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PLEASE COME TO ORDER.YOU STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO REMAIN STANDING.
I PLEDGE THESE, THESE, THE FLY AWAY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STAND.
INVIS ALLEGIANCE, JUSTICE, MR. SIBO, ALL YOU GOD, GUIDE US IN OUR JUDGMENTS AND DELIBERATIONS TODAY.
[Executive Update]
THIS TIME, I'D TO CALL UP THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.UH, JUST A COUPLE THINGS AS THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF, UH, 2024.
UH, I WANNA START BY THANKING THIS BOARD OF LEGISLATORS, UH, FOR, UH, OUR COOPER.
YOUR COOPERATION, YOUR PARTNERSHIP, AS ALWAYS.
BUT YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR.
IT, IT STARTED, YOU KNOW, WITH A LOT OF, I MEAN, AND IT, IT, IT ENDED WITH PROMISE TOO, BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS WERE ACCOMPLISHED, YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT OF THIS GOVERNMENT AND THE, AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TOGETHER.
I MEAN, CERTAINLY THE, UH, THE 2024 WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS THE YEAR OF THE TORNADO AND, AND WHAT STRUCK THE CITY OF ROME AND, AND, UH, MANY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AND EVEN OUR OWN COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAT HAS BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, SIDETRACKED A LITTLE BIT BY THE DEVASTATION OF THAT.
UH, BUT, UH, I WANT TO THANK THIS BOARD, UH, FOR THEIR WORK, UH, AND QUICK RESPONSE IN HELPING US MOVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT AMOUNTED TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP IN THE RECOVERY AND, AND REPAIR EFFORTS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY STILL ONGOING.
I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE CONTROLLER, AND I'M LOOKING FOR HER.
I KNOW SHE WAS HERE, UH, EARLIER.
UM, AND FOR HER ASSISTANCE, I CERTAINLY WANNA THANK THE SHERIFF, UH, AND THE, UH, FOR HIS WORK AS WELL ON THAT.
AND IT WAS THE SHERIFF'S BIRTHDAY THE OTHER DAY, SO WE SHOULD WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, CAN'T LEAVE HIM OUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER WILL.
BUT, SO I WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, MY PARTNERS, UH, THOSE, THOSE PART, THOSE FOUR PARTNERS, AND THE CLERK, COUNTY CLERK, UH, MARY FINNEGAN AS WELL.
UM, FOR, WHERE IS SHE? OH, SHE'S OVER THERE.
I'M LOOKING FOR YOU BACK THERE.
I'M SORRY, MARY FINNEGAN FOR HER, UH, HER COOPERATION.
WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, A COUPLE NEW, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS WITH THE DA AND THE CONTROLLER, BUT ALSO HAVE WORKED VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL OF THEM.
AND, AND I'M, I'M FORTUNATE AGAIN, UH, TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT TEAM IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ALSO, TODAY IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE KIND OF SAYING, UH, GOODBYE, AT LEAST I AM TO ONE OF MY DEPARTMENT HEADS, UH, WHO IS, UH, LEAVING NOT, UH, BECAUSE HE'S RETIRING, NOT BECAUSE HE'S LEAVING, BUT BECAUSE HE BECAME A JUDGE.
AND I WANNA THANK AND CONGRATULATE AND ASK THIS BOARD TO JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING, UH, SOON TO BE IN, IN JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, 10 SHORT DAYS ARE THEREABOUTS.
UH, JUDGE RAY BERRA, WHO WILL BE IN FAMILY COURT ON JANUARY 1ST, RAY HAS BEEN A VALUED SERVANT, UH, TO ONEIDA COUNTY.
HE IS BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN VARIOUS ROLES, BUT MOST RECENTLY, UH, SINCE 2018 AS THE PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR THE CIVIL DIVISION, HE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN, IN LEADING THAT.
BUT HIS WORK IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PRIOR AND PUBLIC DEFENDER PRIOR TO THAT, AS WELL AS WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, UNPARALLELED.
HE'S, YOU KNOW, UH, MAN OF GREAT INTEGRITY, AND I WISH HIM THE VERY BEST.
PLEASE JOIN ME AND CONGRATULATING, JUDGE.
UH, THE LAST THING, UH, BEFORE I WRAP UP, UH, I DID LEAVE ON ALL OF YOUR DESKS TODAY
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A REPORT, UH, THAT WAS, UH, COMPILED BY THE ADIRONDACK SPORTS COUNCIL, WHOM WE HAD HIRED TO HELP US WITH THE USA WOMEN'S WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT THAT HAPPENED IN, IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.UH, I KNOW THAT YOU, WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S TAKEN SOME MONTHS, OBVIOUSLY, UH, SINCE THAT TIME TO COMPILE A LOT OF DATA.
THE REPORT YOU HAVE AT HAND, YOU KNOW, GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT TOOK PLACE, YOU KNOW, OVER THOSE DAYS AT THE, UH, AT THE ADIRONDACK BANK CENTER, UH, WAR MEMORIAL IN, IN UTICA, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WAS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW SARAH'S HERE FROM TOURISM, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, THAT HELPED US, YOU KNOW, COMPILE THE, THE DATA ON, ON, YOU KNOW, ROOM, UH, ROOM RATES AND OR ROOM, UH, UH, RATES IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGES AND, AND SUCH AND, AND THE SPEND.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT WAS A BIG HELP.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY THE, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT TOURNAMENT OBVIOUSLY, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UH, SEPTEMBER, UH, LACROSSE BOX CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHICH WE HAVEN'T COMPILED DATA FROM THAT YET.
WE WILL DO THAT, UH, AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AS THE QUARTERS OF, OF, OF TAXES COME IN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE EVENTS WERE VERY SIGNIFICANT TO THIS COUNTY AND, AND TO THE, YOU KNOW, AND CERTAINLY THE SALES TAX OF, OF, OF THE COUNTY, UH, THE ECONOMIC AND, AND THROUGHOUT, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF UTICA, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A BOOST TO THE CITY OF UTICA BECAUSE OF WHAT, WHAT TOOK PLACE HERE.
BUT THROUGHOUT ONEIDA COUNTY AND, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOWS WHAT WE, AND YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT, YOU KNOW, IN WORKING WITH THIS BOARD, WHAT WE ENVISIONED FOR NEXUS, FOR THE ODD, FOR THE GARAGE, FOR ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAD LED TO, YOU KNOW, A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
AND, AND THAT IS TESTAMENT TO WHAT THIS BOARD HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO TOGETHER.
SO I, I GIVE YOU THAT DATA TODAY.
IT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED PUBLICLY.
I WANTED YOU TO SEE IT FIRST AND DIGEST IT, AND THEN WE WILL.
BUT WE WILL, WE WILL PUT IT OUT PUBLICLY SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT TRANSPIRED IN, IN REGARDS TO THAT TOURNAMENT AND, AND WHAT IT MEANT TO THIS COUNTY.
