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          ONLY. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL DPW TO ORDER, PLEASE. MR. BLAIR, DO YOU HAVE THE ROLL ALREADY? OKAY. 
          [a. 2024-1038 – PUBLIC WORKS RE: APPROVAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 1 BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION  ]
THANK YOU. WE HAVE THREE DOCKETS TONIGHT. WE'LL START OFF WITH. LET'S SEE. 1038 PUBLIC WORKS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR THE MIDDLE SETTLEMENT ROAD. THIS IS BASICALLY JUST CHANGING UP THE AGREEMENT SO THAT WE CAN GO AFTER THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE $2.7 MILLION ON THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED, RIGHT, EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF PUNCH LIST ITEMS. SO THIS IS JUST THE REIMBURSEMENT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND WE HAVE TO UPDATE THE CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE THAT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE HAVING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANKS, MATT. WE WON'T LET CARL OFF SO EASY. OH, NO. ESPECIALLY MR. 
          [b. 2025-1195 – WATER POLLUTION RE:     APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ONEIDA COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT RATE SCHEDULE  ]
BUCK. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START WITH 1195. THIS IS WATER QUALITY AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL. 
          REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF THE 2020 2025 AND KNIGHT COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT RATE SCHEDULE. THE PROPOSED RATE IS 723 PER 1000 GALLONS OF WATER. IT'S AN INCREASE OF $0.20, OR 2.9% ABOVE THE CURRENT RATE, WHICH IS 7.03. WOULD IT TAKE EFFECT APRIL 1ST? I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL GONE THROUGH THIS FOR AN AN AVERAGE GALLON USAGE OF 80 000 GALLONS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT $16 ANNUALLY, $4 A QUARTER, AND THERE WAS NO SPEAKERS AT THE PUBLIC HEARING WHEN THEY HELD THIS. SO QUESTIONS FOR CARL ON THIS FROM COMMITTEE. MR. BUCK. CARL, I THOUGHT WE HAD AN AGREEMENT. NO MORE SEWER RATE INCREASE. WE WERE GOING TO KEEP IT UNDER THE RATE OF INFLATION. STILL, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS. WHAT IS THE DRIVING FACTOR BEHIND IT? I MEAN, I'VE READ THROUGH SOME OF ALL THIS STUFF, BUT IF THERE IS AN UNDERLYING IT'S THE COST TO RUN THE SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGER WASTEWATER FACILITIES IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP OUR COSTS UNDER CONTROL. BUT WHEN YOUR YOUR DEBT SERVICE IS ABOUT 55% OF YOUR TOTAL BUDGET, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY DRIVING THIS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF LIMITED TO WHAT WE CAN DO. AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THE COST, THE COST IN LINE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE KEPT IT DOWN TO 1.9% RATE INCREASES, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY BELOW WHAT THE RATE OF INFLATION HAD BEEN. BUT WE WERE INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO KEEP THIS DOWN. AND EVERY YEAR WE'RE PUTTING IF WE HAVE SOME MONEY IN FROM OUR FUND BALANCE THAT WE CAN APPLY TO THE BUDGET, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR. I THINK WE'RE 2.6, $2.8 MILLION FROM OUR FUND BALANCES BEING APPLIED TO THE TO OUR ON THE REVENUE SIDE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE RATES IN CHECK. I DON'T LIKE IT. YOU KNOW, I FIRST CAME ON THE BOARD. I MEAN, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A HUGE TRANSITION, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF WHAT YOU WERE GIVEN. YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT OF ALL THE TROUBLE WITH THE DEC AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING GOING. BUT IT JUST SEEMS THAT EVERY TIME WE CONTINUE TO RAISE IT AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT DON'T HAVE SEWERS, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. BUT I DO. AND IT COMES FROM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOUR OUTHOUSE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT'S JUST CONTINUING MY WATER BILL. THE RATES GONE UP, NATIONAL GRID'S GOING UP, AND SEWER TAX IS GOING UP. I MEAN, ENOUGH'S ENOUGH. AND I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT. I MEAN, IT'S FOUR BUCKS A QUARTER ON THE AVERAGE, BUT IT'S STILL SOMETHING. RIGHT. AND THE OVERALL BILL, YOU KNOW, WE I TRY TO DO AN ESTIMATE HERE BASED ON YOUR TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AND WE'RE LOOKING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 575, $600 A YEAR. AND I, I LIVE IN THE DISTRICT, I LIVE IN THE COYOTE CREEK BASIN PORTION. SO I'M PAYING MORE THAN PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE COYOTE CREEK BASIN. AND I HEAR IT FROM MY WIFE ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE BILL. AND I REMIND HER, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR OUR CELL PHONE, LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE PAYING NATIONAL GRID. LOOK AT ALL AND SPECTRUM. 
          FORGET ABOUT THEM. BUT YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR BILLS. AND I KNOW THIS ADDS UP WHEN YOU ADD IT. 
          ALL THE PILES THIS BIG OF BILLS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY. BUT FOR A VITAL PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE THAT WE'RE THAT THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM PROVIDES, JUST LIKE DRINKING WATER. IT'S A BARGAIN COMPARED TO EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT MUCH OF A BARGAIN, BUT IT'S STILL A BARGAIN. DAVE, YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP. YOU KNOW, ONE CUP OF STARBUCKS COFFEE, A QUARTER TO I SUPPORT LOCAL PEOPLE. OKAY THERE, SIR. RIGHT. OKAY. TWO CUPS OF CLIPS. OH, DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MORE WASTE COMING FROM DAVE'S PORTION OF THE TOWN? MOSTLY. MOSTLY 
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DEERFIELD. I DUG A HOLE IN MY BACKYARD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. 
          HAVING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MR. BUCK STANDS OPPOSED. OKAY. 
          [c. 2025-1215 – WATER POLLUTION RE:     DETERMINATION OF TYPE II ACTION, PURSUANT TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, CONCERNING AN ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION PROJECT  ]
PASSES. NOT UNANIMOUSLY, BUT PASSES. MOVING ON TO THE LAST DOCKET, WHICH IS 1215 FOR A SECRET DETERMINATION. CARL, CORRECT ME IF THIS IS WRONG. WE'RE JUST BASICALLY AGREEING WITH YOU THAT THERE IS NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. YEAH, THIS IS IT'S A RETROFIT. THIS IS FOR THE UV DISINFECTION SYSTEM THAT WE WANT INSTALLED ON AT THE PLANT. WE'RE USING EXISTING FACILITIES. WE'RE JUST CHANGING OUT THE TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY. BUT THIS FALLS UNDER A RETROFIT TYPE OF A CATEGORY, WHICH MEANS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A FULL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. SO WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS IT REAFFIRMS THAT REAFFIRMS THAT WE'RE IN A GOOD STAND HERE. OKAY. AND AS A SIDE NOTE, THIS IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. THIS IS GOING TO SAVE US MONEY OVER THE CHEMICAL METHOD. YES. WE'RE STILL PLANNING TO BORROW THE MONEY BECAUSE IT'S MONEY. BUT A CHUNK OF MONEY WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH IF WE PAID CASH. BUT WE'RE GOING TO PAY THE DEBT USING SAVINGS AND CHEMICAL COSTS. OKAY. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. HAVING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
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