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IS 12:00. LET'S GO. GET GOING. WE HAVE A LOT OF DOCKETS IN FRONT OF US. JUST TO FOREWARN, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A SPRINT TODAY. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A MARATHON. THERE ARE A LOT OF DOCKETS, A LOT OF DISCUSSION. I'M HOPING FROM THIS COMMITTEE AND IT'S GOOD WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS HERE FROM LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS WHO WILL BASICALLY COME OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT COUNTY GOVERNMENT DOES AND, AND WHAT WE DECIDE AND SOME OF THE DIALOG. ALL RIGHT, TIM, GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT TO CRACK THE WHIP. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET GOING. WAYS AND MEANS AGAIN,
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A LOT OF DOCKETS. AND ACTUALLY IN COMMITTEES THIS PAST THURSDAY THAT MOST OF THESE DOCKETS WENT THROUGH. THERE WAS A LOT OF JUMPING AROUND AND SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THROUGH SOME OF THESE DOCKETS. THE FIRST DOCKET FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS 2024 0856.I AM GOING TO SAVE THAT FOR LAS. AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY I'M GOING TO SAVE THAT FOR LAST, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO REQUEST THIS COMMITTEE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OFF ON THAT. ALL RIGHT, MIKE. THAT'S A FINE IDEA, RICK. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT. MIKE. YOU GIVE ME A DIRTY LOOK. I'M SMILING. IT'S ALL GOOD. OKAY? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. OKAY. LET'S GO. 2020 409 32 FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE, IT IS APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT AMENDMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES TO ADMINISTER THE 2024 TORNADO RELIEF FUNDING. OF A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ADDITIONAL MONEY IS COMING FROM A CONTINGENT ACCOUNT TO OTHER EXPENSES, AND AS AS IT SAYS IN COMMUNICATION, IT'S FOR ELECTRICAL HOOKUPS, SECURING HOMES, RELOCATION REPAIRS, TREE REMOVAL, DUMPSTER REMOVAL, RENTAL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS, THIS RESOLUTION FOR A DIFFERENT ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN IN ROME. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES NEXT WOULD BE 2024 0946. COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE AGAIN APPROVAL TO PURCHASE MOHAWK GLEN GOLF CLUB IN THE CITY OF ROME AND APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT H ER 085 GRIFFITHS AIRFIELD TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS WAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, OBVIOUSLY. HI, STEVE. HELLO.
OKAY, PART OF THIS IS ALSO TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE FAST NEW YORK PROGRAM GRANT, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY NOT PART OF THIS PARTICULAR CAPITAL PROJECT. AND THIS WOULD BE A 10% MATCH FROM ONEIDA COUNTY. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NUMBER THREE, THIS IS ANOTHER EXPEDITED. THE TWO PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS WERE EXPEDITED. DID NOT GO THROUGH A COMMITTEE. THIS IS SOIL AND WATER. ZERO 862 APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT MODIFICATION FORM RELATED TO A GRANT AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN, EXPEDITED. WE DIDN'T SEND THIS THROUGH COMMITTEES. SO DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS THREE COUNTIES ONEIDA, FULTON, SCHOHARIE. INTERESTING ENOUGH TO PROPOSE DATE FOR THIS IS FIVE 116 TO 430 2021. AND THE MAIN LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE IS THERE'S NOT A MANDATE FOR M W B WHICH IS MINORITY WOMAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? NO QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NEXT WE MOVE ON TO 0558. APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, ROME HOUSING AUTHORITY AND MOHAWK VALLEY HOUSING AND
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HOMELESS COALITION. CONTINUUM OF CARE, NEW YORK, 518. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. THIS IS FOR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS BETWEEN 18 AND 24 THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AT RISK TO BE HOMELESS. AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? NO QUESTIONS.LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NEXT 0312 APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE HOUSE OF GOOD SHEPHERD. FIVE YEAR CONTRACT 21 TO 26. INCREASE. FROM 15 MILLION TO 90 MILLION. IT IS 30%. COUNTY FUNDED 36.5.
FEDERAL 33.5 STATE. AND FOR 2023 WE PAID 16.5 MILLION FOR THIS SERVICE. INSTITUTIONAL FOSTER CARE PINS. THESE RATES ARE DETERMINED BY NEW YORK STATE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? 03040 WE. 030 4 OR 0 303 OKAY, LET'S GO TO THIS. 10303 WILL BE SIMILAR, BUT THAT ONE WILL BE FOR ROME. THIS ONE IS UTICA.
PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE CITY OF UTICA. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT CODES DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT INSPECTING HOTELS AND PREMISES FOR PEOPLE THAT WE PAY VOUCHERS FOR, SO THEY'RE NOT HOMELESS. COUNTY PAYS JUST ABOUT 41% ON THIS $564,000. ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S CALL A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? LET'S GO TO O 567 AGAIN. THESE THESE PARTICULAR RESOLUTIONS HAVE ALL GONE THROUGH COMMITTEE AND HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN VETTED. 0567 APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE NORTH UTICA SENIOR CITIZENS RECREATION CENTER. FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT. JUST OVER $2 MILLION AND IT'S 25% COUNTY FUNDED FOR PROGRAM COORDINATION.
CAREGIVERS, FISCAL INVENTORY SERVICES. YOU KNOW, WE HEARD ABOUT THIS LAST THURSDAY IN COMMITTEE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? LET'S CALL THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. OPPOSED? 0296 APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE OF SERVICES. AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND STEUBEN COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. AGAIN, SOCIAL SERVICES WENT THROUGH ONE YEAR CONTRACT OF OVER $293,000 FOR ONE RESERVED BED, NON SECURED. TYPICALLY THIS WOULD BE A YOUTH PINS PETITION OR G J D JUVENILE DELINQUENT LOCAL SHARE IS 51%. SO THIS CAUSED QUITE A BIT FOR ONE BED THE COST PER DAY IS 655.
AND IF WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL BED, THE RESOLUTION INDICATED IT WOULD BE. $855. I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ON THAT WITHIN THE COMMITTEE, EVERYBODY'S HAPPY WITH THAT. WELL, WE GOT TO DO IT. IT'S MANDATED. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE PRICE FOR WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS ABOUT IT. YEAH, WELL, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S NEEDED. IT'S MANDATED. WE GOT TO PAY IT. IT JUST WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD THESE SERVICES WITHIN THE COUNTY TO SAVE TAXPAYERS SOME MONEY. AND STILL ACHIEVE AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE MANDATE. BUT SINCE THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. 0578 APPROVAL OF A PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LEGAL AND AID, SOCIETY OF MID NEW YORK, INC. QUESTIONS ON THIS WENT THROUGH COMMITTEE 10% LOCAL SHARE FOR 60 YEAR OLDS AND
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ABOVE FOR SERVICES FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED 0303 PERSONS OF SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE CITY OF ROME. THIS MIRRORS, EXCEPT WITH THE COSTS, WHAT WE JUST DID ON 0304. WE HAD CODES COME IN AND CHECK TO WHERE WE'RE SENDING HOMELESS OR TEMPORARY HOMELESS AND MAKE SURE THESE MOTELS AND RESIDENTS ARE UP TO SNUFF. THE AMOUNT IS LESS. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE ON THIS. NO QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ISN'T THAT ALSO INSPECTING DWELLING UNITS FOR COUNTY ASSISTANCE? I BELIEVE IT IS. IS SOCIAL SERVICE TO GIVE US MAYBE A MORE SPECIFIC QUESTION. QUESTION? COLLEEN, THIS IS NOT JUST FOR HOMELESS INSPECTIONS. THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVING SOCIAL SERVICE BENEFITS AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND REGULAR APARTMENTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN FOR A WHILE.THERE IS AN INSPECTION THAT GOES ON WITH THIS, RIGHT? OKAY. SO SORRY. IS IT ON THE UTICA? 0304? YEAH, IT IS. IT HAS TO BE VOLUNTARY. SO YOU CAN'T FORCE INSPECTIONS. THAT WAS SOMETHING WE KIND OF GOT IN TROUBLE FOR MANY YEARS AGO. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OFFER. SO THAT IF TWO TWO WAYS, ONE IS IF ONE OF THE PEOPLE WE HELP ASKS FOR IT, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT AND WE CAN WORK WITH THEM. BUT CODES WOULD PROBABLY DO THAT ANYWAYS WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH SOMEONE REQUESTING IT. BUT THE OTHER WAY IT HELPS US IS CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. SOMETIMES OUR NEGLECT OR WHATEVER OR HOUSING CONDITIONS AND SO ON. THOSE ONES ARE TEAMING UP WITH US. AND THE OTHER THING IS IT'S ALSO TRAINING IN THERE BECAUSE THERE TO TRAIN OUR WORKERS WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN YOU GO IN A HOME, LIKE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LOOK FOR TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD MAKE A CODE REFERRALS. SO IT'S THERE'S A FEW THINGS IN THERE OTHER THAN JUST THE HOTEL AND SHELTERS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GREAT LINE OF QUESTIONING. THANKS, TIM. APPRECIATE IT. LET'S CALL THE VOTE ON THIS. 0303 ANY ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. SO LET'S VOTE ON IT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OH 867 COMING FROM DAN AND PUBLIC HEALTH DOCTOR GILMORE, APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HEALTH RESEARCH, INC.