SO, UH, I WANTED YOU TO HAVE THAT.
AND, UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM ALL OF US.
I MEAN, WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE JUST SPENT THE LAST THREE DAYS WITH, UM, HAVING ABOUT, UM, PROBABLY OVER 5,000 KIDS IN ONEIDA COUNTY GO TO THE STANLEY THEATER AND THE, AND THE CAPITAL THEATER TO SEE THE POLAR EXPRESS.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE BROADWAY THEATER LEAGUE, SO THAT, UH, SO THAT WE COULD GIVE, UH, SOME KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A NICE CHRISTMAS, SEE THE POLAR EXPRESS, HAVE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SEE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, SEE THESE TWO THEATERS AND, AND REALLY GET A TASTE OF THE ARTS.
IT WAS REALLY HEARTWARMING TO SEE THESE CHILDREN COME IN WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE THEATER, UH, AT ALL.
AND, AND TO CERTAINLY TO THAT SIZE.
AND, AND THE COMMENTS FROM THEM WALKING IN AND LOOKING AT THE STANLEY AND THE CAPITOL AND JUST REALLY AMAZED THINKING THEY WERE IN A MANSION OF SORTS.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT THIS COUNTY GOVERNMENT DOES.
AND, AND WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THIS BUILDING AND ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERY CHRISTMAS WE CONTRIBUTE TO A VARIOUS CAUSE WE PICK A DIFFERENT ONE EVERY YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR WAS A COMMUNITY CONNECTED SCHOOLS IN ROME.
THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL WITH US DURING THE TORNADO, YOU KNOW, HELPING TO FEED PEOPLE AND GET ASSISTANCE AND SUPPLIES AND, AND NEEDED THINGS, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE WITHOUT DURING THAT, THAT TOUGH STRETCH.
AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY FITTING THAT THEY BE THE RECIPIENT THIS YEAR OF THE COUNTY'S, UH, APPRECIATION.
OUR EMPLOYEES AS ALWAYS COME THROUGH LIKE NOBODY ELSE.
CLOTHING, SUPPLIES, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD THINGS AND TOYS FOR THESE KIDS.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DELIVER THAT ON MONDAY.
THOSE ARE THE OTHER SIDE THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T SEE IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
THEY SEE ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH TODAY AND, AND, AND THINK THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE.
AND I'M PROUD OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
I'M PROUD OF THE PEOPLE PROUD OF THIS BOARD.
I WANNA WISH EVERY ONE OF YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THE NEW YEAR OF 2025.
[Resolutions]
AND THE RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 0 3 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE 2025 YOUTH BUREAU RESOURCE ALLOCATION PLAN.WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION VOTE
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WHAT WAS CARRIED.INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 0 4 IS A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $165,202 TO VARIOUS DFCS YOUTH BUREAU ACCOUNTS.
CALL THE VOTE, VOTE IS CARRIED.
UH, WHAT WE'LL DO IS DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF DSS AND HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH CONTRACTS, WE WILL, UH, HAVE A MOTION TO VOTE THEM IN INTRO 4 0 5 AND INTRO 4 22 AS ONE VOTE, UNLESS ANYONE OBJECTS TO ANY ONE OF THEM.
AND IF SO, WE CAN VOTE ON THAT ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THEM? ALL THOSE SIX PROBABLY SAYING, AYE.
OPPOSED? CARRIE? NOW WE GOTTA VOTE ON THE, OKAY, SO NOW IT'S A VOTE.
THIS, THIS VOTE IS ON INTRO 4 0 5 THROUGH INTRO 4 20 22.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY C AYE.
NO, WE'RE GONNA ALRIGHT, VOTE.
MIKEY SAID, YOU GOTTA CALL THE VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 23 IS THE APPROVAL OF A TEMPORARY USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ON IIDA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND THE CLINTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 24 IS THE APPROVAL TO EXTEND THE TERMS OF ONEIDA COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSIONERS FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION, CHRIS? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I I WROTE SOME NOTES IN HERE AND I CAN'T EVEN READ MY OWN WRITING SOMETIMES.
SO, UM, SO, UH, THE CHAIRMAN, THE CHAIR PEOPLE FOR THE, THE, UH, REPUBLICAN AND THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEES HAVE, HAVE SAID THAT THESE TWO ELECTION COMMISSIONERS HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AS WELL AS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
AND, UH, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, UH, JERRY, UH, AND THEY HAVE, THEY'VE DONE, THEY'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.
EVERYONE AGREES THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HAVING DONE THE GREAT JOB THAT THEY HAVE, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR POSITIONS GOING FORWARD, UH, SIMPLY BY APPROVING THEM IF THEY'RE PUT FORWARD OR DENYING IF, IF SOMEONE ELSE IS PUT FORWARD.
UM, WE'VE LISTENED TO VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND ARGUMENTS FROM THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE COMMISSIONER'S TERM TO FOUR YEARS, BOTH IN THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AND ALSO AT, AT WAYS AND MEANS TODAY.
UM, UH, THESE TWO COMMISSIONERS, UH, WILL NOT BE HERE FOREVER.
EVENTUALLY, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE.
UM, AND I, AND I URGE MY FELLOW LEGISLATORS TO, TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE, UH, RATHER THAN THE MOMENT.
I HEARD THAT ON THE RADIO ON THE WAY HERE TODAY.
UM, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY THIS, BUT ONE OF THE BEST ARGUMENTS THAT I HEARD WAS, UH, THAT A FOUR YEAR TERM WILL, WILL GIVE THESE INDIVIDUALS SOME JOB SECURITY.
I KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE AND HIGHLY SCRUTINIZED BY THE RESPECTIVE PARTY CHAIRS, UM, WHO CURRENTLY HAVE THE POWER TO PRESENT PEOPLE TO THE BOARD THAT WILL BE FILLING THEIR POSITIONS EVENTUALLY.
AND, UH, IT, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS POSITION HAS TO BE POLITICIZED IN THAT WAY.
I WISH THAT THEY WERE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT AND, AND NO ONE HAD ANY, UM, ABILITY TO INFLUENCE ANYTHING THAT THEY DO 'CAUSE THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.
UM, BUT HAVING SAID ALL THAT, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO, UM, WATER DOWN THIS BOARD'S ABILITY TO MAKE CHOICES ON WHO WILL FILL THAT SPOT.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME POOR COMMISSIONERS IN THE PAST, UM, AND THANKFULLY, UH, EVERY TWO YEARS WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MOVE THEM, UH, OUT.
UM, I'VE NEVER MADE A DECISION OR, OR CAST A VOTE FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE BEST FOR THOSE WHO I REPRESENT.
AND, AND I'M NOT GONNA START DOING THAT TODAY.
