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ARE WE STARTING? YES. WELL, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. WE'LL CALL THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
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MEETING TO ORDER. MIKE HAS ALREADY TAKEN THE ROLL CALL. MIKE WATERMAN IS LISTENING IN ONLINE, SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. YES. HE'S LIKE SIRI. HE'S ALWAYS WATCHING. THERE'S A[a. 2024-1147 – PUBLIC WORKS/PERSONNEL 1) RE: APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY OF THE POSITION TITLE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE AT GRADE 40M, STEP 1, $81,756; 2) RE: APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY OF THE POSITION TITLE DIRECTOR OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT AT GRADE 42M, STEP 1, $88,265; 3) RE: APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY OF THE POSITION TITLE DIRECTOR OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AT GRADE 38M, STEP 1, $75,956; 4) RE: APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY OF THE POSITION TITLE ASSISTANT DISTRICT SUPERVISOR AT GRADE 22B, STEP 1, $49,023]
LOT OF IMPORTANT DOCKETS. HE'S CALLED ME QUITE A FEW TIMES. FIRST UP IS DOCKET 2025 1156 APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO A CAPITAL PROJECT. REC 131 MURNANE FIELD BUILDING STRUCTURES AND FIELD IMPROVEMENTS. I BELIEVE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING TO ANDREW. ANDREW, BECAUSE AMANDA IS NOT HERE. AMANDA WAS HERE. SHE WAS HERE. I TURNED AROUND AND SHE'S NO LONGER HERE. YOU WANT TO BE THE FIRST ONE? I'M HERE. OH, THAT'S.AND TONY'S HERE TOO. TONY'S HERE. THAT'S JUST. I'M GOING OFF THE ORDER HERE. RIGHT? NOW. THE FIRST ONE IS TONY. OH. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S ABOUT. SO WE'LL JUST STAY WITH ANDREW.
STAY RIGHT THERE. IS THAT OKAY, MIKE? YOU WANT ME TO DO THE OTHER ONE? THE OTHER ONE? OKAY.
WHICH ONE ARE WE DOING? WE'RE GOING TO DO 1147 PUBLIC WORKS. ALRIGHT, THANKS. 34 2024 1147 PUBLIC WORKS PERSONNEL AND APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY TO THE POSITION, TITLED DIRECTOR OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE AT GRADE FOUR M STEP 181 756. NUMBER. SECOND PART OF THAT IS APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY POSITION TITLED DIRECTOR OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT AT GRADE 42 M YES. MIKE WATERMAN IS VACATIONING. SHE'S STILL CAUGHT UP IN THAT MEGA MEETING SHE HAD.
OKAY. DIRECTOR OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT AT GRADE 42 M STEP 188 265. AND APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY FOR POSITION TITLE. DIRECTOR OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AT GRADE 38 M STEP 175 956.
APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY OF THE POSITION TITLE. ASSISTANT DISTRICT SUPERVISOR AT GRADE 23 B STEP ONE $49,023. I BELIEVE MR. BEASLEY IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS OR EXPLAIN THIS DOCKET IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. MR. DAVIS? SURE. I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE SALARY FOR THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT. YES. 88,002 65. IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE BIT LOW FOR THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED, BUT MAYBE I'M MISTAKEN. MIGHT YOU FIND. A WAY TO HAVE SOMEBODY OF YOUR CALIBER AND MARK OF HIS CALIBER? ALMOST. THEY WANTED THE EXPERIENCE, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU NEED A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THERE. YEAH. SO THIS IS THIS IS A POSITION THAT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF ENGINEERING. WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT HIGHER POSITION. BUT THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO ACT MORE AS KIND OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEAD IN KIND OF THE NUMBER TWO TO THE DEPUTY.
CURRENTLY, OUR ASSISTANT ENGINEERS ARE AT GRADE 38 B. AND SO THIS POSITION IS GOING TO THE THOUGHT HERE IS TO KIND OF HAVE THAT SUCCESSION WITH THE DEPUTY, TO HAVE THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE DEPUTY IS NOT HERE, THAT PERSON IS KIND OF RUNNING THAT DIVISION. CURRENTLY, WHEN THE DEPUTY IS NOT THERE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE NINE ENGINEERS ARE REPORTING TO ME.