IS FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. DAN, IF I MISSTATE ANYTHING, PLEASE CORRECT ME. IT'S AGAIN FOR PREPAREDNESS. ONE YEAR, A LITTLE OVER 1.1 MILLION COMMUNICATIONS. IT WAS PAGE 27 THROUGH 29 QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. IS DAN HERE? IS ANYBODY HERE TOO? HI, DAN. I KIND OF READ THE RESOLUTION. I HEARD SOME OF THE DISCUSSION. HONESTLY, I WASN'T CLEAR ABOUT THIS. IS THIS A GRANT THAT'S GOING TO BE FEDERALLY REIMBURSABLE? WELL, IT'S FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT GO THROUGH THE STATE. THE STATE REIMBURSABLE. YES, 100%. WELL, 100%. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. IS THERE ANY COUNTY SHARE SPONSORSHIP OR IS THIS ALL C YEAH. THE RESOLUTION AND IT SAID 100% FEDERAL FEDERAL GRANT REIMBURSABLE I UNDERSTAND IT GOES TO THE STATE BUT I WAS WONDERING ANY SPONSORSHIP. ARE WE ON THE HOOK FOR ANY OF THIS AT ALL. WELL LET ME BACK UP A BIT. YEAH. GO AHEAD. SURE. SO WITH THE $1 MILLION THAT WE DON'T RECEIVE THAT PARTICULAR MONEY, THAT'S THAT'S LIKE WITH THE HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE GRANTS. THOSE ARE DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOCATED TO THE COUNTIES.
BUT THE TAKE A MILLION OFF THAT IT'S I DON'T HAVE THE CONTRACT IN FRONT OF ME. BUT BUT THERE IT TELLS YOU THE AMOUNT WE RECEIVE AND THAT FUNDS THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM FOR SALARIES AND SUPPLIES. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE SALARIES THAT THAT DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL THAT ACTUALLY HAS THAT WE MAY AS A COUNTY PUT IN A FEW DOLLARS FOR, FOR SALARY.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY, JUST SO I'M CLEAR AGAIN, READING THE COMMUNICATION, THE RESOLUTION, THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL COMMENCE ON JULY FIRST, 2024 REMAIN IN EFFECT
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THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025. TOTAL AGREEMENT AMOUNT IS 1.1271.1 27,716, WHICH CONSISTS OF MAXIMUM REIMBURSABLE, REIMBURSABLE AMOUNT OF $77,716. THAT'S WHY I WAS CONFUSED BY THE AMOUNT AND WHAT WAS GOING TO BE REIMBURSED. SO YOU'RE SAYING THE TOTAL PACKAGE IS THE 1.127? YES.THEY STARTED DOING THAT DURING THE COVID ERA TO MAKE ADDITIONAL MONEY AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTIES WITHOUT THE STATE HAVING TO WRITE ANOTHER CONTRACT. HOWEVER, WE ONLY RECEIVE WE RECEIVE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THAT, ABOUT A MILLION LESS. AND FOR US TO OBTAIN THAT MONEY IF WE WANTED TO IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE WAS ANOTHER EMERGENCY, WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR THE COUNTY TO TAKE THAT MONEY IN. SO THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS. THANKS. I APPRECIATE YOUR EXPLANATION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE 0867 FROM PUBLIC HEALTH. CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OPPOSED? NEXT ONE AGAIN FROM FROM PUBLIC HEALTH. AND DAN, THIS IS 0851 APPROVAL OF GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THIS IS STEM THE TIDE OF TOBACCO FOR YOUTH. $407,750.80 $1,550 PER YEAR. PAID TO A LOT OF IT'S PAID TO THE SHERIFF. DAN, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? BECAUSE I DO HAVE A QUESTION. IT MAKES REFERENCE TO VAPING, SMOKING. SO ANY MARIJUANA, WHERE'S THE INCLUSION OF MARIJUANA AND TRY TO NOT ENCOURAGE OR IMPEDE OUR YOUTH FROM SMOKING POT? WHY ISN'T THAT PART OF THIS? THOSE FUNDS ARE FOR THE PROGRAM. OKAY? MARIJUANA OR CANNABIS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM. IT'S NOT. OR ARE WE GOING TO GET A SUPPLEMENTAL DOWN THE ROAD TRYING TO FEND OFF THE TIDE OF, OF YOUTH SMOKING MARIJUANA? DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? I'M NOT AWARE OF IT. WITH THE PROGRAM, TO BE HONEST.
AND FOR MONEY COMING FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I'VE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. DO YOU THINK THAT'S DISAPPOINTING? IT IS, YES. BUT I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED.
