[Call to Order] [00:00:08] PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALMIGHTY GOD, GUIDE US IN OUR JUDGMENTS AND DELIBERATIONS TODAY. AMEN. ROLL CALL. YOU WEREN'T READY. I AM READY. COME ON SHEEPLE. HERE, IS HE HERE? LEACH. HERE. ROGERS. WITT. HERE. WATERMAN. HERE. BOUCHER. HERE. FIORINI. HERE. BLEZNICK. HERE. BUCK. HERE. JOSEPH. KOENIG. HERE. WHITE. HERE. NEWTON. HERE. DAVIS. HERE. GABEL. REAL. HERE. PRATT. HERE. DIMAGGIO. DANIELS. HERE. JULIAN. HERE. IRVIN. HERE. WASHBURN. MCNEIL. HERE. GENTILE. HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. AT THIS TIME, I [Communications] CALL UP COUNTY EXECUTIVE ANTHONY PICENTE AND PRESIDENT RANDY VAN WAGNER. COME TO THE FRONT, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. TODAY I'M JOINED, AS YOU SEE, BY PRESIDENT RANDY VAN WAGNER TO HONOR SOME OF OUR FINEST ATHLETES AT MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. OVER THE YEARS, MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE HAWK ATHLETES HAVE LONG BEEN AN ELITE PROGRAM OF ATHLETES IN A VARIETY OF SPORTS AND HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AND HAVE COMPETED AND HAVE BEEN WINNERS IN VARIOUS NATIONAL LEVELS FOR SUCCESS AND FOR MANY DECADES, THE TRACK AND CROSS COUNTRY TEAM WAS A NATIONAL TEAM OF THE DECADE BACK TO BACK FROM 1990 TO 2010, WITH 15 NATIONAL TITLES DURING THAT STRETCH. WITH MULTIPLE WOMEN'S MULTIPLE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WOMEN'S BOWLING, WOMEN'S SOCCER, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND WOMEN'S TENNIS, AND REGULAR TOP TEN FINISHES IN THE ANNUAL OVERHAUL AND A T CAA CUP COMPETITION FOR THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. THE MVCC HAWKS HAVE SECURED THEIR SPACE AS A NATIONAL POWERHOUSE IN THE NJCAA DIVISION THREE ATHLETICS. SO I'M PROUD TO SAY TODAY THAT WE ARE HERE TO HONOR AND TO CELEBRATE THE MVCC MEN'S SOCCER TEAM FOR BRINGING HOME THE COLLEGE'S 25TH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR HAWK ATHLETICS IN 2024. AND WITH THAT. AND THE WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM FOR THEIR NATIONAL RUNNER UP FINISH IN 2024 AS WELL. BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN PERFORMING AT A HIGH LEVEL FOR YEARS. MVCC IS THE ONLY NJCAA DIVISION THREE COLLEGE IN THE COUNTRY TO SEND BOTH ITS MEN AND WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAMS TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. TOURNAMENT. IN EACH OF THE LAST TWO YEARS. THESE DEDICATED STUDENT ATHLETES, THEIR COACHES, WHICH YOU WILL MEET SHORTLY, AND ALL OF THEM. HAVE UPHELD THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS WHILE REPRESENTING THIS COMMUNITY VERY WELL. IN THAT PROCESS AND ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN ARE MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT MVCC AND ITS ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP IN THE IN NEW YORK STATE AS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE FINEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN NEW YORK STATE, THE VERY FIRST COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN NEW YORK STATE. AND IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT WE THIS BOARD, ALONG WITH THIS BOARD AND THIS COLLEGE AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BEGAN, YOU KNOW, TO INVEST EVEN MORE IN THE ATHLETICS OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE, RECOGNIZING THAT THAT REALLY WAS A PIECE THAT NEEDED TO BE EXPANDED UPON AND DRAWN [00:05:03] UPON SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO ATTRACT AND OBTAIN THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, NOT JUST IN ACADEMICS, BUT IN ATHLETICS AS WELL, AND BRING THESE TYPE OF CHAMPIONSHIPS TO MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND ONEIDA COUNTY. SO I'M REALLY PROUD TO HONOR THEM TODAY. AND BEFORE I DO SO OFFICIALLY, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO PRESIDENT VAN WAGONER, WHO WILL INTRODUCE THE TEAMS AND THEIR COACHES, AND WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THESE GREAT ATHLETES. PRESIDENT. THANKS, TONY. IF I COULD HAVE COACH DIMAGGIO AND COACH VITALE BRING YOUR TEAMS UP. EVERYONE JUST HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE, IF YOU COULD, TILL WE'RE ALL DONE WITH THE PROGRAM, WE'LL INTRODUCE. SO WOMEN ON THIS SIDE, MEN ON THIS SIDE. AND TO SAVE TIME, I'LL TALK WHILE YOU COME UP. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN DURING THE SUPER BOWL MVCC HAD A COMMERCIAL. MISTER NICK. WE BOUGHT LOCAL TIME. IT WASN'T A NATIONAL SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL. JUST TO BE CLEAR, IN OUR COMMERCIAL WAS THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS AND AT MVCC. AND AS TONY SAID, THE THIS IS THE MEN'S NATIONAL TITLE WAS THE 25TH IN THE HISTORY OF HAWKEYE ATHLETICS. SO WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THESE TEAMS, THESE TWO IN PARTICULAR GOING BACK TO BACK TO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT FOR NJCAA DIVISION THREE. AND I JUST WANT TO SET A LITTLE CONTEXT IN TERMS OF THE DYNASTY BUSTERS, THAT BOTH THESE TEAMS ARE THE MEN'S TEAM, THE TEAM THAT THEY DEFEATED IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HAS WON EIGHT OUT OF THE LAST NINE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND MVCC BROKE THEIR THEIR STRING ON THAT. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEN ON THAT. AND ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE, THE TEAM THAT THE WOMEN BEAT IN THE SEMIFINALS HAS WON SEVEN OF THE LAST NINE. THE TEAM THEY LOST TO IN THE FINALS WON THOSE OTHER TWO SUCH THAT SINCE 2012, THE ONLY OTHER TEAM TO WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OTHER THAN THOSE TWO TEAMS WAS THE MVCC WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM. NOW I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR 250 PLUS STUDENT ATHLETES. NATIONAL RESEARCH SHOWS THAT A STUDENT ATHLETE BRINGS 2 TO 3 STUDENTS WITH THEM, WITH THEIR FRIENDS. SO STUDENT ATHLETICS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ENROLLMENT STRATEGY. SO YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE FIELD HOUSE A FEW YEARS BACK TO PROVIDE THE ACCESS TO THOSE FACILITIES IS A BIG PART OF THE SUCCESS YOU HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY. SO RECOGNIZING SOME SCHEDULES OF SOME FOLKS WILL GO WITH THE WOMEN'S TEAM FIRST AND LET COACH JIM VITALE INTRODUCE THE TEAM AND SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SEASON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS THING. GOOD THERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE US AT MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT OUR WOMEN'S TEAM AND MEN'S TEAM TO YOU, TO EVERYONE HERE FROM OUR WOMEN'S TEAM. THEY HAD AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE RUN THIS YEAR. WE WERE UNDEFEATED IN THE CONFERENCE AND WE SECURED A CONFERENCE TITLE. WE WERE UNDEFEATED IN THE REGION, SECURING OUR SIXTH STRAIGHT REGION TITLE, SIX STRAIGHT NATIONAL APPEARANCE, AND THEY DID THIS AND WE ENDED UP RUNNER UP IN THE IN THE NJCAA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT. BUT WE DID THIS OVERCOMING A NUMBER OF HURDLES. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE PLAYERS TODAY THAT REALLY HELPED BRING US TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. SO WE WERE AT A DISADVANTAGE WHERE WE LOST OUR GOALIES AND TWO OF OUR PLAYERS THIS YEAR STEPPED UP AND CAME TO ME AND SAID, LOOK, COACH, WE'RE WE'RE FORWARDS, BUT WE'LL STEP UP AND TAKE THAT ROLE ON. AND THAT CHALLENGE FOR THE TEAM AND IN THE TEAM SPIRIT. SO ERISA BOLTON, PUT YOUR HAND UP, LET EVERYBODY SEE YOU AND AUDREY MOODY. SO TWO FORWARDS THAT REALLY TOOK ONE FOR THE TEAM AND HELPED US TO FORWARD OUR TEAM, TEAM OUR GOALS ALSO WE HAVE WITH US CHRISTA PANKO, WHO WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN THIS YEAR. CHRISTA, PUT YOUR HAND UP. AND CHRISTA WAS ALSO THE MOST OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE PLAYER IN THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT. SO WELL DONE, WELL DONE. SO, LADIES, WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU DO. OH, AND THANK MY COACH MACY AND DAN DELOITTE, WHO WERE JUST CRITICAL IN US ACHIEVING OUR SUCCESS THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO. SO GIRLS, IF YOU WILL FOR ME, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU'RE FROM SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR OUR TEAM. START WITH REGAN. I'M REGAN DELMER AND I'M FROM COPENHAGEN, NEW YORK. I'M [00:10:03] DONNA SCHAEFER, I'M FROM BROWNSVILLE, NEW YORK. I GO BY TALIA. I'M FROM NEW YORK, I'M MORGAN, ANGUS, AND I'M FROM DEERFIELD, NEW YORK. FITZPATRICK. I'M FROM COPENHAGEN. NOT FROM MILWAUKEE. AND. I'M KRISTEN. THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME ALL ABOUT YOUR. I'M FROM WESTERN. I'M JAKE, AND I WANTED TO BE A HIGH DIRECTLY ON THE COUNTRY AND OUR PEOPLE IN. AND SO I. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK. YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE OUR DEAN OF ATHLETICS AT MVCC, AS WELL AS OUR MEN'S HEAD SOCCER COACH, DOMINIC DIMAGGIO. EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. COACH, I HAVE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. ABSOLUTELY. ARE YOU ANY RELATION TO THE NON-ATHLETIC LEGISLATOR OF THE YEAR? DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR NOT? OF COURSE I AM. THAT IS MY GODFATHER, ACTUALLY. OVER THERE, THE MVCC MEN'S GOALIE OF 1973. JUST SAYING. STEVE DIMAGGIO. DIMAGGIO. FUN FACT. FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR US AND TO SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL TEAMS THAT TRULY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO NOT JUST BE GREAT ATHLETES, BUT GREAT STUDENT ATHLETES, GREAT CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE COLLEGE. AND I'M SO PROUD OF ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT THEY'VE PUT INTO THEIR PROGRAM AND INTO THE TEAM TO BUILD THIS SUCCESS. I THINK IT'S SOMETIMES UNDERLOOKED WHAT HAS TO GO INTO IT TO BE AT THIS LEVEL AND TO ACHIEVE SUCH HIGH STANDARDS. AND I TRULY THINK IT'S SPECIAL WHAT THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE DONE, NOT ONLY FOR THE COLLEGE BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. I'D LIKE TO EVEN TAKE IT BACK TO LAST YEAR. WE HAD AN HISTORIC SEASON WHERE WE WENT UNDEFEATED AND LOST FOUR ZERO IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, WHICH LEFT A PRETTY BITTER TASTE IN, IN A LOT OF THESE GUYS MOUTHS. AND INSTEAD OF KIND OF PACKING IT AND FOLDING IT IN, THEY PUT THE EXTRA TIME INTO THE OFF SEASON AND DID ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT REALLY AMOUNTED TO WHAT WE ACHIEVED THIS SEASON. SO I THINK THAT ALONE SPEAKS VOLUMES IN TERMS OF THIS GROUP. IT'S ALSO A SPECIAL GROUP AS WELL. WE DON'T HAVE OUR WHOLE GROUP HERE. THERE'S THE TEAM IS ACTUALLY IT WAS 52 PLAYERS THIS YEAR. AND FOR A SPORT THAT PLAYS 11 PEOPLE ON THE FIELD AT A TIME, IT'S HARD TO GET 52 PEOPLE TO BUY INTO ONE COMMON GOAL. AND WE DID IT IN A IN A VERY UNIQUE WAY AS WELL. WE HAD 15 PLAYERS ON OUR ROSTER FROM EITHER ONEIDA COUNTIES OR OTHER ADJACENT COUNTIES, BUT WE ALSO REPRESENT 11 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS THAT DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO START THEIR ACADEMIC CAREER AT MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHICH I THINK IS EXTREMELY SPECIAL IN ITSELF. AND I THINK OUT OF THOSE 11 COUNTRIES, THERE WAS 33 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS THAT DECIDED TO COME OVER TO THE UNITED STATES AND DECIDED THAT MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS GOING TO BE THEIR HOME. AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE COLLEGE. SO THESE GUYS DID SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY EXTREMELY SPECIAL. WE ACTUALLY HAD A TOUGH SEASON THIS YEAR. WE HAD A FEW LOSSES, A FEW TIES. IT WAS NOT HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON. IT WAS NOT THE YEAR THAT I THINK WE WERE GOING TO BE CROWNED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS BY ANY MEANS. BUT THESE GUYS CONTINUED TO WORK TOGETHER, STAY TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND KIND OF OVERCOME SOME OF THOSE TOUGH CHALLENGES AND ADVERSITY THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT AS WELL. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AS WELL, THAT I KNOW IN THAT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, IT WASN'T JUST ONEIDA COUNTY THAT WAS THAT WAS WATCHING. IT WASN'T JUST NEW YORK STATE THAT WAS WATCHING. IT WASN'T JUST THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS THE ENTIRE WORLD. AND THESE GUYS REALLY DID PUT MOHAWK VALLEY ON A GLOBAL SCALE. AND WE HAD PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ROOTING FOR US ON THAT DAY TO TRY TO BRING HOME THIS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. SO COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THESE GUYS AND ALL THE EFFORT THAT THEY PUT INTO IT. AND REALLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S THESE GUYS THAT SHOW UP EVERY DAY AND PUT THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO IT AND MAKE THESE GREAT THINGS HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU. I THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU GUYS INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AS WELL AND STATE YOUR HOMETOWN AS WELL. PLEASE, CUMBERLAND, ENGLAND. UTICA, NEW YORK I'M DAVID. JAMES FROM I'M FROM BRAZIL. I PROMISE. I'M FROM BRAZIL. RAPHAEL GAROFALO FROM BRAZIL. I'M HERE. I HAVE ONLY [00:15:06] HAD UNTIL THE END OF SUMMER WITH MY CHILDREN FROM CYPRUS. I'M FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. I'M FROM. I STARTED ONLINE, BUT. NOT FROM ENGLAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO OBVIOUSLY. ARE YOU GOOD? I'M GOOD. OKAY. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE VERY PROUD OF BOTH OF THESE TEAMS, BUT PROUD OF MVCC. AND THE STATEMENT THAT THESE BOTH THESE TEAMS ARE ON THE WORLD STAGE IN NATIONAL AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IS SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF AND SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK. I MEAN, WE HAVE AND HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT MVCC IS NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST, BUT IT'S REMAINED NUMBER ONE. AND CERTAINLY, YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, FROM WHERE ALL OF THESE STUDENTS COME FROM THAT THEY COME HERE AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. WE THANK THEM. AND OBVIOUSLY IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO NOT JUST OTHER PARTS OF THE OF NEW YORK STATE, BUT TO