UH, SO I'M GONNA BE A NO TODAY.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS FOR THE
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FOLLOWING REASONS.I FEEL THAT EXTENDING TO A FOUR YEAR TERM, WE RECOGNIZE OUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND ENSURE CONTINUITY IN LEADERSHIP STABILITY.
THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS VITAL, ESPECIALLY WITH UPCOMING ELECTIONS THAT REQUIRE EXTENSIVE PLANNING AND EXECUTION.
INVESTING IN THEIR FUTURE WITH US REFLECTS OUR CONFIDENCE IN THEIR CAPABILITIES AND OUR COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS.
SO I WILL STRONGLY ADVOCATE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THIS FOUR YEAR TERM.
IT IS A PROACTIVE STEP TOWARDS FOSTERING A RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE ELECTION ADMINISTRATION.
THIS MOTION WILL ENSURE THAT WE RETAIN THEIR TALENTS AND CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THE SUCCESS WE HAVE ACHIEVED.
I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION AND ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS BOARD TO DO THE SAME.
F FIRST OF ALL, I, I, I THINK I NEED TO MAYBE CLARIFY, MAYBE CORRECT SOME OF MY EARLIER STATEMENTS, PASSIONATE STATEMENTS DURING, DURING WAYS AND MAINES, UH, WHEN I TALKED AND SPOKE OF BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AND THIS BODY AND OUR ACTION OR INACTION THAT REALLY DIDN'T SUPPORT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I THINK I MAY HAVE INSINUATED IT.
IT'S THIS BODY, THIS PARTICULAR BODY IN 2024.
UM, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS MANY OF YOU WERE NOT HERE.
SO I I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, YOU DIDN'T EXPERIENCE WHAT GEORGE, MYSELF, JERRY, AND, AND, AND NORM AND MIKE AND A FEW OTHERS, AND CHAD EXPERIENCED WITH, UH, POORLY, POORLY RAN ELECTIONS WERE, WERE THE NORM.
OKAY? UH, I ALSO WANT TO PREFACE MY STATEMENT.
MY NO VOTE ON THE FACT THAT I FEEL THIS VOTE IS AN IMPORTANT VOTE.
I'VE HEARD SOME, SOME EXPLANATION, SOME LOGIC, UM, HAVE ACTUALLY AGREED WITH SOME OF IT.
UM, BUT THIS ISN'T THE ONLY VOTE.
OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE MADE THIS YEAR.
YOU, YOU WORK WITH CONSTITUENTS AND WE DON'T KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THE GOOD WORK YOU DO.
UM, BUT IF YOU VOTE YES, THAT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT'S MAKE BREAK YOU IS AS A GOOD OR, OR OR BAD LEGISLATOR.
SO I, I NEEDED TO PREFACE THAT.
UH, AS FAR AS THE REASONS I'M VOTING, NO, I, I THINK THE PERCEPTION IS, IS BAD.
WE, WE JUST APPROVED THESE, THESE TWO COMMISSIONERS TWO MONTHS AGO, AND BEFORE THEY EVEN START IN JANUARY, THEY GET UP TO A FOUR YEAR TERM.
THE COMMUNICATION WAS, WAS NOT THE BEST.
AND I KNOW COMMUNICATIONS SOMETIMES ARE VERY DIFFICULT AND CAN ALWAYS BE IMPROVED ON, BUT THE MAIN REASON, AND, AND CHRIS KIND OF TOUCHED UPON IT, DID A NICE JOB, CHRIS, BOARD OF LEGISLATORS WE'RE THE PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVES GIVING UP POWER IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN THIS SITUATION.
AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT PASSING THIS RESOLUTION WILL DO.
CONFIRMATION OF COMMISSIONERS EVERY FOUR YEARS INSTEAD OF TWO YEARS DILUTES OUR POWER AND THE MATTER THAT'S BEFORE US.
IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY, YOU'LL BE GIVING MORE POWER AND CONTROL TO GOVERNOR HOLLE AND FUTURE NEW YORK STATE GOVERNORS AS IT RELATES TO THE REMOVING OF COMMISSIONERS, BAD COMMISSIONERS.
WE HAVE THE POWER, WE HAVE THE SAFEGUARDS BUILT IN BY NEW YORK STATE ELECTION LAW TO USE OUR VOTES TO AFFIRM OR REJECT GOOD OR BAD CANDIDATES PUT FORTH BY ANY POLITICAL PARTY.
HEED MY WORD SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE, IT MIGHT BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS OR 30 YEARS FROM NOW, ONEIDA COUNTY LEGISLATURE IN PLACE IS GOING TO CURSE THE DAY THE BODY INCREASED THE TERMS OF THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AS IT DEALS WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE INEPT VOTING.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR COMMENTS.
UH, I TOO WROTE A FEW COMMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE.
I'D TRY TO GET INTO, UH, NEW THOUGHTS AND, AND OTHER THINGS AND REAFFIRM SOME THINGS.
AS A LEGISLATOR, I CONSIDER MYSELF AN INDEPENDENT THINKER.
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I KNOW THAT THE RADIO MAKES IT SOUND LIKE I'M NOT AND THAT I'M BEHOLDEN TO SOMEBODY.THE ONLY PEOPLE I'M BEHOLDEN TO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT VOTE FOR ME.
THEY'RE THE ONES I TRY TO TRY TO LISTEN TO.
IN THE PAST WEEK, I'VE HAD A TOWN HALL MEETING, DEALT WITH HOUSING, BUT IN THAT WEEK I TALKED TO 19 DIFFERENT TOWN, CITY, AND VILLAGE OFFICIALS.
SOME ARE TWO, TWO YEAR TERMS, SOME ARE FOUR YEAR TERMS. NOT ONE MENTIONED EXTENDING THIS TO FOUR YEAR TERM.
WASN'T ON YOUR RADAR IN THAT WINDOW TOO.
I REPORTED TO YOU, I HAD TALKED TO EIGHT OUT OF 10 OF MY, UH, TOWN COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
ALL NINE OF 'EM SAID, YEAH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
WHY WOULDN'T WE? TEN FIVE OF 'EM ARE POLL WORKERS.
OF THOSE FIVE TWO ARE COORDINATORS.
ALL OF 'EM SAID, OH YEAH, WHY NOT DO THAT? WE'VE GOT THE BEST SITUATION ON BOTH THE DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN SIDE.
AND ONE OF THOSE COORDINATORS WAS A DEMOCRAT.
WHY ARE WE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE? 'CAUSE A COUPLE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY THINKS IT'S IMPORTANT, SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT AND WE WILL ADDRESS THAT TODAY.
BUT THERE IS SOME MISINFORMATION THAT CONTINUES TO CIRCULATE, LIKE ON A RADIO SHOW THIS MORNING THAT SAID, WE OUGHT TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS.
WHY NOT TABLE THIS UNTIL JANUARY? THE REASON WE DON'T IS BECAUSE THE TERM STARTS IN JANUARY.