YEAH. THEY HAVE A HIERARCHY OF WHAT'S RELEVANT AND GOOD. IT SEEMS LIKE OBVIOUSLY TOBACCO THERE'S HARMS AND THERE'S ISSUES THERE. BUT I'M JUST SURPRISED WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FUNDING. AND THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS THAT WITH THE OTTAWA PROGRAM, THEY INCLUDED VAPES INTO THAT PROGRAM WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING. YEA. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, DAN. OH, GO AHEAD. YEAH I'D LIKE TO ASK DAN, DO YOU WHEN THIS GOES INTO EFFECT, HAVE YOU HAD ANY MEETINGS WITH THE SHERIFF WHO'S HERE ABOUT LIKE UTILIZING THEM OR IT WOULD JUST BE STANDARD PROTOCOLS IN TERMS OF THE WAY SOMETHING IS INVESTIGATED. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE TUPA PROGRAM NOW OR THE CANNABIS PROGRAM? THE CANNABIS PROGRAM? OH, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU FIND THINGS THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL DUE PROPRIETY, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT. AND WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFF AND I HAVE SPOKE, SPOKEN DIRECTLY ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS THE LOCATION OF THE FACILITY AND BASICALLY AND TWO IS THE SAFETY OF THE INSPECTORS. SO WE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY ON THAT. YEAH. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHAT THE LAW IS, IS WHAT IT IS. AND YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO THAT, AND I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT. BUT I GUESS IF THERE'S A MISTAKE THEN SOMEONE'S GOING TO CLAIM CIVIL RIGHTS OR WHATEVER. I GUESS YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ALL THE WAY NAVIGATING THIS. I THINK. AND SO IT BECOMES VERY DELICATE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LEGAL IN SOME LOCATIONS AND NOT IN OTHERS. AND I GUESS, YEAH, WELL, THIS WOULD ONLY BE FOR THE NON-LICENSED FACILITIES, RIGHT? RIGHT. THE LICENSED FACILITIES, YOU WOULD KNOW ABOUT THEM AND THAT WOULD BE OKAY. YES. THEY'RE PUBLISHED BY THE STATE. WE RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS ON WHAT THE LICENSED FACILITIES ARE IN THE COUNTY. WELL, THAT'S THAT MAKES US MUCH SAFE ZONE, I GUESS IN THAT RESPECT THEY MIGHT HAVE A FRONT FOR SOMETHING ELSE. AND THEN IN THE BACK ROOM, THEY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON. VERY GOOD DAN. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. JUST TO REITERATE WITH COMMUNICATIONS, THE MONEY FOR THIS, THE 81,550 SHERIFF, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. YOU'RE
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GETTING THAT MONEY FOR STAFFING AND FOR ENFORCEMENT. CORRECT. WHICH GRANT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THE TOBACCO ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. THAT'S MONEY COMES DIRECTLY TO YOU. AND YES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEMBER OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BOARD MEMBER WHO GOES ALONG WITH SOMEONE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 TO DO THE PURCHASES, STORAGE. YEAH, WE ARE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROVIDES THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH $40,000 A YEAR FOR THAT TO COVER THEIR COSTS. SO YOU DON'T GET 81,550, DO YOU GET 881,550. WE GET 40,000 TWICE. NO, 20,000 TWICE A YEAR. 3000 TWICE. I'M SORRY, ANOTHER 41,000 THAT COVERS HEALTH DEPARTMENT COSTS. HEALTH DEPARTMENT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. HEY, CHRIS, YOU HEAR THAT? I DON'T LIKE ANY OF THIS. THEY GOT DOGS AND CIGARETTES.ARE THEY GOING INTO THE EIGHT YEAR OLD? ARE THEY GOING INTO THE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE 21 GOING DOWN? THE MINORS THAT GO IN ARE AT LEAST 16, BUT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE, THE SMOKING AGE, THERE'S MORE 18 YEAR OLDS AND 18 TO 20 YEAR OLDS GOING IN.
WELCOME. YES. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY. THAT WAS 0851. MIKE, HOW ARE WE DOING? WE'RE DOING OKAY. HEALTH. DAN, WE'RE STILL WITH YOU, RIGHT? THIS IS A MANDATE OF 0749. APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK, INC. LOOKS LIKE FOUR YEAR CONTRACT 36%. STATE 64%. COUNTY FUNDED NOT TO EXCEED 120,000. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S STD TESTING AND TREATMENT. HEALTH SERVICES. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NEXT WE GO TO COUNTY ATTORNEY APPROVAL AND AMENDMENT TO AN AGREEMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND STEPHEN W HAGGIS, ESQUIRE.
COMMITTEE NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? BOARD OF ELECTIONS 0757. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT JOB. THIS PAST ELECTION, NICOLE. AND SARAH. GOOD JOB. A FEW GLITCHES, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS RAN SMOOTHLY AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE COMMEND YOU, YOUR OFFICE AND YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU ALL RIGHT. 0757 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $165,192 TO OTHER MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES BOARD OF ELECTION FOR ELECTRONIC POLL PADS. AND THIS IS STATE AID FUNDED 100% QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. GO AHEAD. SO THE OTHER NIGHT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WE'RE MISSING YOUR PRESENCE BECAUSE YOU WERE QUITE BUSY. BUT A COUPLE QUESTIONS AROSE OUT OF GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENTAL FOR MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. PART OF THE QUESTION WAS, AS OUR EQUIPMENT BECOMES MORE TECHNOLOGY, WHAT IS THERE FOR POWER BACKUP? IF A POLLING PLACE FAILS, POWER FAILS IN THERE. IS THERE WITHIN THE IPADS AND PRINTERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE? WHAT WHAT'S OUR STATUS NOW AND WHAT'S THE PLAN GOING FORWARD? THERE IS A THERE'S A BATTERY THAT CAN RUN OFF OF FOR ABOUT SIX HOURS. WE CAN GET A GENERATOR IN THAT SITE AND THE ACTUAL BALLOT MACHINES AND THE LIFE OF AN IPAD. YOU KNOW, IF THERE ONCE YOU KNOW, THEY CHARGE THEY WE JUST HAVE THEM PLUGGED IN CHARGED. SO THEY SHOULD BE AT 100%. RIGHT. SO DID WE LOSE POWER? THE PRINTERS HAVE A BACKUP SYSTEM. NOW THEN YOU'RE SAYING THE PRINTERS ACTUALLY DON'T. THOSE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE BATTERY BACKUPS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON. BUDGETING FOR OKAY. AND SO KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW YOU LOOK THE IF THERE WAS A SABOTAGE OR SOMETHING TO TAKE OUT POLLING PLACES AND DELAY. WE STILL SEE CALIFORNIA IN THE NEWS AND ARIZONA STILL COUNTING. AND TO DISRUPT AN ELECTION PERHAPS IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL BACKUPS SO THAT IF YOU KNOW, HEY, I CAN CALL IN A GENERATOR THAT A FACILITY KNOWS OF THAT COULD COME IN IN THE EVENT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THAT. AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING AS YOU LOOK IN EQUIPMENT DOWN THE ROAD, BEING IT'S COST PROHIBITIVE TO HAVE BACKUPS ON THE PRINTERS. WELL, THEN YOU HOPE THAT THE
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POWER DOESN'T FAIL. WE DO ALSO HAVE PREPRINTED BALLOTS AND THAT KIND OF INNOCENCE TO LIMP US THROUGH REPLACING. BUT AND IF YOU IF IT FAILED DURING ONE OF THE FOUR EARLY VOTING IT'S NOT AS ESSENTIAL AS THE DAY OF IN A POLLING PLACE ON THE DAY OF WHERE YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE THE PAPER BALLOTS, THERE'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE THERE, POTENTIALLY MULTIPLE BALLOTS IN THE SAME POLLING PLACE. IS THAT TRUE? WELL, NOT ON ELECTION DAY. WAS THAT DIFFERENT? THERE'S SOME DISTRICTS HAVE MORE. VERONA. RIGHT, RIGHT. BECAUSE OF THE SPLIT IN CONGRESSIONAL. SO SOME PEOPLE IN THE SAME POLLING PLACE COULD HAVE HAD TWO DIFFERENT BALLOTS. CORRECT. RIGHT. YEAH.WE GET WE DO EVEN ON ELECTION DAY, WE HAVE PREPRINTED BACKUP BALLOTS FOR THOSE TWO. YEP. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND WE CAN PRINT THEM ALSO OURSELVES FROM THE OFFICE AND GET THEM. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TOO. WE'RE WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO DO ASSESSMENTS. AND THOSE ASSESSMENTS CAN HELP THE SITES ACTUALLY APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE BACKUP GENERATORS. BUT SO WE'RE ATTACKING IT FROM LOTS OF ANGLE.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THIS DOCKET AS FAR AS THE ELECTRONIC POLL PADS OR. NO, IT'S NO. YEAH. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? 050757. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. NEXT. 0680 APPROVAL OF A POLL SITE AGREEMENT TEMPLATE BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND MUNSON-WILLIAMS-PROCTOR ARTS INSTITUTE. NO PAYMENT. THEY DO NOT RECEIVE PAYMENT, BUT 14 OUT OF OUR 74 DO RECEIVE PAYMENT.