THE WORLD, AS WAS SAID. SO, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF ONEIDA COUNTY, THIS THIS ADMINISTRATION, THIS BOARD OF LEGISLATORS, WE WANT TO THANK THEM, PROCLAIM TODAY AS FEBRUARY 12TH AS MVCC, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ALL TOGETHER. MVCC SOCCER DAY IN ONEIDA COUNTY AND URGE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO JOIN. AND SO I PRESENT THIS TO BOTH COACHES AND TO THE PRESIDENT TO HANG AND TO REALLY ACCEPT OUR APPRECIATION, OUR OUR PRIDE IN ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA, TO MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS SPECIAL INSTITUTION. AND CONGRATULATIONS. TO. THE. THE COACHES UP FRONT. YOU GOT THE REST OF YOUR COACH TO COACH. IT'S PRETTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHICH ONE SCORED THE GAME ONE. YEAH. I'LL LOOK IT UP. THANK YOU GUYS. SO. NICE. PASSING OUT. PASSING OUT LAUNDRY. BUY ONE GET ONE FREE AT THE LAUNDROMAT. YEAH. I LIVED IN THE TOWN OF. AND THEY. HAD SIX MONTHS TO CONTROL THE WHOLE THING. YEAH. I SAID IT DIDN'T LAST FOREVER UNDER [Resolutions] RESOLUTIONS. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 26 IS APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM. I'M SORRY. YEAH, THEY'RE ALL ON ONE. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 23 IS THE APPROVAL OF A SETTLEMENT WITH DOROTHEA MILLER. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 24 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND BROADWAY. THEATER LEAGUE OF UTICA. DO I [00:20:04] HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. YES. OKAY. YOU GOT THREE. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 25 IS APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND THE UNITED PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION. BLUE COLLAR COLLAR UNIT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 26 IS THE APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA, MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE UNITED PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION. WHITE COLLAR. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. WAS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 27 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH. AND ICANN. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 28 IS THE APPROVAL OF A CLEAN AND SAFE INITIATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE UTICA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. BOARD IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 29 IS THE APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. BOAT IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 30 IS THE APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. THE VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 31 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE 2425 ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE ONEIDA COUNTY OFFICE FOR THE AGING. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. YES. CALL THE VOTE. THE VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 32 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND ESSENTIA HEALTH. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 33 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE SERVICE AGREEMENT AND SOFTWARE LICENSE BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTIES TO ITS BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ENHANCED VOTING. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 34 IS THE APPROVAL OF THREE REFUNDS AND 11 CORRECTIONS TO VARIOUS ERRONEOUS TAX ASSESSMENTS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. THE VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 35 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND THE VILLAGE OF VERNON. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. THE VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 36 IS THE APPROVAL OF A FLOOD MITIGATION MITIGATION GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND THE VILLAGE OF WATERVILLE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRY. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 37 IS THE APPROVAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY TO HIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND NEW YORK STATE TO HIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. WE GOT HERE. FLOTUS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 38 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ONEIDA COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT RATE SCHEDULE. DO I HAVE A [00:25:02] SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. I'M SORRY. MR. FISNIK. I THIS RESOLUTION, I VOTED IN FAVOR OF DURING THE WAYS AND MEANS, AND HE'S STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THEIR BUDGET. THE BUDGET IS VERY UNIQUE, AND I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT SOME NUMBERS. MAYBE IT'S GOING TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE. MAYBE IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE. BUT THEIR BUDGET IS ABOUT $27.5 MILLION. EXPECTED INCREASE FOR THIS YEAR IS WHAT ABOUT CPI RATE INCREASES? INFLATION ABOUT 2.9% WITH A BUDGET OF $27.5 MILLION. THEIR SURPLUS IS ABOUT 20 MILLION. OKAY. YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT 12 MILLION IS UNRESTRICTED AND ABOUT 8 MILLION IS RESTRICTED. AND THAT RESTRICTED FUNDS BASICALLY WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT'S COLLECTED FROM VILLAGES TO DO THEIR SPECIAL PROJECTS. SO THEY CAN'T TAP INTO THAT. THAT RESTRICTED FUND THAT'S TRULY RESTRICTED. WE HEARD EARLIER TODAY IN WAYS AND MEANS, THEIR DEBT SERVICE, THEIR DEBT SERVICE FOR THEIR BUDGET IS ABOUT 53% OF THEIR COST. THAT'S THAT'S REALLY HIGH. IT REALLY IS. BUT WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THEIR TOTAL DEBT SERVICE IS JUST UNDER 300 MILLION. IT DOES MAKE SENSE THAT THEY'RE PAYING ABOUT 52 TO 53% OF THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET TOWARDS DEBT SERVICE. AND IN PERSPECTIVE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COUNTY, IN OUR BUDGET, OUR BUDGET IS, WHAT, 550 MILLION? OUR DEBT SERVICE, GIVE OR TAKE 170 MILLION. THEIR BUDGET AGAIN IS 27.5 MILLION. AND THEIR TOTAL DEBT RIGHT NOW IS $299 MILLION. THAT'S BOY. THAT'S THAT'S A HELL OF A DEBT THAT RATEPAYERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THROUGH THE NUMBER OF YEARS GOING GOING FORWARD. WHY AGAIN, DO I BRING THIS UP JUST TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON WHICH WAY YOU GO WITH THIS? AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, WELL, LET'S USE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS TO MAYBE BRING THAT 2.9% DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THEY'VE BEEN USING UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCES TO KEEP IT RELATIVELY LOW THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND I BELIEVE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A HUGE INCREASE THAT I VOTED AGAINST IN IN SOME OTHER LEGISLATORS DID. AGAIN, I THROW THIS OUT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH. AND A LOT OF THEIR UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE IS USED FOR BIG TICKET ITEMS IN THE EVENT OF SOMETHING THAT BREAKS DOWN MALFUNCTIONS. SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN THE SEWER DISTRICT IN THE SEWER IS BIG MONEY. SO KEEP IT IN MIND. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE CHAIRMAN ON THAT. THANK YOU. CALL THE VOTE. FOR ME. FOR THE REST OF THE. YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA HIT THE RED BUTTON. THAT'S WHERE WE VOTED ON IT. MARY. MARY. BUTTON. YES. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 39 IS DETERMINATION OF TYPE TWO ACTION PURSUANT TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT CONCERNING AN ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION PROJECT. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 40 IS THE APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $60,000. SECOND. DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 41 IS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ONEIDA COUNTY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. [00:30:08] AFTER SOMEBODY ELSE VOTES. WHO'S THERE? ALL RIGHT. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 42 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO 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. PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. YES. NO. VOICE CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 43 IS THE APPROVAL. APPROVAL OF THE 2023 EQUITABLE SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DA'S OFFICE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 44 IS THE APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR'S TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. THE VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 45 IS THE REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE ONEIDA COUNTY FIRE ADVISORY BOARD. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. THE VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 46 IS THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ONEIDA COUNTY FIRE ADVISORY BOARD. ONEIDA COUNTY FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. YES. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 47 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO A CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND CNS ENGINEERS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. THE VOTE IS CARRIED. LET'S TRY TO GET INTRODUCTORY. NUMBER 48 IS A TRANSFER OF $5,500 TO AMEND TO AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT H.R. 100 FOR OBSTRUCTION MITIGATION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. ANY FURTHER BUSINESS? * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.