ONCE THE TERM STARTS, YOU CAN'T ADD THE YEARS TO IT.
SO THAT'S A MOOT POINT TO ARGUE AND SAY, AH, THE CHAIRMAN DIDN'T PULL IT, DIDN'T SLOW IT DOWN, WHATEVER.
AGAIN, MISINFORMATION, ESPECIALLY IF THEY SUPPORT IT IN THERE.
SO NOW LOOK AT FROM THE STATE BOARD OF LEGISLATORS.
THE INTENT WAS TO ALIGN IT TO A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT WE JUST HAD AT THE END OF THE FOUR YEAR TERM.
IT CULMINATES WITH ELECTION OF PRESIDENT, THE MOST INTENSE, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTERS THAT COME OUT FOR THOSE.
SO NEXT YEAR, WHEN WE RUN AS LEGISLATORS IN THE OFF YEARS, TYPICALLY THE, THE VOTER TURNOUT IS LESS THAN HALF IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE, THIS BOARD OF LEGISLATORS IN THE FIRST MEETING AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THE TIMING, THAT WASN'T A MISTAKE.
IT WAS, HEY, THE ELECTION OCCURRED, HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE IT TO FOUR YEARS.
THERE IS NO MALICIOUS INTENTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REMOVING POLITICS FROM THE ISSUE.
OKAY? AGAIN, ON THE RADIO THIS MORNING SAID THE COMMISSIONER'S ROLES WHEN IT COMES TO SELECTING AND SEATING CANDIDATES WE'RE QUOTE, VERY DISCRETIONARY.
WHEN WE FILL OUT A PETITION, IF THERE'S A SIGNATURE THAT'S INCORRECT, OR A CHALLENGE OR A PETITION THAT'S FILLED OUT WRONG AND THE PROPER PROCEDURES FOLLOW THE RULES IN THERE THAT OUR COMMISSIONERS DO, AND THAT SIGNATURE OR THAT PETITION MIGHT GET TOSSED, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T SEE THAT.
THEY SEE THE ELECTIONS, BUT THE CANDIDATES UNDERSTAND.
IN ORDER TO BE A CANDIDATE, YOU HAVE TO GET THROUGH THAT FIRST HUR HURDLE.
IN MANY INSTANCES, THAT'S WHERE THE POLITICAL PROCESS AND INFLUENCE GETS ENTERED.
BACK A FEW WEEKS AGO, I SAT IN ON, AS A REPRESENTATIVE TO OUR COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE AS A DELEGATE TO SIT INTO THAT COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE DISCUSSED APPROVING OUR OWN CANDIDATE.
AND THAT VOTE WAS TAKEN BY EVERY REPRESENTATIVE SITTING THERE.
I THINK THE ATTENDANCE WAS SOMETHING LIKE 150.
THAT VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS, PRETTY STRONG, UH, UH, VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
I LOOK AT THIS FOUR YEAR EXTENSION, KINDA LIKE A FOOTBALL CONTRACT.
YOU CAN CHEER FOR THE NEW YORK GIANTS, BUT IF THEY DON'T EXTEND THAT QUARTERBACK CONTRACT AND THEY GOT A GOOD ONE, EH, THEY, THEY MIGHT NOT EXTEND THAT CONTRACT.
YOU GIVE 'EM THE FOUR YEAR CONTRACT, AND I KNOW CHRIS, THAT YOU SAID, UH, UH, UH, THEY'RE MAKING IT FOUR YEAR AND DOWN THE ROAD.
THERE'S NO PROVISION THAT SAYS AFTER THE FOUR YEAR AND A NEW PERSON THAT COMES IN, IF ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WE GIVE 'EM FOUR YEARS, THEY LEFT.
AT THE END OF TWO YEARS, THE NEW PERSON COMES IN, NOT AT A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT, BUT TO FINISH THE TERM OF TWO MORE YEARS, AT THAT POINT WITH NEW COMMISSIONERS, WE COULD GO BACK TO A TWO YEAR ONE.
IN FACT, I WILL COMMIT TO THIS BOARD WITHIN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS THAT I INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION THAT STATES, IF A NEW COMMISSIONER IS APPOINTED TO FILL A TERM THAT THE TERM GETS VOTED ON BY THIS BOARD AUTOMATICALLY TO ONLY A TWO YEAR TERM FOR THE FIRST TERM THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE VOTED IN FROM THIS BOARD, BE WATCHING FOR THAT DOCKET TO COME DOWN THE PIPE.
WE NEED TO REMOVE THE POLITICS.
I SAID THAT A COUPLE PEOPLE, I NEED TO APOLOGIZE.
I KNOW MITCH FORD, I SAW YOU COME IN BACK THERE.
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APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THE OTHER NIGHT AT GOVERNOR OP COMMITTEE, I MADE A STATEMENT.YOU WANTED TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT HOW PREVIOUS, UH, COMMISSIONERS HAD NOT BEEN TERMINATED AND WALKED AWAY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF FROM THERE, BUT IT COMES TO THIS QUESTION, WHO, WHO APPOINTED THAT PERSON? WHO NOMINATED IT? IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE OF SELECTING QUALIFIED COMMISSIONERS THAT WE KNOW TWO THINGS, WE'RE GONNA GET A TWO OR FOUR YEAR TERM OUTTA THAT PERSON.
THEY'RE GONNA DO THE JOB COMPETENTLY OR THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ENOUGH COMPASSION IF THEY'RE DOING A TERRIBLE JOB THAT THEY PACK UP THE BAGS AND WALK AWAY.
SO IT COMES DOWN TO WHO'S, WHO'S NOMINATING, PUT 'EM IN THERE.
I KNOW THAT MR. ROSER ON THE RADIO HAD SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I THOUGHT HE WAS AT OUR MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT.
I THINK HE COULD HAVE REQUESTED A COMMITTEE MEETING TO COME IN AND SPEAK.
I THINK TODAY THAT WHEN WE STARTED, UH, MR. CHAIR, WE STARTED WITH PUBLIC FORUM.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT COME IN AND SAID THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHY THIS IS AN ISSUE.
PEOPLE THAT, UH, SPOKE ON THAT, UH, IT'S AN ISSUE BECAUSE SOMEBODY MADE IT AN ISSUE.
IT'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT WE RAISED BECAUSE LIKE I POINTED OUT, 70 DOCKETS COMING DOWN THROUGH TODAY.
NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE, WE COUNT ON EVERY ONE OF US TO DO THE JOB.
THAT'S THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE THAT I'M AFTER.
I WANNA APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUE ACROSS.
CHAD, I MISSED YOU IN, UH, IN, UH, UH, THE PRE EARLIER ONE.
YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN MARY'S GOVERNMENT APP COMMITTEE IN YOUR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, ALWAYS A TON OF RESPECT FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE.