AND SOME OF THESE SITES OBVIOUSLY HAVE MULTIPLE POLLING DISTRICTS. TWO YEARS WITH ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS ONE YEAR RENEWALS. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THE FEE NOMINAL? WHAT ARE WE TALKING? OH, IT ALL DEPENDS. SOME OF THE SITES THEY GET $200.
THERE'S A FEW LIKE HARTSVILLE GETS 700. SO IT ALL DEPENDS. ARE THERE ANY SITES. THERE'S ONLY 14. ANY SITES GETTING DIRECT FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY AS FAR AS ARPA MONEY OR SPECIFIC FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM US THAT ARE CHARGING US FOR A POLL? NO, NO, NO, THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY, LET'S GO TO. OH 844 FINANCE. ANTHONY. APPROVAL OF THE BIDS OFFERED AT SEPTEMBER. I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE. YES.
MIKE, YOU SAID WE COULD HAVE. OKAY. 0758 APPROVAL OF AN EXTENSION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THIS IS TO UTILIZE SOME REMAINING BALANCE AND EXTEND THE DURATION OF THE TERMINOLOGY OR THE TERMS OF THE GRANT QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. OH GO AHEAD. WHAT WAS THIS ONE ON INCLUDED THE TRAINING. WE CAN WE CAN USE TRAINING RIGHT. YES. SO AND I KNOW AGAIN COMING THROUGH GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE I'M SURE YOU'RE GETTING FEEDBACK. AND YOU KNOW MY POLL WATCHER THAT ARE POLL WORKER POLL WORKER EXCUSE ME BUT ONE OF HER OBSERVATIONS WAS WITH THE DESIGNATED COORDINATORS IN CERTAIN SITES, IF THEY ONLY WORK THE DAY OF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT THE FACT THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE A WINDOW OF EARLY TRAINING OR EARLY VOTING, IN ESSENCE, THAT BECOMES SOME TRAINING TO HELP PEOPLE BEFORE THE BIG DAY, SO TO SPEAK, ON ELECTION DAY. BUT BUT SHE OBSERVED AT ONE OF THE SITES SHE WAS AT, NO OTHER PERSON THERE HAD WORKED EARLY VOTING, AND BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE, HAD SHE NOT BEEN THERE, THEY HAD A GLITCH RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE THAT WAS KIND OF HUMOROUS IN THAT THEY STARTED PEOPLE ARE COMING IN OR REGISTERING THE POLL. THE IPADS ARE WORKING, THEY PRINT IT, THE PRINTERS NOT WORKING, AND ONE OF THE POLL WORKERS THERE HAD GONE OVER TO IT AND THEN SAID, WELL, THE PRINTERS NOT WORKING. AND MEANWHILE PEOPLE ARE BACKING UP AND ALL. AND SHE WENT OVER AND KNEW ENOUGH TO TOUCH THE TOUCH PAD AND SAID TO THE GUY THAT WAS ASSIGNED THERE, YOU PUT IT IN SLEEP MODE. SO SHE PUSHED IT AGAIN, AND THEN IT STARTED WORKING. BUT AS A COORDINATOR, SHE KNEW THAT. AND BECAUSE EARLY VOTING IS SOMETHING THAT IN YOUR TRAINING OF MAYBE LOOK AT REQUIRING OF THE SITES AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OF THE COORDINATORS ALSO WORK A DAY OF EARLY VOTING SOMEWHERE JUST SO THEY'RE BECOMING MORE FAMILIAR AS THINGS
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CHANGE, ETC. WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPOTS THOUGH, RIGHT? VOTING. AND I GET IT. BUT BUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU ENCOURAGE THAT AND USE THAT OF OUR EARLY VOTER DO PEOPLE ARE COORDINATORS OF OTHER SITES ON ELECTION DAY AND WE DO TRAIN ON THAT. BUT WE ARE HOPING TO EXPAND SOME OF THE TRAININGS FOR SOME OF OUR MORE SPECIALIZED PEOPLE. SO WE HAVE MORE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY TEXTS TO GO AROUND TO. BUT IT IS OFTEN SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE THAT'S FIXABLE EVEN OVER THE PHONE. WHEN WE INTERFACE WITH THEM. VERY GOOD. AND I COMMEND YOU GUYS AGAIN ON A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. QUESTION. POLL WORKERS, WHAT DO THEY MAKE FOR A FULL DAY. THE BASE THE LOWEST ONE IS 250 250. AND THEN A COORDINATOR WOULD BE 170. ALL YOU HAVE TO BE 18, 18 STUDENTS. DID YOU HEAR THAT TO WORK A FULL DAY YOU GET $250. AS A POLL WORKER, YOU GET TRAINING, YOU GET PAID 25 BUCKS FOR TRAINING, 50, 50 BUCKS. YEAH, THAT'S EVEN BETTER. THREE HOURS OF TRAINING, 17 HOUR DAY POLL WORKERS. WE NEED YOUNG POLL WORKERS. THINK ABOUT IT, RICK. TELL THEM WHEN THEY GOTTA START SELLING IT.YEAH, OKAY. GOTTA GET THERE. YOU KNOW, 5:00 IN THE MORNING, QUARTER TO FIVE. NORM, I'M TRYING TO SELL THIS. WELL, I JUST WANTED THE FULL PICTURE. TRANSPARENCY. OKAY, LET'S CALL THE POLL. THIS IS ON OH 758 BOARD OF ELECTIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO FINANCE. TONY CARVELLI APPROVAL OF THE BIDS OFFERED AT THE SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2024 PROPERTY AUCTION. 41 PROPERTIES WERE UTILIZED TO COLLECT EFFORTS OF OVER 329,000.
AND IN THE AUCTION, THERE WERE 16 PROPERTIES. I BELIEVE THAT WERE THAT WERE SOLD OR WILL BE SOLD IF WE APPROVE IT. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? 088 FOR APPROVAL OF A VOICE AND DATA SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC. THERE WAS AN RFP FOR THIS TOTAL COST ON THIS CONTRACT IS 400,000, AND IT'S 50,000 ANNUALLY TO LOOK AT AN ID UNNECESSARY UNDERUTILIZED SERVICES, INTERNET, PHONE, INTER SITE CONNECTIVITY. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. IS CHRIS HERE? COULD YOU STEP UP TO THE MIC? THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CONTRACT. WE CAN'T DO THIS IN HOUSE. SAVE MONEY, PROVIDE INTERNET AND NO, AS FAR AS DOING THE REVIEW, WHETHER WE'RE UTILIZING ALL THE SERVICES, UNLESS I'M MISINFORMED ON WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESOLUTION IS, THIS WAS FOR THE VOICE AND DATA SERVICES, MOSTLY FOR THIS PORTION OF IT WAS FOR THE OUTLYING LOCATIONS. OBVIOUSLY, THE COUNTY BUILDING HERE IS THROUGH NORTHLAND COMMUNICATIONS. 120 AIRLINE. THE OFFICES IN ORISKANY, OFFICES IN ROME AND THEN FIELD OFFICES ARE MOSTLY THROUGH CHARTER OR SPECTRUM. THIS ISN'T WEEDING OUT ANY UNDERUTILIZED OR UNNECESSARY INTERNET OR INTERFACE OR ANY OF THAT. THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT IT'S DOING IS IT'S LOOKING IN REGARDS TO THAT IS IT'S LOOKING AT SPEEDS AND SERVICES TO IN THE END, SAVE MONEY AND ACTUALLY GET FASTER SPEEDS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YES. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S LET'S HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. NEXT WE GO TO CHUCK. OH SIX OH. EXCUSE ME. 0860. PERSONNEL APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO SECTION D OF PERSONNEL. RULES OF ONEIDA COUNTY. AND THIS PERTAINS TO GRADES. PAY GRADES, HP. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE ON THI. CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? SINCE WE HAVE NONE, LET'S MOVE ON TO 0879. SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.
