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TO NUMBER 1077 GROUND ZERO. THERE YOU GO. OH, NO. IT'S ON THE BOARD OF ELECTION. REQUEST
[a. 2024-1077 – BOARD OF ELECTIONS RE: APPROVAL OF A SERVICE AGREEMENT AND SOFTWARE LICENSE BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AND ENHANCED VOTING LLC ]
CONSIDERATION OF A SERVICE AGREEMENT AND SOFTWARE LICENSE WITH ENHANCED VOTING TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT LEVEL REPORTING OF RESULTS ON ELECTION NIGHT. THE FIRM WAS THE ONLY ONE TO RESPOND TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. TERM IS THREE YEARS, WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS. 28 AND 29. THE FIVE YEAR COST WOULD BE $92,000 AND THE GIRLS ARE HERE. IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND I'LL REITERATE WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY DID ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, WITH US BEING THE FIRST ONES IN NEW YORK STATE AND COMPLIMENTS FROM NEW YORK STATE. SO I WOULD ASSUME THIS IS VERY VALUABLE TO YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR SARAH OR NICOLE? OKAY. THERE BEING NONE, LET'S TAKE THE VOTE.[b. 2025-1199 – FINANCE RE: APPROVAL OF THREE (3) REFUNDS AND ELEVEN (11) CORRECTIONS TO VARIOUS ERRONEOUS TAX ASSESSMENTS ]
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO DOCKET NUMBER 1199. FINANCE, TAX REFUNDS AND CORRECTIONS. FINANCE SEEKS APPROVAL OF A SERIES FOUR, 28, 50, AND 11 CORRECTIONS TOTALING 16,582 AND TONY CARELLI. MR. CARELLI IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THIS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR TONY? CHAD I'LL ASK ONE SINCE THEY'RE HERE. AND JUST A LITTLE EDUCATION FOR US. MY GENERAL QUESTION, IT'S A GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT THESE BECAUSE THEY COME UP ALL THE TIME. BUT I NOTICED THAT THERE'S FAR FEWER THAN THERE USED TO BE YEARS BACK. AND BUT THESE I IMAGINE, TONY, COME TO YOUR ATTENTION.BOTH THE PUBLIC COMES FORWARD. ARE YOU FIND IT INSIDE THE OFFICE IN HOUSE. IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S A COMBINATION IN TERMS OF FINDING IF SOMEONE OVERPAID OR UNDERPAID OR DIDN'T PAY, OR THERE'S A CORRECTION SOMEWHERE, THERE'S MANY, MANY PARCELS IN ONEIDA COUNTY, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, REALLY. AND THIS IS VERY FEW WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL THE SHUFFLING GOES ON. BUT JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHEN YOU COME ACROSS THESE THINGS. WHAT USUALLY HOW DOES IT USUALLY GET TO THIS DOCKET ASPECT? I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE MEANWHILE, RIGHT, BETWEEN PEOPLE WALKING IN OR PHONE CALLS AND THEY START AN INQUISITION OR WHATEVER. AND YOU GUYS LOOK INTO IT. AND I GUESS IN GENERAL TERMS, HOW DOES THIS COME ABOUT? THERE'S APPLICATION FORMS THAT ARE STANDARD ACROSS THE STATE. ONE IS FOR A CORRECTION AND ONE IS FOR A REFUND. SO THE TAXPAYER WOULD FILL OUT THAT CORRECTION FORM AND EITHER RETURN IT TO OUR OFFICE OR DISCUSS IT WITH THEIR ASSESSOR, WHO WOULD BRING IT INTO OUR OFFICE. OFTENTIMES PEOPLE WILL MEET WITH THEIR ASSESSORS TO DISCUSS AN ERROR THAT MIGHT BE ON THE ROLL. THEN IT'LL COME IN. IF IT COMES IN TO US, WE TYPICALLY WILL ALWAYS REVIEW IT WITH THE ASSESSOR AND OR OFTENTIMES GET THE ASSESSOR TO SIGN OFF ON IT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH IT AND THAT WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH IT, THAT IT IS A CORRECT ASSESSMENT. AND THEN WE PROCESS IT. IF IT MEETS THE STANDARDS OF THE STATE LAW, WE'LL PROCESS IT AND WE SEND ALL THE CORRECTIONS TO THIS BOARD SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ALL EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING VERY GOOD. AND COULD I OFFER ONE ILLUSTRATION. AN ASSESSOR DOESN'T CATCH THE FACT THAT AN OWNER OF TWO BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS ON HIS PROPERTY, HE SELLS OFF ONE OF THOSE TWO BUILDINGS WITH SOME LAND BECAUSE HE HAS A BIG PIECE, AND HE SELLS A HOUSE OFF AND KEEPS THE BARN AND THE ASSESSOR DOESN'T CATCH IT. AND SO THEN IT MIGHT BE GENERATED AS IT WAS THE YEAR BEFORE TYPE OF THING.
EXACTLY. YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT, THAT'S EXACTLY CORRECT. THAT'S OFTENTIMES WHAT HAPPENS. IT MAY NOT BE CAUGHT OR IT'S TOO LATE. THE AND THE BILL COMES OUT SO FAST AND IT'S A PAPER SHUFFLE. I MEAN, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE VOLUME OF PARCELS YOU DEAL WITH, IT'S AMAZING. THERE ISN'T MORE.
BUT I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BETTER JOB AT PROCESSING THEM TOO. SO YOU WON'T SEE THE PACKAGES AS BIG, BUT YOU'LL SEE MORE PACKAGES. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER ONE ON NEXT MONTH AS WELL. YEAH. WE'RE WE'RE PROCESSING THEM A LITTLE FASTER.
THAT'S TO THE CREDIT OF MRS. PILBEAM WHO'S OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE DOING A GREAT JOB I KNOW. THANKS SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER
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QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU TONY. THANK YOU KATHY. THANK YOU. MOTION TO ADJOURN SECOND. THANK