MY ONLY QUESTION IS THIS, YOU REFERENCED THE CURRENT DE DEMOCRATIC COMMISSIONER AS THE KEEPER, THE TOP ONE OF THE BEST ONES THAT WE'VE HAD.
MY ONLY QUESTION IS, WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION PROCESS? WILL YOU TAKE CREDIT OF SEATING HER? BECAUSE IF YOU WEREN'T, YOU SHOULD BE.
AND MAYBE IN THE FUTURE YOU'LL DECIDE AND MAYBE YOU WOULD BE CH I'LL CHALLENGE YOU.
MAYBE YOU WANNA RUN FOR DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE CHAIR SO THAT IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE THAT STABILITY ON THAT COMMITTEE.
AGAIN, WE LOOK AT THIS AS PERCEIVED POWER AND WE HAVE CONSEQUENCES IN A VOTE.
I'M GONNA FULFILL IT TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND VOTE AS AN INDEPENDENT THINKER AND SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
MR. DAVIS, RELATIVE TO KEITH, I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, SUGGESTION.
I MADE SOME GOOD COMMENTS THE OTHER DAY.
THE SECOND COMMENT YOU MADE ABOUT THE SITUATION WAS A LITTLE CRYPTIC TO ME, BUT LET ME MAKE THIS POINT.
UH, I CAN REMEMBER THAT ROSE GRIMALDI WAS THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST FOR THE REPUBLICAN, UH, SIDE BEFORE SHE WAS APPOINTED.
SO SHE WAS VERY FAMILIAR TO EVERYONE, AND YET, UH, SHE WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAD A CHALLENGE ON HER HANDS.
AND, UM, THE OTHER NIGHT, I THINK JUST BEFORE THE VOTE, AMANDA KINDLY ADVISED US ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE COULD PULL THIS BACK FROM FOUR TO TWO.
BUT, UM, I, I'VE HEARD IT SAID, WELL, WHY WOULD YOU IF IT'S BEEN GOING SMOOTH AND IT WAS PUT IN PLACE BY US FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM, THE IDEA ABOUT PULLING IT BACK TO TWO YEARS WHEN YOU HAVE NEW PEOPLE COME IN, WHEN EVERYTHING WAS GOING SMOOTH, GOES BACK TO THE POINT THAT IT'S NOT REALLY FORESEEABLE.
UH, PAM MANIC WAS TESTED HERE.
SHE WAS A LEGISLATOR AND THERE WERE ISSUES THERE, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
AND YET WE HAVE OUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN.
UM, ANGELA LONGO, WHO SERVED FOR 35 YEARS, AND SHE HAD TO BE REAPPOINTED EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO OUR BOARD, WE ARE RELINQUISHING, AS RICK NIK SAID, SOME OF OUR OVERSIGHT, GOVERNANCE AND POLICY POWERS OF THE BOARD.
AND I THINK WE'RE HERE TO DO WHAT TO SERVE THE PUBLIC GOODS.
SO THIS IS A BIGGER ISSUE THAN THE TWO SUB FANTASTIC COMMISSIONS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UM, BECAUSE I DO SEE IT AS A BIGGER ISSUE AND I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH THEMSELVES, I DO WORRY ABOUT, AS CHRIS NEWTON SAID, THE FUTURE OF WHERE THIS GOES WHEN THEY'RE NOT HERE.
UH, I JUST WANNA REITERATE A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, THIS IS FULLY IN THE RIGHTS OF THIS BOARD.
ELECTION LAW STATES THAT IT'S IN THE RIGHTS OF THIS BOARD AFTER THE APPOINTMENT OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO THEN DECIDE IF THE TERM SHOULD BE TWO TO FOUR YEARS.
MAJORITY OF THE STATE HAS ALREADY MADE THAT, UM, DETERMINATION.
MOST OF THE COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
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UM, THE STATE SENATE HAS VOTED, UM, OVERWHELMINGLY, I THINK IT'S 55 TO FIVE TO GO TO FOUR YEAR TERMS FOR ELECTION COMMISSIONERS.THIS IS A TREND THAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING IN THE STATE, AND IT'S A TREND THAT SH WE SHOULD ALSO JUMP ON BOARD WITH.
MY, MY REASONINGS BEYOND THAT IS WHEN I GO TO DOOR TO DOOR, MY CONSTITUENTS WANT ELECTION INTEGRITY.
THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE RUNNING OUR ELECTIONS.
AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONCERNS NATIONALLY THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT WITH THESE TWO ELECTION COMMISSIONERS.
AND, AND OUR ABILITY TO GET RETENTION AND OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT PEOPLE FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM IN THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS OUR ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATE TRAINING AND THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO FULFILL THE POSITION IS A REASON TO, FOR THIS BOARD TO GO TO A FOUR YEAR TERM.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'VE HAD ONE CONSTITUENT REACH OUT TO ME AGAINST IT.
IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH CONSTITUENTS, I'VE HAD SEVERAL FOR IT THAT ARE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING.
AND IT IS, AGAIN, THIS BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE SEATS AND THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WELL-TRAINED AND ABLE TO RUN THAT OFFICE WITHOUT OVERSIGHT OR POLITICAL OVERSIGHT THAT INTERFERE WITH THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR. COULD I MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT? YES, GO AHEAD.
AND I KNOW THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE, UH, BUT THAT BEING SAID, UH, KEITH, YOU KNOW, I LIKE YOU, RESPECT YOU, YOU ARE ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS ON THE BOARD.
YOU, YOU KNOW THAT AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
UH, YOU MADE SOME, SOME STRONG COMMENTS, BUT I GOTTA SAY YOUR ANALOGY OF ABOUT GIVING QUARTERBACKS, ESPECIALLY DANIEL JONES, A LONG TERM CONTRACT WAS NOT A GOOD ANALOGY.
KEITH, YOU KIND OF LOST A COUPLE VOTES FOR THE COMMISSIONERS
WHO WENT? KEITH? Y'ALL SET CALL.
THE CALL THE VOTE VOTE IS CARRIED.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 25 IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 3 43 OF 2024 TO AMEND THE TERM OF NICOLE SHORTELL AS THE REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS FOR ONEIDA COUNTY.
POINT OF ORDER ON THE LAST VOTE.
COULD, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW I TAILED WITH MY VOTE? YOU BELIEVE YES.
I WAS WONDERING, HAD ONE MORE? OOPS.
DEEP IN YOUR HEART YOU WANTED TO VOTE YES.
RICK, DO YOU WANT COLOR? RICK? NO.
YES, GEORGE, YOU WANNA VOTE? GEORGE? YOU WANT ME DO IT?
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 25 IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 3 43 OF 2024 TO AMEND THE TERM OF NICOLE SHORETEL AS THE REPUBLICAN COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS FOR A NIGHT ACCOUNT.
