGAIN I CAN'T TELL YOU OUT OF THE NUMBER THAN INCITED.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WHAT'S GOING TO BE RELATED TO THE RENOVATIONS VERSUS ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGES VERSUS NORMAL PRUNING BUT BUT BUT IT'S IT'S THERE'S NOT A CLEAR CUTTING GOING ON ON THE GOLF COURSE.

[19. Adjourn until November 3, 2020 the public hearing for consideration of a petition from The Miriam Osborn Memorial Home to amend the text of the City of Rye Zoning Code Association to create new use and development standards for “Senior Living Facilities” in the R-2 Zoning District.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO NOW WE HAVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR.

[20. CONSENT AGENDA]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SO, FOR THE COUNCIL, THIS IS A AN ANNUAL AGREEMENT THAT WE ENTER INTO AN IMA WITH THE COUNTY IT IS FOR THE STATED PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IT TOTALS A LITTLE OVER $3,000 ANNUALLY, AND IT IS USED AS PART OF OUR BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR THE THE RYAN YOUTH COUNCIL THAT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AS PART OF OUR CITY BUDGET WE PAY FOR A PORTION OF THEIR OPERATIONS EVERY YEAR AND THAT'S THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT AMOUNT JUST SIMPLY BE THE AUTHORIZATION ME TO ENTER INTO THE AGREEMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE EMOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY ROLL CALL, I IMAGINE, YES PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.