SO IT'S KIND OF HAVE THAT EXTRA LAYER THERE. AND ALSO TO HELP KEEP TRACK OF DOCUMENTATION AND SCHEDULING. SO YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED HERE. YOU KNOW, DAVE BUCK HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH WHATEVER ELSE. THIS IS A POSITION THAT WILL HELP US RECORD DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT MIGHT COME UP WITH CONTRACTORS, SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE NEW BIDS THAT COME UP, IF WE DETERMINE A BIDDER UNRESPONSIBLE OR WHATNOT, WE HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION TO BACK IT UP WHEN AND IF WE GET SUED. SO THIS POSITION WILL HELP US WITH KIND OF GETTING SCHEDULING, KIND OF COORDINATING, SCHEDULING, COORDINATING. IT'S TECHNICAL AND TO A DEGREE, BUT THEY'RE NOT AT THAT LEVEL. SO THIS WILL ALSO LET THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF ENGINEERING WHO IS A P OR WHO THEY ARE A P, GO OUT AND BE MORE IN THE FIELD, BE MORE A PART OF THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES. SO THIS IS MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE, KIND OF NUMBER TWO TO THE DEPUTY. THANK YOU SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE WITH BEING NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
[b. 2025-1156 – PUBLIC WORKS 1) RE: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT H-REC-131 – MURNANE FIELD – COMP BLDG. STRUCTURES, & FIELD IMPROVEMENTS; 2) A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO MURNANE FIELD IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF $3,200,000 AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $3,200,000 BONDS OF THE COUNTY TO PAY COSTS THEREOF (H-REC 131) ]
OPPOSED? DOCKET PASSES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025 1156, APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT H REC. 131 MURNANE FIELD BUILDING STRUCTURES AND FIELD IMPROVEMENTS, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS TO MURNANE FIELD IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF $3.2 MILLION, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $3.2 MILLION IN BONDS BONDS OF THE COUNTY TO PAY THE COST THERE THEREOF. ANDREW[00:05:08]
AND AMANDA ARE HERE, AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET. MR. DAVIS, I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS. I THINK ONE IS FIRST, ON, WHY IS IT PARAMOUNT? I YOU KNOW, BASEBALL STARTED IN NEW YORK STATE DOWN IN COOPERSTOWN. AND FOR OVER 100 YEARS IT WAS PLAYED ON TURF IN MOST LOCATIONS. AND I UNDERSTAND FOOTBALL WHERE YOU HAVE TWO TEAMS LINED UP AGAINST EACH OTHER, 11 AGAINST 11, AND THEY TEAR UP A FIELD. AND YOU NEED TO PROTECT THE, YOU KNOW, THE GRASS GETS TORN UP QUICKLY. BUT WITH BASEBALL, OFTENTIMES IN THE OUTFIELD, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S A STRAIGHT ON RUNNER FOR THE BALL. AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TEAR UP. THERE'S NOT ANY CONFLICT. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES, WE HAD A STUDY, I THINK, DONE ABOUT THE DRAINAGE FOR MURNANE FIELD. AND I DO KNOW THAT WHEN IT THERE'S A RAIN TORRENT, THE NORTH SOUTH ARTERIAL IS JUST FLOODED WITH WATER BY THE STONE BRIDGE. AND IT'S THE WATER COMES OUT ON BOTH SIDES ABOUT TWO FEET OR MORE. AND YOU COULD HYDROPLANE. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT STUDY WORKED OUT AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THAT. SO. PROBLEMS ON THIS FIELD AND THE TURF. WOULD THE I'D CALL THE TURF AND THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE WILL NEED TO BE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. THE DRAINAGE WILL HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED, WHETHER WHETHER WE. CONTINUE TO HAVE OPEN FIELDS OR. SO. KIND OF GENERAL IDEA HERE IS THAT MONEY HAS TO GO INTO THIS FACILITY TO HAVE IT CONTINUE TO OPERATE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THE DRAINAGE HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. SO THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES, DO YOU KEEP IT AS A GRASS FIELD WHICH HAS LIMITATIONS? YOU KNOW, GRASS FIELDS, THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T USE THEM ONE RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER. IT MAY NOT BE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS A FOOTBALL GAME, BUT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S WE'RE PLAYING THREE GAMES AT. THE MOST LIKELY NOW. AND THEIR GAMES ARE FREQUENTLY CANCELED WHEN THERE IS RAIN BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIELD. SO THE IDEA BEHIND THE TURF IS THAT, NUMBER ONE, WE WOULD BE RESOLVING THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS ANYWAY. THE TURF BECOMES. ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATES THOSE ISSUES WITH THE WATER AND THE DRAINAGE. IT WOULD ALLOW FOR GREATER USE OF THE FIELD ON A REGULAR BASIS. IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE FIELD TO BE USED FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME INTO THE FALL SEASON. AND, YOU KNOW, EARLIER IN THE SPRING AND INTO THE FALL SEASON AS WELL. AND IT WOULD ALLOW US TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF TEAMS AND THE TYPES OF EVENTS THAT CAN HAPPEN ON THIS FIELD, BECAUSE IT CAN BE PLAYED ON GAME AFTER GAME, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BACK TO BACK. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN TURF INSTEAD OF GRASS. WE HAVE TO RESOLVE THE DRAINAGE ISSUE ANYWAY. AND THE REAL QUICK ON THIS. SO THE OTHER THING TOO, CHAD, YOU GOT TO KEEP IN MIND WITH TURF, VERY LOW MAINTENANCE THERE IS GROOMING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO PUT DOWN WHATEVER INFILL THAT YOU USE OR IN LATE. SO IT'S JUST A BASIC GROOMER A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK. BUT THE OTHER NICE THING IS WE'RE NOT MOWING IT. WE'RE NOT FIGHTING TO MOW IT. WE'RE NOT WORRYING ABOUT WEEDING IT. IT'S READY TO PLAY ALMOST EVERY TIME. WE'RE NOT LINING IT. SO THE LONG TERM COST OF TURF ACTUALLY WILL SAVE US MONEY AND WE'RE PLAYING ON IT WITH THAT. SO YOU'RE READY TO GO. AND THE NICE THING TOO IS WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF A SPRINKLE OR A LITTLE BIT OF AN RIGHT.IT'S GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND THEY GOT TO DRY IT UP, AND YOU GOT A LOW SPOT AND YOU GOT TO FILL IT OUT AND YOU GOT A DIAMOND DRY, WHICH IS ABOUT $95 A BAG FOR THE GOOD STUFF. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT WITH WITH TURF. OKAY FINE. I'M FINE WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT ASPECT OF IT. BUT WHAT ABOUT WATER DISPLACEMENT? I MEAN, AS FAR AS I KNOW, A TURF FIELD WOULD SEND WATER SOMEWHERE BESIDES BEING ON THE FIELD. HERE'S MY EXPERIENCE WITH TURF IN GENERAL THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS. YOU GOT MULTIPLE LAYERS WITH TURF, SO YOU HAVE A BASE LAYER. THEN YOU HAVE A SUB LAYER AND THEN YOUR INLAY. SO NOW WHEN THE WATER IS LAYING UP THERE, IT'S GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE AND DISPERSING EVENLY VERSUS WHERE A GRASS NOW IS OVER MUD, IT'S GOING TO SOAK UP AND IT'S IN THERE. IT'S GOT TO GO SOMEPLACE.
THIS HAS GOT TO ACTUALLY LIKE A DRAINAGE SYSTEM BUILT INTO IT. BUILT INTO IT. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A PROBLEM BEYOND THE FIELD. AND WE'RE. YEAH. IS THAT WAY. OH. OH IT IS BUCK. OH I WASN'T SURE I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T TELL THE LIGHT THE WAY THE LIGHT WAS SHINING I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT IT WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS MR. JULIAN FOR A MOMENT. OH, IS
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THAT WHAT IT WAS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE SECRET PROCESS. AND WITH THE DRAINAGE, THERE WILL BE CONTROLS ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EXCEED THE LEVEL OF DRAINAGE WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE INTO THE CREEK BECAUSE IT DOES DRAIN INTO THE CREEK THERE. SO THAT'S THERE, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S PROTECTIONS PLAYED INTO IT. WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT OVERFLOWING, THAT WE ARE DISPERSING THE WATE.LIKE MR. BUCK WAS SAYING, MORE THAN IT WAS NOW, CURRENTLY, IT'S STILL THE SAME DRAINAGE FROM WHEN IT WAS A FOOTBALL FIELD. IT'S A SINGLE PIPE THAT GOES THROUGH THE OUTFIELD AND ACTUALLY THE LOW SPOT IS AT THIRD BASE, I THINK ON THE FIELD, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS NOT IDEAL. SO YOU KNOW THOSE PAY FOR A STUDY THIS PAST SUMMER. SO WE DID A STUDY AND THE DESIGN OF THE TURF, WHAT IT WOULD DO AND IDENTIFIED THOSE. YOU KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIG CONCERNS WAS THE WATER. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO FROM A COUNTY PROJECT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE. IT'S NOT IT'S ACTUALLY I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE TURF ACTUALLY HELPS US WITH THE WATER, WITH ACTUALLY SEPARATING THE WATER OUT AND KIND OF DISPERSING IT BETTER THAN WHEN IT COMES DOWN. IT SITS, AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF GOES ALL AT ONCE. ONCE IT GETS THAT WATER TABLE UP, THE TURF WILL HELP DISPERSE IT MORE THROUGH THE PROPERTY. SO. WELL THAT'S GREAT. MR. LEACH, I GOT A QUESTION THE FIRST. STEVE, WILL YOU STAND UP AND PROTECT JERRY? HOW DO WE HAVE THE BASEBALL WAIVER? YEAH. WE'VE BEEN. I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO GO BACK IN THE YEARS. I MEAN, THIS WAS A LONG TIME AGO THAT MURNANE FIELD INITIALLY WAS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THEN SOMETIME IN THE, I THINK THE LATE 80S OR EARLY 90S, THEREABOUTS, THE WHEN ACTUALLY LATE, LATE 70S, I SHOULD SAY, WHEN THE NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE RETURNED AND WANTED TO PLAY. I MEAN MURNANE AND THEN SAME THING DOWN IN LITTLE FALLS. THOSE FIELDS WERE BOTH, YOU KNOW, CONVERTED AND IMPROVED, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH STATE FUNDING AND SOME OTHERS. BUT THE LONG STORY SHORT, WAS TRANSFERRED OVER AT THAT TIME TO THE COUNTY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, I MEAN, SO THE COUNTY DOES OWN IT. IT IS OWNED BY ONEIDA COUNTY. THERE WAS A THOUGHT YEARS AGO THAT WE WERE ONLY KIND OF THE CARETAKERS, AND THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STILL MAINTAINED THE OWNERSHIP. THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
THE COUNTY OWNS IT. THE ARRANGEMENT WAS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN PARTICULAR, UTICA, WOULD HAVE THE RIGHTS TO PLAY AT THAT FIELD AS LONG AS WE OWNED IT. I MEAN, WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE SCHEDULE AND WHATEVER. SO THAT'S WHEN WE GOT INTO I MEAN, IT WAS MANY YEARS AGO. AND SINCE THAT TIME AND THEN IN THE 90S, WE CREATED THE ONEIDA COUNTY SPORTS AUTHORITY, YOU KNOW, SEPARATE FROM THE AUDITORIUM. AND THE DIFFERENT ONE IS SEPARATE AND DISTINCT AUTHORITY TO OVERSEE THAT FIELD WITH THE COUNTY. I MEAN, IN CONJUNCTION SO THAT THE AUTHORITY COULD GET, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS STATE DOLLARS AND MONEY AND WE COULD, YOU KNOW, BLEND THAT TO IMPROVE THE FIELD. THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY LESSON. APPRECIATE. ANY OTHER. MR. DAVIS, THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME UP BY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES. I'M NOT SURE WHO. I SAW A TEXT MESSAGE ABOUT QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL THE COACH. THE BASEBALL COACH THINKS HE HAS PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS AND CAN PRECLUDE RATHER OTHERS FROM PLAYING ON THAT FIELD. AND SOMEONE ELSE OPINED THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE, THAT THE COUNTY IS RUNNING THIS THING THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE NO ABILITY TO PRECLUDE OR PREVENT SOME OTHER SCHOOL FROM PLAYING. YEAH, NO, THERE'S AMANDA, THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT RESERVES THEM THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE THE USE OF THE FIELD, SUBJECT ONLY TO THE GENERAL RULES FOR THE USE OF THE FACILITY AND REASONABLE SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS. RIGHT. SO, SO THAT DOESN'T THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MVCC I MEAN, WE HAVE THE AMERICAN LEGION, THE UTICA BLUE SOX, THE COLLEGIATE LEAGUE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S OUR HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS CHANGES RIGHT NOW AS AND I KNOW I WALKED IN A LITTLE LATE RIGHT NOW AND I KNOW MR. BUCK KNOWS THIS. I MEAN, IF IT RAINS TODAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY IN THAT FIELD. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET HEAVY RAINS TODAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY FOR A COUPLE DAYS OR WHATEVER. ALSO WITH TURF, AS WE GET THE SNOW WE GET IN APRIL, WE CLEAR IT OFF. YEAH, BE CLEARED OFF AND YOU CAN PLAY. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL OUR OR MOVE OUR, OUR DWI CLASSIC IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MULTIPLE SCHOOLS PLAYING IN THAT TO HAMILTON COLLEGE BECAUSE HAMILTON HAS TURF FIELD. I MEAN, AND YOU DIDN'T BUILD THAT THOUGH, DID YOU? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUST CHECKING BECAUSE BUT SO YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER POINT IS WE'RE LOSING OUT ON, YOU KNOW, EVEN YOU KNOW, WE