WHAT IS CARRIED? INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 26 IS A RESOLUTION.
AMENDING RESOLUTION SHOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN THAT, RIGHT? NOT 2 43, 2 26.
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SARAH'S 3 42.SO AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 3 42 OF 2024.
FOUR THE RE SARAH, UH, TO AMEND THE TERM OF SARAH BORMAN AS A DEMOCRATIC COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS FOR A KNIGHT OF COUNTY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? COMMON VOTE IS CARRIED.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 27 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT FOR RENEWAL AGREEMENT AND STATEMENT OF WORK BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF IT AND TRAINER ASSOCIATES.
INTRODUCTION NUMBER 4 28 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH HIS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CONVERGE ONE.
NUMBER 4 29 IS THE APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND JDE COMPUTER STAFFING.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER FOUR 30 IS THE APPROVAL OF SEVEN REFUNDS AND NINE CORRECTIONS OF VARIOUS ERRONEOUS TAX ASSESSMENTS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
DEDUCT NUMBER 4 31 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MORTGAGE TAX RECEIPTS AND DISTRIBUTION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER, 2024.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 32 IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECT HEMG ONE 30 SICG GRANT 2023.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
WHAT'S GOING ON? KEEP GOING, WE'RE GOING QUICK NOW.
CARRIE
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
INTRODUCTION NUMBER 4 34 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND UNITED RADIO SERVICE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL OF ALL NOTICE CARRIED.
INTRODUCTION NUMBER 4 35 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN EXTENSION TO SOFTWARE SUPPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY TO ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND TRITECH SOFTWARE SERVICE.
INTRODUCTION NUMBER 4 36 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN EXTENSION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IN NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 37 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN OAD COUNTY THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICES.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 39 IS THE APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
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A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.INTRODUCTORY NUMBER FOUR 40 IS THE APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE CARRIED.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 41 IS THE APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE CARRIED FOUR FORTY TWO IS THE APPROVAL OF INITIAL RESPONSE TEAM AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION AND UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL TO VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY 4 43 IS A TRANSFER OF $70,000 TO VARIOUS SHERIFF ACCOUNTS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL TO VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 44 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO A MASTER SERVICES AND PURCHASING AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND AXON ENTERPRISE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE, GET MY SECOND WIN.
DO HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
VOTE IS CARRIED AFTER SOMEONE ELSE VOTES.
4 46 IS THE APPROVAL OF A CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY TO HIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BARTON LADAS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL A VOTE.
4 47 IS A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT THE UNITED COUNTY DPW FUEL STORAGE DISPENSING FACILITIES PROJECT IS AN UNLISTED ACTION AND IT WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
IS THIS WHY MARY AND JUDY COME UP AND TAKE OVER
I DO HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 49 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THE TOWN OF KIRKLAND.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? ABSOLUTELY.
COLIN WHO CARRIED INTRODUCTORY FOUR 50 IS AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION AND FUNDING OF A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECT, UH, OF WHICH QUALIFIED COSTS MAY BE REIMBURSED FROM BRIDGE NEW YORK FUNDS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL TO VOTE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? YES.
I'LL PUT YOU ON THERE ONE MORE TIME.
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GOOD.4 53 IS THE AUTHOR AUTHORIZING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNDING OF THE COST OF A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT, WHICH MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FOR FEDERAL AID AND OR STATE AID OR REIMBURSED FROM BRIDGE NEW YORK FUNDS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL A VOTE.
WHAT WAS CARRIED? 4 54 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN INTER MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN OTI COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THE TOWN OF CAMDEN.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 55 IS THE APPROVAL OF A WORK ORDER BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THE DORM AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
4 56 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER QUALITY AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AND HENNINGSIN DURHAM AND RICHARDSON ARCHITECTURE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
ALL 4 57 IS A TRANSFER OF 273,000 TO VARIOUS DPW ACCOUNTS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE CARRIED.
FOUR FIFTY EIGHT IS THE APPROVAL OF FLOOD MITIGATION GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITED COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND THE TOWN OF CAMDEN BEAR.
CALL THE VOTE WHAT WAS CARRIED? 4 59 IS A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF 200,000 TO 8 20 21.
OTHER EXPENSES GRANT FUNDED EXPENDITURES PLANNING.
WASHBURN
DID HE VOTE THAT TIM? TIM, TIM.
MIND A FAULT? EVERYBODY VOTE CARRIED.
HOW MANY YOU GET LEFT? NO, WE'RE GOOD.
JUST 30 APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR 60 IS, UH, TO A GRANT AGREEMENT AND REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ADIRONDACK TECHS.
4 61 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND MV EDGE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
EVERYBODY ALL OUT THERE? WHAT'S THAT? INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 62 IS THE APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER NUMBER 27 TO A MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEI COUNTY AVIATION AND CNS ENGINEER.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL TO VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 63 IS THE APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT HAIR, CAPITAL OUTLAY APRON ONE AND TWO, REHAB PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
4 64 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT HAIR OUTLAY OBSTRUCTION
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MITIGATION PROJECT.DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL A VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 65 IS A TRANSFER OF 175,000 TO 56.
10 OTHER EXPENSES, MARKETING EXPENSES AIRPORT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL OR VOTE.
4 66 IS A TRANSFER OF 280,500 TO 56.
10 OTHER EXPENSES AIRPORT, DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
CARRIE FOUR SIXTY SEVEN APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER NUMBER 26 TO A MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN UNITED COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND CNS ENGINEERS.
WHAT WAS CARRIED? 4 68 IS THE DESIGNATION OF BOARD OF LEGISLATORS FOR THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA AS LEAD AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW FOR THE AIRPORT BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT GRIFFITHS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
4 69 IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECT HAIR 1 37 AIRFIELD LIGHTING UPGRADES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
FOUR 70 IS THE APPROVAL OF CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR TRIANGLE PROJECT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND GRIFFITHS UTILITY SERVICES CORPORATION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL TO VOTE.
4 71 IS THE APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY OF THE POSITION.
TITLE OF DIRECTOR OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AT GRADE 46 M.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL VOTE.
FOUR SEVENTY TWO IS THE APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO THE 2025 GR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RATES AND FEE SCHEDULE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE MY NAME.
AND YOUR DOCTOR NUMBER 4 73 IS THE APPROVAL OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES TREASURY DUE TO AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? THANK YOU AUR.
JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS, THIS DOCKET, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD WHEN IT COMES TO COVID.
COVID SEEMS LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY, BUT AS WE KNOW, UH, A LOT OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON WAS, UH, SPRING OF 2020, THE ROLLOUT OF ARPA MONEY AND THE PROJECTS.
UH, INITIALLY I, I THINK MOST OF US BELIEVED WOULD WOULD'VE BEEN RELATED TO HEALTHCARE, EMERGENCY SERVICE, UH, FIRE PROTECTION, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH.