APPROVAL OF MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND ONEIDA COUNTY. SHERIFF AND THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND EMPLOYEES. LOCAL 1249 QUESTIONS. AND WE KNOW THIS.
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THIS ALLOWS THE HIRING OF STAFF WITH EXPERIENCE AT A HIGHER RATE. JUST LIKE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT BUT LINE STAFF NON CORRECTIONAL STAFF WE CAN'T DO THAT. IS THAT PRETTY MUCH RIGHT SHERIFF. YES. IT ALLOWS ME TO GO UP TO STEP THREE. SO YOU NEED IT TO BE ABLE TO FILL POSITIONS BECAUSE THERE'S VOIDS AND ONE CRITICAL POSITION NOW THAT REMAINS VACANT TO THIS DAY. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ON THIS PARTICULAR DOCKET 0879. SINCE THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.OPPOSED. LET'S MOVE ON TO ZERO 743 EMERGENCY SERVICES. APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECT HMG 133 EMERGENCY SERVICES 2021 HAZ-MAT GRANT. AND IT'S FOR NEW HAZMAT EQUIPMENT.
ED THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. IT'S THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE ON THIS. NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED ZERO 828 PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE. TINA DID PRESENT ON THIS CERTIFICATION OF SECTION 606 EXPENSES FOR THE ONEIDA COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER CRIMINAL DIVISION, AND THIS IS REIMBURSEMENT FOR DEFENDING INCARCERATED IN OUR COUNTY JAILS. REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE. AND WE'VE DONE THIS OBVIOUSLY BEFORE, AND WE DO IT EVERY YEAR. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION, TINA. OH, THIS PERTAINS TO MOHAWK, MID-STATE, MARCY AND CENTRAL NEW YORK PSYCH CENTER.
THAT IS CORRECT. DOES IT PERTAIN TO A BUILDING ON MID-STATE CAMPUS CIVILLY CONFINED? YES, IT DOES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, THOUGH, DOES IT? IT DOES. YES IT DOES.
OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. THAT CARRIES PUBLIC DEFENDER AGAIN TINA. APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, CRIMINAL DIVISION, NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES. OILS. THREE YEARS. $18,284,944.26. IT'S MANDATED. SO DO YOU WANT TO? WELL, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY CONTINUATION OF OUR PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR GRANT, THE OFFICE OF INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING FOR SUPERVISING ALL DEFENSE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SO THE STATE NOW GIVES THE OFFICE OF INDIGENT LEGAL MONEY. TYPICALLY, THE MAJORITY OF THEIR THE MONEY THAT THEY THEN GIVE TO OILS AND THEN OILS, THEN SPREADS OUT DOWN THROUGH TO THE COUNTIES. THROUGH THESE GRANTS, THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS FIVE YEARS, BUT THEY REALIZED IN THAT FIVE YEARS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF COURSE, PART OF THAT WAS THE COVID PANDEMIC. SO THEY'VE REDUCED IT DOWN TO THREE YEARS BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE WHEN IN EACH OF THE COUNTIES. FOR US, THIS THIS GRANT IS BASED ON CASELOAD STANDARDS THAT THEY'VE ALSO INSTITUTED. AND SO AND THEN THE FUNDING FOR NOT ONLY THE POSITIONS BUT ALSO FOR THE TRAINING THAT IS INVOLVED, THE SUPPLIES. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY 100% REIMBURSABLE UP TO APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILLION A YEAR. SO THE CONTRACT THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, THOUGH, IS NOT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE. IT ALSO DOES INCLUDE THE ASSIGNED COUNSEL PROGRAM. SO WHICH IS JUST A PORTION OF THAT THERE. SO THIS IS GOING TO FUND ANY ADDITIONAL POSITIONS THAT WE NEED. IF WE CAN FILL THE ONES THAT WE HAVE VACANT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT BASED ON OUR CASE CASE NUMBERS, THEY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED 36 ATTORNEYS. I CURRENTLY HAVE 16, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR 25. SO THAT ONE IS ANTICIPATION THAT APPARENTLY WE'RE GOING TO ATTORNEYS ARE GOING TO WANT TO WORK IN GOVERNMENT AGAIN SOMEDA. THIS IS 100% FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE. IT IS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE THE STATE DID STEP UP AND FUND A PROGRAM THAT WAS NEEDED.
AND YEAH, WELL, THEY HAD TO BECAUSE THE STATE WAS SUED IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. SO WE TYPICALLY CALL IT THE HAROLD HERRING MONEY. SO HOPING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BECOME LIKE THE NEXT OR THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE FIVE COUNTIES WERE SUED. OURS WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. SO IN ESSENCE, THEY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE BECAUSE THEY WERE SUED PRETTY MUCH. THEY HAD TO. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TINA ON THIS? LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL
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IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. OPPOSED. THAT CARRIES. GUYS GETTING BOARD. OH YOU'RE MOVING IT ALONG OKAY. VERY EXCITING. LET'S GO TO 0802 DISTRICT ATTORNEY APPROVAL OF AN AXON EVIDENCE. JUSTICE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND AXON ENTERPRISE, INC. DA'S OFFICE. 100% STATE FUNDED, FIVE YEARS SOFTWARE STREAMLINES MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. CALL A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.AYE. OPPOSED THAT CARRIES NEXT ONE AGAIN. COUNTY. THIS GOES. COUNTY ATTORNEY 0903. THIS IS DESIGNATION OF ANTHONY J. PICENTE, JR. ONEIDA COUNTY EXECUTIVE AS THE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL OFFICIAL. GOD BLESS YOU FOR THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EQUITABLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES REPORTING SYSTEM, WHERE WE'RE REQUIRED NOW BY THE STATE TO DESIGNATE QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. AMANDA, ANYTHING YOU NEED TO SHARE ON THIS? YEAH, THIS IS JUST A NEW SYSTEM. WE HAVE. WE'RE REQUIRED TO DESIGNATE ONE INDIVIDUAL AS THE RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL. AND THAT'S DEPARTMENT HEADS CAN BE GIVEN STALLED ACCOUNTS SO THAT THEY CAN MANAGE THE REPORTING. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED 0775 PUBLIC WORKS. PUBLIC WORKS THROUGH MIKE'S COMMITTEE. THE NEXT COUPLE APPROVAL AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND NEW YORK STATE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM. MATT SPOKE ON THIS, AND IT'S FIVE YEARS NOT TO EXCEED 4 MILLION CORE CLEANING, MINOR REPAIRS, ANNUAL STATE REIMBURSEMENT ON THIS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? NO QUESTIONS. CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED THAT CARRIES AND 0789 PUBLIC WORKS APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL FOR THE 2024 2029 SNOW SEASONS AND AMENDMENTS TO PRIOR AGREEMENTS GOING BACK TO 2022 2023. RIGHT, MIKE? PRETTY MUCH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? NO QUESTIONS. CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NO OPPOSITION. AGAIN. THAT CARRIES WATER POLLUTION. 0797 THIS WENT WITH WATER POLLUTION.
CARL. APPROVAL TO CREATE ONE PART TIME ASSISTANT CHIEF. WATER WASTE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR POSITION DEPARTMENT OF WATER QUALITY AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL. AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT RETIRED A VALUABLE STAFF, 31 YEARS AND THE GRADE IS 37 B TO RETAIN THEM PART TIME. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE. SO CARL I ASSUME YOU GOT A WAIVER ON THIS. HE GETS A WAIVER. DOES HE NEED A WAIVER FOR RETIREMENT SYSTEM. YEAH HE'S ALL SET. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED THAT. PASS PLANNING APPROVAL OF A REVOCABLE PERMIT FOR NONCOMMERCIAL USE OF UNIVERSITY FACILITIES BETWEEN THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK THROUGH ITS SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND HERKIMER COUNTY, HERKIMER, ONEIDA COUNTIES TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL. THIS IS THROUGH PLANNING THROUGH JAMES QUESTIONS. $15,696.95 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY SUMMIT INCLUDED 20% MATCH. OUT OF THE 20%, 80% WILL BE PAID BY ONEIDA COUNTY AND 20% HERKIMER COUNTY BASED ON POPULATION, WHICH I BELIEVE IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE.