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FOR YEARS WE HAD THE LEGION TOURNAMENT. I MEAN, AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON WE DIDN'T GET IT. BUT IT DOES. IT DOES MAKE AN IMPACT. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET AND IT DOESN'T MATTER, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SPRING RAINS OR WHATEVER, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. SO EVEN IF IT RAINS IN AUGUST, YOU'RE STUCK WITH THAT FIELD, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS. SO THAT'S AND THOSE ARE THE TIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, AFTER THIS, AFTER THE, YOU KNOW, SCHOLASTIC SEASON, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO MORE WITH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TOURNAMENTS. WE COULD DO MORE, YOU KNOW, WITH, YOU KNOW, LEGION AND OTHER AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER, OTHER LEAGUES. OPENS IT UP. MR. JULIAN, JUST AN ANECDOTE FOR THE, THE GREAT INTEREST THAT YEARS BACK THERE WAS IT RAINED, THEY PUSHED IT BACK. AND THIS WAS THE FINALE. SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE FIREWORKS. YEAH. FIREWORKS. WELL, THEY PUSHED IT BACK. AND THE FIREWORKS SHOW WENT ON, AND IT SHOULD HAVE AT THE END OF THE THING, WHICH, TO MY HORROR, WAS AT 3 A.M. YEAH. FIREWORKS.FIREWORKS IN A RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AT 3 A.M. AND HAPPENED TO BE MUCH, MUCH NICE BECAUSE OF POOR DRAINAGE AND THE LIGHTING. YOU KNOW, MATT, JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE LIGHTING WILL, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO INSERT THAT LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS WILL SAVE US ALSO. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW THEY DON'T DO A LOT OF NIGHT STUFF BECAUSE IT COSTS A LOT. IT COSTS A LOT MORE. AND IT TAKES AN HOUR TO GET THEM WARMED UP AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO NOW WE'RE YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS IS TRANSFERRING THEM ALL TO LED, WHICH SHOULD SAVE US SIGNIFICANT MONEY AND COST FOR POWER, AS WELL AS ALLOWING MORE, YOU KNOW, NIGHT GAMES TO HAPPEN. RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK WE TURN THEM ON FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WE DON'T START THE SERVICE, BECAUSE ONCE WE START THAT SERVICE, WE START GETTING CHARGED DEMAND CHARGE. YEAH, YEAH. SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM TO LED WILL MAKE IT WHERE, YOU KNOW, PROCTOR WILL GET MORE USE OUT OF IT. THEY GO YOU KNOW WHEN THE. OH SO YOU HAD ME TILL YOU SAID PROCTOR ANYBODY ANYBODY WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING ORISKANY YOU FORGET I GOT IT SCHEDULED. THAT'S WHEN WE SHUT THE LIGHTS OFF. AT THAT YOU GIVE THE SIGNAL, THE LIGHTS JUST GO OFF. AND UTICA, WE COULD WE COULD PLAY IN THE DARK PRETTY GOOD. YOU KNOW WHO OWNS THE PARKING LOT? THAT'S RIGHT. WE DO. THAT'S ALL WE DO. OKAY. FOR YEARS, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT PARKING LOT WAS UNDER AN AGREEMENT WITH FAXTON HOSPITAL TO SAINT SAINT LUKE'S TO PARK THERE DURING THE DAYTIME. DO YOU ANTICIPATE GETTING THIS DONE BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS? SURE. WELL, WE GOT A GOOD SHOT AT IT. WE GOT A GOOD SHOT. WE REALLY DO, EVEN WITH THE SNOW. THAT'S WHY THAT'S THAT'S PART OF MY REASON ALSO FOR MOVING IT AT THIS AT THIS PIECE DID NOT DO IT IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE ON THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING COMING THROUGH. THE OTHER POINT IS WE GOT WE'RE LOCKED IN AT PRICES NOW, I MEAN, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN ANOTHER YEAR. YEP. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. WHAT WAS THE OPERATING COST LAST YEAR? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT TOTAL BUDGET. FOR THE SPORTS AUTHORITY? SPORTS AUTHORITY 120 000 WAS THEIR BUDGET. EVERYTHING. GOOD? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WOULD BE NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? DOCKET PASSES.
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