AND, AND I THINK THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE W WAS ALSO THINKING THAT OVER THE YEARS THERE WAS A, A MODIFICATION, I BELIEVE OR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PROJECTS COULD BE, UH, FUNDED.
UM, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, QUITE HONESTLY, IF THEY WERE STANDALONE AND, UH, NOT WITH ARPA FEDERAL FUNDING, I PROBABLY WOULD'VE VOTED AGAINST.
UH, BUT THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT WASN'T THE CASE BECAUSE WE, WE MORPHED FROM MENTAL HEALTH, MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICES INTO, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS NOT BAD.
THERE'S JUST A EX EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF WHAT WE FUNDED AND THEN INTO QUALITY OF LIFE.
UH, DAN GAGE, THANK YOU FOR, FOR PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION TO ME AS FAR AS WHAT WE SPENT, WHEN WE SPENT IT, HOW MUCH WE ENDED UP SPENDING.
THIS IS THE LAST MONTH THAT WE, WE HAVE TO, UM, APPROVE PROJECTS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL TWO YEARS FROM NOW, 1226.
BUT, UM, IT, IT'D BE NICE A COUPLE YEARS FROM NOW TO GET MAYBE, UM, SOME FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY FROM QUALITY OF LIFE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON HOW OUR MONEY WAS SPENT AND, AND IF IT WAS GOOD, UH, EXPENDITURE.
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TO FOLLOW UP AND, AND FOLLOW THROUGH.I HOPE ALL THESE PROJECTS WORK OUT WELL.
I I HAVE CONFIDENCE MOST OF THEM WILL.
UM, AND, AND I'LL VOTE YES ON, ON THIS.
UM, ONE OF THE PROJECTS THE BETTER TOGETHER PROJECT CALLS FOR AN INCLUSIVE RECREATION CENTER AND I, UH, AM FRIENDS WITH KATHY CARUSO, WHO'S THE LEAD FACILITATOR OF BETTER TOGETHER THE ORGANIZATION.
AND SHE COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, REGRETTABLY, SHE STATES, UH, SHE'S, UH, HER HUSBAND HAS THE FLU.
SO I JUST WANTED TO READ, UH, THROUGH THE LETTER THAT SHE SENT TO ME, QUICKLY SAYS, DEAR COUNTY EXECUTIVE PASSE, CHAIRMAN FARINI AND ESTEEMED BOARD OF LEGISLATORS, I REGRET THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO BE THERE IN PERSON WITH YOU TODAY.
THIS IS WHEN SHE WAS TRAVELING.
I'M SORRY, BUT SHE WAS NOW HER HUSBAND HAS THE FLU, SO SHE'S NOT TRAVELING EITHER.
'CAUSE I'M HUMBLED AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPROACH YOU ALL ON BEHALF OF THE POPULATION WITH AUTISM AND DISABILITIES.
I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE IN THIS SITUATION, IT'S VERY HARD TO COMPREHEND THE SPECTRUM OF HARDSHIPS AND PROCESS THAT A SPECIAL PROCESS.
WHAT A SPECIAL NEED FAMILY ENDURES.
I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF TOO OFTEN WHEN A PERSON WITH COMPLEX DISABILITIES BECOMES OF ADULT AGE AND IS NO LONGER IN A SCHOOL SETTING, THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE MEANINGFUL THINGS SUCH AS COMMUNITY WITH PEERS, THERAPEUTIC SKILL BUILDING OR SENSORY RELIEF IS NON-EXISTENT.
THE WAIT LISTS, INDIVIDUALIZED NEEDS AND PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE SUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN.
BEING IN THE SITUATION MYSELF AND AS A CERTIFIED LIFE COACH SPECIALIZING IN PARENTING, PARENT MONITORING, MENTORING, I CAN TELL YOU MOST FAMILIES ARE ALREADY AT BREAKING POINTS DUE TO THE CHRONIC DISAPPOINTING AND SEEMINGLY HOPELESS CIRCUMSTANCES.
WATCHING YOUR ADULT CHILD BE ISOLATED, NOT HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IS HEART WRENCHING.
I CAN TELL YOU MY SON WHO HAS COMPLEX AUTISM WITH COMORBIDITIES IS 30.
HE HAS BEEN HOME ALL DAY EVERY DAY SINCE HE LEFT SCHOOL AT AGE 21.
WHICH SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOWS STUDENTS TO STAY UNTIL AGE 21.
MY HUSBAND AND I, ALONG WITH OUR STAFFING PROVIDED THROUGH NEW YORK STATE SELF-DIRECTION, WORKED TIRELESSLY EVERY DAY TO FIND PURPOSEFUL AND MEANINGFUL THINGS TO DO.
THROUGH MY COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MY SON FROM TIME TO TIME, AS WELL AS THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING.
BUT AGAIN, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT CONSISTENT.
STATISTICS SHOW THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS GREATLY AFFECTED BY ISOLATION AND CAUSES DEPRESSION.
LATEST STATISTICS SHOW COMORBIDITIES EXIST IN 80% OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.
COMORBIDITIES ARE THE PRESENCE OF TWO OR MORE DIAGNOSIS AT ONE TIME.
BEING OBSCURE AND ISOLATED ONLY EXACERBATES THESE CONDITIONS.
BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR MOST OF MY SON'S LIFE BY CREATING SCHOOL AND CHURCH-BASED PROGRAMS, HOLDING SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS FOR PARENTS, FACILITATING COMMUNING EVENTS, COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT BRING RECREATION TO INDIVIDUALS AND AWARENESS TO THE GENERAL POPULATION.
ADVOCATING NEEDS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS.
TRAINING AND TRAINING FIRST RESPONDERS.
DEVELOPING A RECREATION AND SENSORY CENTERS SEEM TO BE THE NEXT LOGICAL AND MEANINGFUL STEP.
THESE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES DESPERATELY NEED HELP.
A PLACE TO BELONG AND A PLACE TO BE THAT OFFERS SENSORY REGULATION AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORM MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS.
I AM MOST GRATEFUL TO THIS UTICA CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR SEEING THIS NEED ALONG WITH ME AND PROVIDING PHYSICAL SPACE TO FILL IT.
IRONICALLY, THE SPACE CHOSEN IS WITH THE MARIAH VET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ON WASHINGTON STREET, WHERE MY LATE MOTHER-IN-LAW, SANDY CARUSO.
AND FOR THOSE OF US IN THE ROOM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT NAME, SANDY CRUSO WORSHIPED AND ATTENDED MOST OF HER LIFE.
THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY UNDER RENOVATION FOR OUR CENTER, BUT FUNDS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO FULLY MODIFY THE SAID SPACE TO THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT STANDARD.