JAMES, ARE WE GOOD ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? JAMES COVERED THIS.
CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OPPOSED? LET'S MOVE ON. PLANNING AUTHORIZATION ONEIDA COUNTY, APPLY TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS FOR GRANTS TOTALING $3 MILLION TO SUPPORT FOOD ACCESS EFFORTS IN ONEIDA COUNTY. AND THIS PERTAINS TO THE REAR WING. WE HAD LIVELY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK. JAMES ANSWERED QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD GEORGE. WEL, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. I'M NOT PART OF THAT COMMITTEE. BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS. I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT CAME OUT OF IT, AND I THINK KEITH MAY HAVE BROUGHT IT UP, WAS PIGEONHOLING THAT SPACE INTO A SPECIFIC ROLE. AND WE WERE KIND OF CONCERNED WITH THE LANGUAGE, WITH THE FOOD HUB, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN DOCUMENTED, THAT ONE THAT
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THERE'S A NEED AND TWO, THAT IT'S FEASIBLE. SO I THINK GOOD QUESTIONS. BUT WHAT EVOLVED FROM THAT WAS A DIALOG WITH COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND IT'S FIRST OF ALL, FREE MONEY IS FREE MONEY. AND IF WE CAN GET A GRANT TO HELP MOVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S WHAT THE INTENT WAS. LOOKING AT IT.IT WILL NOT. AND WE'RE I THINK WE'RE AMENDING A RESOLUTION TO REGARD THAT WE WILL HAVE IT'LL HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD AGAIN. IF WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET MONEY THAT MAY SUPERSEDE WHAT THE INTENT, OUR INTENT. I THINK COLLECTIVELY IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I THINK THERE'S DUE DILIGENCE AND SAFEGUARDING BUILT INTO INTO THIS THAT WE CERTAINLY IN MY POSITION, I'VE CHANGED MY MIND AND I'LL SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT'S A GRANT FOR POSSIBLY AN ELEVATOR OR BRINGING UPGRADE TO THE WATER SYSTEM. SO JUST TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, GEORGE, SO YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT WITH THE DISCUSSIONS WE CAN CHANGE COURSE AND DO INFRASTRUCTURE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE FORTUNATE TO GET THIS, THIS MONEY, ANY, ANY PORTION OF THE MONEY SPECIFICALLY, I WAS CONCERNED THAT WE HAD HIRED A CONSULTANT LAST YEAR, 300,000 TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND MY CONCERN WAS THAT THEY WERE GRASPING AT THIS ONE LIFELINE OF A FOOD HUB FROM THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE THAT, NO, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. AND SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH BEFORE I OPEN IT UP FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS. AMANDA, ORIGINALLY, AS IT WAS WRITTEN WITH THE RESOLUTION, IT WOULD HAVE GONE DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FACILITATE IT WITHOUT COMING BACK TO THE BOARD. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. HAVE YOU SEEN THE POTENTIAL AMENDED RESOLUTION? I PREPARED THE AMENDED RESOLUTION. I DID SO YOU SEEN IT? YES. CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR. YEAH. CAN YOU CONFIRM WHAT GEORGE IS SAYING? NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST GEORGE, BUT I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. YEAH. AS AMENDED, IT ALLOWS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO TAKE WHATEVER STEPS NECESSARY TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPLICATION. BUT IT DOES NOT GIVE HIM THE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE ANY GRANT DOCUMENT IF AWARDED. SO WE WOULD COME IF AWARDED THE GRANT, THE REQUEST TO APPROVE THAT GRANT WOULD COME BACK BEFORE YOU AND OUR COURSE OF DIRECTION ON WHAT TO UTILIZE THE MONEY FOR. COULD KIND OF BE CHANGED OFF THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF A FOOD EMPORIUM EVENT. THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY A BETTER QUESTION FOR JAMES. JUST IN TERMS OF THE AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, HOW WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE SUBMITTED AS AND WHAT THE PROCESS. JAMES, COULD YOU ANSWER THAT? BECAUSE I THINK YOU SAID IT. YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH DONE DEAL THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A DIDN'T SAY THAT. OKAY. YEAH. AT ALL. I SAID THAT THE GRANT IS FOR THE THING THE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE THERE, WHICH IS BATHROOM ADA COMPLIANCE, ELEVATOR AND HVAC. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR THAT THAT REMAINS THE CASE. OKAY. SO AND THEN IF WE CAN WE CAN DO SOME THINGS IF WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE SAW SOMETHING ELSE THAT FIT IN THERE. AND IN THE PROCESS, IF THEY CAME BACK TO US, THE STATE AND WE COULD CHANGE SOME OF THAT AROUND. BUT BUT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN LOOKING AT THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ANYWAY. AND REALISTICALLY WE'RE ASKING FOR TOP DOLLAR OF 3 MILLION. BUT DAD. YEAH. YEP.
OKAY. GO AHEAD GEORGE I JUST WANT TO QUALIFY I MEAN WE'RE WE WEREN'T QUESTIONING WHAT YOU IMPLIED THAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR, BUT WHAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL IS WHAT THE STATE PUTS IN THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE GRANT. AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT. WE DON'T HAVE IT. SO THAT'S THE ONLY YOU KNOW. YEAH. THEY'RE GOING TO WHEN THEY WHEN THEY IF WE GET AWARDED AND THEY SEND IT BACK, THERE'LL BE A WHOLE NEW SET OF RULES AND INFORMATION AND STUFF IN THERE. AND THAT'LL COME BACK TO YOU THEN. SO. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD. NO. YOU KNOW, LOOK, I, I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS FROM THE BEGINNING. AND I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS, EVEN IF IT IS TO BE A FOOD HUB AND PERHAPS WE COULD UPGRADE ALSO THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BETTER THE POWER REQUIREMENTS THERE, THAT IF THE REFRIGERATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE BUILT THIS, THIS AREA BETWEEN THE ODD AND NEXUS AND THE WHOLE AREA WHICH CONTINUES TO IMPROVE AND GROW AND EXPAND.
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AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK I SEE TOURISM HERE TODAY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT NEXUS HAS PAID GREAT DIVIDENDS FOR US. BUT IF YOU LOOK OVER HERE, OVER OUR SHOULDER, WE SEE THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS AREA THAT ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO. AND WE'VE DONE POLLS ON THAT IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE THAT SAY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW TO DO, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND UNTIL THEY'RE 21, YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND HIT THE BAR SCENE. AND ERNEST AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S ALL THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO, BUT YOU CAN'T. SO WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR PEOPLE TO DO? YOU NEED THEM TO PERHAPS SHOP, PERHAPS GROCERY SHOP, PERHAPS LOOK AT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COULD BE ALLOWED IN A FACILITY LIKE THIS THAT IS ALREADY ATTACHED TO A COUNTY BUILDING, THAT WE DO ALREADY HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO. SO THE LIGHT LET IT LAY THERE FALLOW, FREE MONEY AVAILABLE. I THINK IS VERY SHORT SIGHTED BY ANYONE. IF THEY THINK THEY. BUT AS WE AS WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT MOST OF THE COLLEGE KIDS ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES IN THE CITY OF UTICA, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, EVEN. AND WITH THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR THOSE PLACES TO GO AND THOSE PLACES TO SHOP.BUT LET'S GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND LOOK AT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF WHAT OCCURRED LAST WEEK IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. YOU HAVE A NEW INCOMING. IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S GOING TO WORK ON CHANGING THE WAY PEOPLE EAT. AND IF WE COULD BE ON THE CUSP OF THAT, WE COULD BE ON THE CUSP OF THAT BY BRINGING IN PRODUCE AND FOODSTUFFS FROM OTHER AREAS THAT THAT ARE MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND MORE ORGANICALLY FRIENDLY. GEORGE, I'M SURE YOU'RE MAYBE THINKING DOWN THAT LINE, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT. I'M FOR HIRE. IF YOU WANT TO PUT SOMEBODY, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I REALLY DO. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN STARTED AND THAT WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR AND TO LEAVE IT, TO LEAVE IT FALLOW MAKES NO SENSE TO ME WHATSOEVER. SO THAT'S JUST MY $0.02 FOR WHAT THEY'RE WORTH TO THIS COMMITTEE.
