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          WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE AIRPORT. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL AIRPORT TO ORDER. WE GOT TWO 
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          [a. 2025-1347 – AIRPORT RE:    APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER 7A TO AN AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION, AND C & S ENGINEERS, INC.  ]
TICKETS UP TONIGHT. FIRST UP, 2025, 1347. THAT'S THE APPROVAL OF A TASK ORDER SEVEN A TO AN AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND CNS ENGINEERS. YEAH, IT JUST GOES BACK TO THE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE TRIANGLE AREA. THIS IS A TASK ORDER THAT'S BEEN SINCE 22, AND IT'S ALL PART OF THE TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT. AND WORKING WITH CNS TO GET TO THIS GREAT PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO EMBARK ON. 
          QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE SEEING NONE, WE'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED 
          [b. 2025-1438 – AIRPORT RE:  APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA/MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND UNITED PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION (BLUE COLLAR UNIT)  ]
PASSES. NEXT ONE UP, 2025 1438. AND THAT'S THE APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA, MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE UNITED PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION. OKAY. THIS IS A THIS DOCKET IS IN REGARDS TO A STIPEND FOR THE GUYS THAT ARE THE FIREFIGHTERS AT GRIFFITHS. THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ADJUSTMENT SINCE LIKE 2010 ON THESE AGREEMENTS. AND TO KEEP UP WITH OUR REGULATIONS WITH THE FAA AS FAR AS LIKE THE BIG TANKERS THAT COME IN AND OUT, LIKE THE C-5S, C-17S, THEIR REFUELERS, WE HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE INTERIOR AND THAT ARE QUALIFIED TO DO THIS MISSION AT GRIFFIS. SO THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THIS, THEIR LEVEL OF FIREFIGHTING TO GET THIS. IF THEY DON'T CARRY IT, THEN THEY DON'T GET IT. BUT THIS IS FOR IT'S TO MAINTAIN THESE FIREFIGHTERS ALSO BECAUSE IF WE LOSE SO MANY, YOU NEED LIKE 7 OR 8 OF THEM AT A TIME IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN FOR TRAINING. 
          SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE FIREFIGHTERS. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, IS TO KEEP FIREFIGHTERS WITH FIREFIGHTER ONE AND TWO CURRENT WITH THEM. IT ALSO ENTICES THE YOUNG KIDS THAT ARE IN THESE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT WANT TO COME TO GRIFFITHS, THAT HAVE THAT A LOT OF THEM HAVE ASKED ABOUT COMING JUST FOR THAT FIREFIGHTER THING, AND IT'S ENTICING THEM AND WE AND WE HAVE NO TURNOVER RATE WITH THESE GUYS. IT'S A IT'S A GOOD SETUP. QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. GO AHEAD. YEAH. ARE THESE FIREFIGHTERS. YOU MUST HAVE SOME THAT ARE 24 SEVEN OR. 
          DO THEY COME IN. WE RUN OUR OUR FIREFIGHTING RUNS FROM 7 A.M. TO 11 P.M. WE DON'T RUN IT FROM 11 P.M. DOWN UNLESS THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN FOR TRAINING. IF THEY TELL US THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN AT NIGHT TO DO SOME TRAINING ON THE TACTICAL BOX, THEN WE MAN UP THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT TO ACCEPT IT. 
          WE DON'T REFUSE ANY OF THEM BECAUSE THERE'S A IN THE MOU. THEY'LL BUY FUEL FROM US IF THEY'RE THERE FOR THE TRAINING, WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON NOW. WE HAVE TWO AGREEMENTS NOW WE'RE WORKING ON. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CALL THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. PASSES REAL QUICK. I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY CONSIDER GETTING OUT THERE FOR MEETING OUT THERE PROBABLY EARLY JUNE ISH. SO IF YOU WANT TO START THINKING ABOUT SOME DATES FOR COMMITTEE MEETING. YEAH, WELL, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          JUST A TOUR. YOU KNOW, PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING ON THE ON THE TOWER. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF REPAIRS THAT ARE UP THERE AND SEE THE CHOBANI SITE, YOU KNOW, JUST GOT GOING ON. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE YOU ADJOURN? I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. THERE WILL BE A DOCKET COMING TO YOU AT WAYS AND MEANS BECAUSE IT IS A LATE SUBMISSION, BUT IT IS RELATED TO SEEKER DECLARATION FOR THE CHOBANI PROJECT. AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF WHAT IT IS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT IT IS COMING. AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD APPROVED AND PASSED A NEGATIVE DECLARATION ON SEEKER FOR THE TRIANGLE PROJECT ITSELF, INCLUDING THE GOLF COURSE AND THE SANDPIPER MITIGATION SITE. NOW THAT THERE IS AN ACTUAL PROJECT GOING ON SITE, THE PROJECT CHOBANI IS REQUIRED TO FILE A SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM THAT DETAILS THE SPECIFICS OF THEIR PROJECT. THEY HAVE DONE THAT. THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE DOCKET THAT YOU WILL SEE. AND AS THE LEAD AGENCY UNDER SEEKER, THE COUNTY HAS TO ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT THE SPECIFICS OF THAT SITE PLAN PROJECT FALL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT WAS STUDIED AND APPROVED UNDER THE PRIOR SEEKER DECLARATION, AND WHETHER IT CHANGES ANYTHING. SO YOU WILL SEE THAT COMING TO YOU AT WAYS AND MEANS. AND IT IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REAFFIRM THE 
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NEGATIVE DECLARATION ON THE BASIS THAT, YOU KNOW, SQUARE FOOTAGE IS WITHIN WHAT WAS STUDIED. YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC IMPACT IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT WAS. YOU KNOW, WE HAD ASSESSED FOR A LARGER TRAFFIC IMPACT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THE SITE PLAN ITSELF RESULTS IN A REDUCTION OF THE AMOUNT OF SANDPIPER HABITAT THAT IS BEING DISTURBED. SO IT DOES NOT CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL NEED FOR MITIGATION OFF SITE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU SEE IT, I CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS COMING. AND IT IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU ISSUE A REAFFIRMATION OF THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION. QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS YOU ANSWERED IT ALL. SO SEEING NOTHING ELSE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.