MAKING THE SPACE FULLY HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS, REPLACEMENTS TO THE EXISTING HVAC SYSTEMS, RESTROOMS, FLOORING, AND WINDOWS ARE ALSO A GREAT NEED.
I HUMBLY AND RESPECTFULLY THANK ALL OF YOU AND MOSTLY COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO FUNDING FOR HELP, TO HELP BRING THIS VISION TO FRUITION AS HE VALIANTLY LED OUR COUNTY DURING COVID AND BEYOND.
I TRULY BELIEVE HE UNDERSTANDS THE WEIGHT OF ISOLATION.
I ASSURE YOU I'LL WORK HARD TO CONTINUE TO SERVE FAMILIES LIKE MINE, TO GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO RECREATE AND FEEL ON AN EMOTIONAL LEVEL FROM BEING SECLUDED AND ALONE DUE TO COMPLEX DISABILITY.
NO GROUP OF PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL ISOLATED OR ALONE.
THE BETTER TOGETHER CENTER WILL CHANGE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE ALL BETTER TOGETHER.
THIS IS CERTAINLY PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AND US DOING WORK FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY, UH, HOW TRULY GRATEFUL I AM TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR VOTES TODAY.
IN SUPPORT OF FOUR ELEMENTS STUDIO AND THE VITAL ROLE IT PLAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THIS FUNDING IS A POWERFUL ENDORSEMENT OF OUR SHARED VISION TO MAKE ART AND CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS, AND ABILITIES.
HERE IN UTICA COUNTY EXECUTIVE PASSI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR RECOGNITION, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THIS INVESTMENT.
YOUR COMMITMENT ALONGSIDE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT ALLOWS FOUR ELEMENTS STUDIO TO ENHANCE ITS PROGRAMS AND CONTINUE ITS MISSION IN ITS NEW HOME AT 8 8 0 9
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COURT STREET.FROM HANDS-ON WORKSHOP FOR YOUTH TO CREATIVE OUTLETS FOR SENIORS.
THIS FUNDING WILL SUSTAIN AN INCLUSIVE, INSPIRING ENVIRONMENT IN DOWNTOWN UTICA.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A PHYSICAL SPACE.
IT'S A CORNERSTONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING TOGETHER ON THIS AND ALL THE LEGISLATORS WHO WANNA SEE WHAT'S DONE ONCE IT'S COMPLETED.
I'D BE HAPPY TO BRING YOU ALL THROUGH.
IF YOU COULD JUST ADD MY NAME ABSOLUTELY.
AND I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD THAT I, I ALSO APPRECIATE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SUPPORT SUPPORTING KIRKLAND TRAILS.
THEY'RE DONE WITH PHASE ONE AND, UH, MOVING ON PHASE TWO, AND THEY HOPE TO CONNECT WITH THE RAY HILL TRAIL, WHICH WOULD THEN, UH, MAKE IT WIDE OPEN AND, UH, IT ALMOST AS IF ONEIDA COUNTY COULD HAVE A, UH, AN INCREDIBLE SUCCESS FOR, UH, FOR TOURISM WITH, WITH RESPECT TO ALL THESE TRAILS TANTAMOUNT TO SOMETHING WHEREBY THE ADIRONDACKS DRAWS IN CLIMBERS FOR THE, THE, THE HIGH PEAKS.
UM, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AREA IN CENTRAL NEW YORK AND, UH, I WAS, UH, VERY IMPRESSED WITH, UH, ALL THAT'S GONE ON WITH THIS ARPA FUNDING.
CALL THE VOTE, ADD MY NAME TO.
NOT EVEN THE AIRPORT VOTE IS CARRIED.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 74 IS APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 75 IS APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL TO VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 76 IS APPROVAL OF A BUDGET TRANSFER AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH BRETT TRULA.
SO ON YOUR, ON YOUR DESK IS AN UPDATED RESOLUTION, UM, THAT, UH, INCLUDES THE TRANSFER OF $500,000 TO COVER THE COST OF BOTH AGREEMENTS FOR THE TRUIT AGREEMENT AND FOR THE JOSEPH SIRIANNI AGREEMENT.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 77 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH FOUR 18 LAFAYETTE STREET CORPORATION AND JOSEPH SIRI, DO YOU HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
4 78 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN A COMPREHENSIVE BUILDING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, PHASE FIVE AND IN FOR THE COUNTY OF VANDA AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF 5 MILLION IN AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $5 MILLION IN BONDS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 4 79 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED INTO RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING OF COUNTY ROADS AND FORWARD THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST AT 3 MILLION AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $3 MILLION IN BONDS.
DO HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
FOUR 80 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING COUNTY BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS AND IN FOR THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF 4.5 MILLION AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 4.5 MILLION IN BONDS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
4 81 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL, AN ADDITION TO 1 21 SECOND STREET BUILDING FOR A USE BY CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF 8 MILLION AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $500,000 IN BONDS.
4 82 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ASBESTOS REMOVAL AT THE COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF 2 MILLION AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $2 MILLION IN BONDS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY
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IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF 1.1 MILLION AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $1.1 MILLION IN BONDS.DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL A VOTE.
4 84 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RECONSTRUCTION AND EXPANSION OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCIENCE AND TECH BUILDING ON UTICA CAMPUS IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ONEDA AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF $42,080,000.
WE'RE AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF $14,415,000 IN BONDS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL A VOTE.
WHAT WAS CARRIED? 4 85 IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY CAMPUS BUILDING ON THE ROME CAMPUS FOR A DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAM IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATE IN COST OF 4.5 MILLION IN AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $375,000 IN BONDS.
4 86 IS WATER RENTS, SEWER CHARGES AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES TO BE LEVIED ON PROPERTIES IN SPECIFIED TOWNS.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL VOTE THAT LAURIE.
WE GOT A COUPLE, WE GOT A COUPLE LEFT.
4 87 IS THE APPROVAL OF SPECIFIED AMOUNTS TO BE LEVIED AGAINST UTICA AND SPECIFIED TOWNS FOR DELINQUENT SEWER CHARGES.
MARY, UM, MS. PRATT, MARY PRATT.
4 88 IS THE APPROVAL OF HIGHWAY 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.
HEALTH, FIRE PREVENTION, GENERAL WELFARE AND SPECIFIED DISTRICT TAXES TO BE LEVIED AGAINST TOWNS.
4 89 IS THE RESOLUTION FOR AMOUNTS TO BE LEVIED AS PART OF COUNTY TAX AND EXTENDED AGAINST PROPERTIES IN VARIOUS TOWNS AND CITIES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL A VOTE.
INTRODUCTORY FOUR 90 IS THE APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY TO ITS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMSOURCE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? THERE ISN'T ANY DISCUSSION.
IS THERE
ANYBODY CALL THE VOTE? VOTE IS CARRIED.
ANY OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS I WANNA SAY, UH, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AND BE SAFE.