THAT WAS LIKE $0.05. THERE WAS LISTEN, RICK'S GOT THE BLUETOOTH GLASSES ON TODAY. YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, PASS THE HAT. GO AHEAD JAMES. WHEN THE STATE DOES A GRANT LIKE THAT I THINK IT WAS TRUE WITH THE DRY IN THE OF THE $3 MILLION. DO THEY DO A SMALL HOLD BACK FOR WORKING ON THAT GRANT OR NO. DO THEY DO A SMALL HOLD BACK LIKE THE COUNTY WILL ACTUALLY GET 2.8 MILLION OR NO, WE'LL GET THE FULL 3 MILLION. YEAH. OKAY. WELL OR WHATEVER THEY AWARD I MEAN, IF WE GET AN AWARD, THEY COULD CHANGE THE NUMBER OBVIOUSLY. YEAH. BUT YEAH, NO, THERE WOULDN'T BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE HOLD BACK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. BACK TO YOUR QUESTION WILL DETERMINE THE MERIT OF THE APPLICATION. YEAH. YOU MAY ONLY GET 100,000. YEAH. TRUE. YOU WRITE THE APPLICATION AND IT'S BASED ON THE MERIT. THERE'S ONLY 10 MILLION IN THE POOL STATEWID.
SO IT BE PREPARED. YEAH. AND I THINK THE MINIMUM, THE MINIMUM YOU COULD ASK FOR WAS 250. SO IF WE RUN ON THAT GUIDELINE, I GUESS THAT'S THE PROBABLY THE I MEAN, THEY COULD GIVE YOU WHATEVER, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY THE LOWEST THEY'LL GO. AND THEN 3 MILLION, YOU KNOW, WAS THE HIGHEST. SO BE SOMEWHERE. BE SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK. BUT YEAH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.
THAT'S A PRETTY BIG BALLPARK RIGHT. SO AS YOU KNOW THIS PASS THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE A LOT OF LIVELY DISCUSSION. MR. CHAIR. I WROTE SOME NOTES TO MYSELF AND MY THOUGHTS BETWEEN LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK AND A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT I OBSERVED AND SAW, EXPERIENCED, FIRST OF ALL, IN LOCO FOR TOWN OF VERNON, WE HAVE A WATER PROJECT THAT ACTUALLY STARTED TEN YEARS AGO. BEFORE I CAME ON THE BOARD. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT IS TEN YEARS LATER, THERE'S NOT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND YET. THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS UP TO 8.6 MILLION. HOWEVER, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IS WHAT JAMES MENTIONED IS STACKABLE FUNDS.
THEY'RE $500,000 AWAY FROM FUNDING THAT WITH SIX DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. I THINK THE REAR WING, WHEN WE END UP, MIGHT BE A $30 MILLION PROJECT. AND THIS 3 MILLION IS JUST SEED MONEY INTO THAT POT THAT KEEPS GROWING SOMETHING ELSE. THAT'S INTERESTING TO OBSERVE IN THAT SAME WATER PROJECT. WE'RE NOW ON OUR FOURTH FEDERAL CONGRESSIONAL LEADER TO SECURE FEDERAL FUNDS AND THAT'S HOW MUCH ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGE. ANOTHER QUICK ONE. SOME OF YOU KNOW, I WORK ON A PRIVATE DAIRY FARM OCCASIONALLY. A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY HAD COMPLY WITH SOME REGULATIONS AND PUT IN A NEW MANURE STORAGE FACILITY AT THE TIME, THE FACILITY COST $800,000, BUT IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH AG AND MARKETS AND THE LOCAL SHARE FOR THAT FARMER WAS ONLY 200,000. HE THOUGHT THAT WAS A TERRIFIC DEAL TO GET AN $800,000 FACILITY AT 25% OF THE COST. THIS PARTICULAR GRANT IS GIVING US A 10% COST. AND I DARE SAY IF THAT WAS OFFERED TO ANY PRIVATE BUSINESS, THEY WOULD JUMP THROUGH HOOPS IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A UPGRADE THAT
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THEY ONLY PAY 10% SOMETHING FOR OUR YOUNG ONES AND SOME OF THE OTHERS. THERE'S A PRIVATE BUSINESSES AROUND PLAYED TOP GOLF. WELL, WHAT IF WE HAVE THE FIRST IN THE NATION, A TOP SHOT AND THAT FACILITY COMES FROM THIS? LAST WEEK, THE LEGISLATORS EXPERIENCE AND INVITED TO THE NEXUS AND ODD FOR HOCKEY GAME. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAIN PLAYERS OF WHO USES THE NEXUS AND ODD FACILITY, IT HAPPENS TO BE HOCKEY, SOCCER AND LACROSSE. THOSE THREE SPORTS HAVE THE SAME THING IN COMMON THAT YOU SHOOT SOMETHING AT A GOAL OR A NET, UNLIKE A LOT OF OTHER SPORTS. SO IN THAT REAR WING, WHEN WE WALKED THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THE FAR END, THAT'S STILL KIND OF UNDEVELOPED. WOULDN'T IT BE COOL THAT A HOCKEY TEAM IN BETWEEN GAMES GOES DOWN? THERE AND CHALLENGES A TEAM TO A TOP SHOT THAT FOR 25 BUCKS, TEN BALLS ROLL OUT EACH TEAM MATE GETS TO SHOOT AT THE ELECTRONIC SCORE GOAL AT THE OTHER END, ETC. SO IT'S VISIONS LIKE THAT OF SAYING, OKAY, WHILE THEY'RE THERE. NOW THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE FOOD HUB. SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF VISION THAT WE NEED. AND SPEAKING OF THE HOCKEY GAME STALKING, THE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THERE TO EXPLAIN THE WEEKEND, AND I THINK NOT TO QUOTE IT, I THOUGHT HE SAID THERE WERE 97 TEAMS OR 97 GAMES IN TOWN. HOTELS WERE SOLD OUT. AND HE SAID THE LIMITING FACTOR IS NOT ONLY FOOD, BUT ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN GAMES. AND AS A PARENT OF ATHLETES AND KIDS AT PLAY AND NOW GRANDKIDS, THE ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN GAMES WHEN YOU'RE IN TOWN IS HUGE AND THAT COULD ALL GROW ON. I SUBSCRIBE TO THAT MOVIE THEME OF IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. I THINK WE'RE SITTING ON A GOLD MINE. MAYBE AS THIS GETS BUILT OUT A COUPLE OTHER REAL QUICK POINTS. I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT THE FUNDING COMING THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF AG AND MARKETS, BECAUSE IN ONEIDA COUNTY, AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN A FOREFRONT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. AND IN FACT, COMMISSIONER BALL, THAT LEADS THE DEPARTMENT OF AG AND MARKETS IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF OUR AGRICULTURE HERE IN ONEIDA COUNTY, BE IT LOCAL ONES THROUGH COVID EXTENSION OR OUR FOOD AROUND OUR COUNTY FARM BUREAU, ETCETERA. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMISSIONER SEEING THIS GROWTH AND THEN SAYING, WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT WHAT'S THE NEXT THING YOU WANT TO APPLY FOR MONEY IN ORDER TO GET? SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS COMMITTEE PASSING IT ON TO THE FULL BOARD. AND SUPPORTING OUR OTHER LEGISLATORS AND LAST POINT, AS WE LOOK AT THAT AND LEGISLATORS THAT ARE IMPORTANT, THAT SERVE MORE OF THE UTICA AREA, THERE ARE ISSUES THAT BECOME REGIONAL. AND I SIT IN ONE OF THOSE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY THAT'S SUPPORTED FOR SPECIALTY AREAS LIKE ONEIDA INDIAN NATION FUNDS, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS BOARD SUPPORTED THAT BACK IN THE SPRING WITH A 23 ZERO VOTE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO AGAIN, THIS KIND OF SUPPORT COUNTYWIDE AND THAT THIS BOARD SUPPORT THIS DOCKET. SO I FULLY APPROVE IT. THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THIS COMMITTEE? I'M GOING TO BRING ON CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE MAYOR OF UTICA FOR HIS INPUT. HE'S GOT SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR THE COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC IN GENERAL. LEGISLATOR GENTILE, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GOOD POINTS WERE MADE AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA AND THE CITY. WITH OUR DRI APPLICATION, WITH ADDING NOT ONLY THE REAR WING, BUT BAG SQUARE AND THE HARBOR INTO OUR NEXT, YOU KNOW, PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT, FOR REVITALIZATION.SO HAVING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STACKING MONEY, HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKES ALL THE FUNDING STREAMS STRONGE. SO IT'S FROM THE CITY OF UTICA, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY IS NOT ON AN ISLAND IN THAT AREA BECAUSE THE CITY OF UTICA IS ALSO IN BEING PROACTIVE IN DEVELOPMENT THERE AS WELL. HOW MUCH WERE YOU DEDICATING FOR IT? SO IT'S VARIOUS. HOW MUCH? MARK I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER. NO, I BUT IT'S A NUMBER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR. I MEAN, I THINK HE'S VERY UPBEAT ON WHAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER, WHICH IS REFRESHING.
RIGHT? YEAH. EXACTLY. RIGHT. WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT? HE DID ONE OF THEM. ALL RIGHT. I GOT A COUPLE COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE YOUR OPTIMISM. I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. THIS THIS AREA WIN,
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THE PROJECT ITSELF. EXPENDITURE HAS BEEN JUST UNDER $5 MILLION. I VOTED FOR SOME OF THE FUNDING EXPENDITURES IN THE PAST, AND I VOTED AGAINST SOME EXPENDITURES. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR OPTIMISM. I HONESTLY, REALLY DON'T WANT IT TO GO TO SOME KIND OF FOOD EMPORIUM. I UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T SEE THAT VISION. I WOULD RATHER SEE IT GO TO ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT NEEDS EXTRA SPACE. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT IF POSSIBLE. SOLD OFF. I DON'T WANT TO SEE GOVERNMENT GET LARGER. I DEFINITELY CAN'T ENVISION US GETTING INVOLVED IN LEASING OR RUNNING A FOOD COURT.FOOD EMPORIUM. I THINK GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO CONSTRICT CONTRACT INSTEAD OF GETTING BIGGER. WE AS A COUNTY, AS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HAS STATED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, ESPECIALLY DURING BUDGET ADDRESSES, THAT WE DO SO MUCH. HOW MUCH CAN WE CONTINUE TO DO AND TO TAKE ON NEW ENDEAVORS IS PROBLEMATIC, AND THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT. THAT BEING SAID, IF WE DO GET AN AMENDMENT TO AMEND THIS PROJECT AND GIVES US ABILITY TO DO THE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS, SO DOWN THE ROAD WE CAN SELL IT. OR UTILIZE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT. I'M NOT SURE IF I'M BEING NAIVE BECAUSE IT PROBABLY WILL GO IN ONE DIRECTION, BUT GEORGE, DO YOU WANT TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT PERTAINING TO THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION? YEAH, YEAH. SO WHAT WE WOULD BE AMENDING IS. WHAT WOULD BE AMENDING IS THE RESOLUTION REMOVING THAT FINAL RESOLVED AND CHANGING IT TO BASICALLY ALLOWING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SUBMISSION. BUT NOT THE APPROVAL OF. I THINK THIS IS THE LAST THING. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO INCLUDE FROM THE LAST APPLICATION AND. SO ITS AMENDMENT ADJUSTMENT UNDER LAST RESOLVED THAT WE HAD IN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION LANGUAGE. SO BASICALLY, AS GEORGE INDICATED, IT WOULD COME BACK TO US. DO YOU WANT TO OFFER THE AMENDMENT AMENDMENT? DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? NOW WE WILL VOTE ON THE AMENDED RESOLUTION. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE I. ANYBODY OPPOSED? NO. THAT CARRIES.
THANKS, JAMES. THANKS, MIKE. ALL RIGHT. HOW ARE WE DOING FOR TIME KEEP 105105. THAT'S NOT A WATERMAN MEETING. WE GOT ANOTHER. I TOLD YOU, IT'S NOT A SPRINT. IT'S A MARATHON TODAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO 0863. AIRPORT EDITOR. APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER NUMBER 28 TO A MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND CNS ENGINEERS. AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH LIGHTING AND THE AIRFIELD AT THE AIRPORT UPGRADES. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 100,000, WITH 5000 COMING FROM THE COUNTY. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE ON THIS DOCKET? NO QUESTIONS. LET'S CALL THE VOTE. THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. NO OPPOSITION THAT CARRIES. LET'S MOVE ON TO 0764. AIRPORT. ADVANCE APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THROUGH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR PAVING CONCRETE'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE 50S. IT'S A TOTAL OF $129,100, AND THE COUNTY SHARE IS $6,455. QUESTIONS FOR ED ON THIS FROM COMMITTEE. SINCE THERE ARE NONE, LET'S CALL THE VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. NO OPPOSITION. MIKE, WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE RESOLUTION.
OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO FIRST RESOLUTION ON YOUR FRONT PAGE. AND AS AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SELF-INSURED RETENTION IN THE MATTER OF BOBBY BRUNET, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS AN ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF
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MIKHAIL R BURDICK VERSUS THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA TO TOKYO MARINE HCC PUBLIC RISK CLAIMS SERVICE, AMANDA, JUST JUST FOR MY EDIFICATION, WE HAVE TO GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THIS TO DISCUSS TERMS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SO WE CAN[Executive Session]
TALK ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. NORM. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. I NEED A SECOND. I'M SOR ADD BUE OKAY WITH IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I NEED A MOTION TO GET BACK INTO SESSION AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A VOTE WITHIN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. SO MOTION SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AY.BOB, CAN YOU OPEN THAT DOOR? ANYBODY OUT THERE. WELL DONE. THANK YOU. KEVIN OKAY. THIS IS THE LAST RESOLUTION. LET'S LET'S VOTE ON THIS AGAIN. THIS IS FROM COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 0856.
AND THIS IS AUTHORIZATION ASSIGNMENT OF REMAINDER OF THE SELF-INSURED RETENTION IN THE MATTER OF BOBBY BURNETTE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE MATRIX ADMINISTRATOR OF THE STATE.
MILK, MILK. BURNETTE VERSUS THE COUNTY TO TOKIO MARINE HCC PUBLIC RISK CLAIM SERVICES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN'T HAVE ANY. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? WELL THANK YOU. GOOD.
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