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[i. 2025-1465 – EMERGENCY SERVICES RE: APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ]
MIX IT UP A LITTLE BIT. WE GOT A REQUEST FOR MR. STEVENS TO GO FIRST. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO DOCKET 1465 FIRST. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. IT'S GOING TO COST HIM BIG TIME. AMEN. ATTORNEY.WAIT A MINUTE. AN UNENVIABLE POSITION TO SAY THE LEAST. DOCKET 2025 1465, AN APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. THIS IS A REOCCURRING GRANT.
THIS IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT GRANT. WE USUALLY GET FUNDS EVERY YEAR, AND THE COUNTY HAS BEEN UTILIZING THAT TO FUND FOUR OF OUR DISPATCHER POSITIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. SORRY. YOU THREW ME A CURVE, SO NOW I'M TRYING TO FIND IT. I DID THIS, YEAH. WE'RE CLOSER. MUCH CLOSER IS THIS IS THIS IS THIS SOMEBODY THAT'S ALREADY THERE? ARE WE HIRING? THESE ARE. NO. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, OKAY? AND THEY GIVE THIS MONEY TO SAPS, BASICALLY FOR SAP OPERATIONS. SO IF WE HAD ANOTHER PROJECT THAT CAME UP, FOR EXAMPLE, AND WE WANTED TO UTILIZE IT FOR EQUIPMENT FOR, LET'S SAY, NEXT GEN 911 STUFF, WE COULD, BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T, IT'S ALLOWABLE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THAT FOR OPERATIONS, WHICH WOULD BE THE SALARIES OF THE EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES. BUT THIS IS A ONE YEAR SHOT, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT IT'S REOCCURRING. YES. THEY THEY THEY USUALLY GIVE IT EVERY YEAR. SOMETIMES THE AMOUNT DOES FLUCTUATE. BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS THE SAME WAY FOR AT LEAST THE LAST SIX YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. I'M GOOD. YEP. MR. JULIAN, HOW ARE YOU STAFFING THERE NOW? WE'RE GOOD. WE'VE GOT ABOUT SIX OPENINGS RIGHT NOW. MUCH BETTER THAN IT WAS. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED DOCKET PASSES. WE'RE GOING TO MIX IT UP
[h. 2025-1469 – PERSONNEL RE: APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY OF THE POSITION TITLE ATTORNEY IN CHARGE AT GRADE 48P, STEP 1, $104,982.00 ]
AGAIN. SO HOPEFULLY MR. NEWTON. 69 2025 14, 16. AT LEAST I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, RIGHT? IT'S AN APPROVAL TO SET THE SALARY OF THE POSITION TITLE ATTORNEY IN CHARGE. I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. ONE $104,982. MR. KLEIN IS HERE, I GUESS, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE ON THIS. MR. NEWTON, WHERE'S MR. KLEIN? OH, THERE HE IS. HE'S HIDING. YOU MIX IT UP A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU. SO IS THIS A IS THIS A NEW POSITION? IS THIS A UNFUNDED POSITION? WHAT DO WE GOT HERE? IT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST A NEW TITLE. YEAH WE ARE, WE ARE WE ARE WE TAKING ANOTHER TITLE AND REPLACING IT WITH THIS TITLE. THIS WILL ESSENTIALLY REPLACE THE CIVIL DEFENDER TITLE. AND IS THERE A VACANCY AT THE AT THAT POSITION. CURRENTLY THERE IS. OKAY. AND IS IT IS IT A SIMILAR PAY GRADE. IT IS. IT IS ACTUALLY A 49 THE CIVIL DEFENDER. SO THIS IS A GRADE LOWER. ALL RIGHT I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE WITH BEING NONE.WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED DOCKET PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[j. 2025-1392 – PROBATION RE: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $98,300.00 TO A 3140 – VARIOUS PROBATION ACCOUNTS ]
THANK YOU. MIKE WILL DO 1392 NEXT. WE'LL GET THE SINGLE ONES OUT OF THE WAY. 2025 1392 PROBATION SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF 98,300 TO 8 3140. VARIOUS PROBATION ACCOUNTS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE? YES. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO GET SOME MORE FURNITURE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME LACKING FILING CABINETS IN THE OFFICES, ALONG WITH CLIENT CHAIRS WHICH ARE EASY TO WIPE DOWN AND DISINFECT FOR A TOTAL OF OR 45,000. AND THEN WE ALSO, FOR OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CATALYSTS, BECAUSE THE CONTRACT WAS LATE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE'RE KIND OF PAYING LATE, SO WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THAT BUDGET LINE TO PAY THAT. SO WE NEED EXTRA FOR THAT. ALSO, SOME JACKETS WE HAD TO BUY FOR ARMED OFFICERS THAT TOOK OUT OF OUR CLOTHING INVENTORY. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THAT. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING INTO A CONTRACT FOR BODY CAMERAS, WHICH WOULD COST THE 8000. AND WE'RE ALSO USING THE GPS MONITORING SYSTEM A LOT. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE STRIVE GRANT WITH THE DA'S OFFICE. AND THAT'S AN EXTRA 10,000 THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR GPS BRACELETS, WHICH WOULD BE REIMBURSED. WE HAVE MONEY, I THINK, JUST OVER $1 MILLION LEFT FROM THE PRETRIAL GRANT FROM THE LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE. SO WE WOULD BE SPENDING THAT MONEY, THE GRANT MONEY OF $98,300 FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE WITH BEING NONE? WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.[00:05:07]
OPPOSED? DOCKET PASSES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO BACK TO THE TOP, MIKE. ALL ABOUT IT.[a. 2025-1467 – DISTRICT ATTORNEY RE: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $50,000.00 TO A 1165 1165.495-160 – OTHER EXPENSE GRANT FUNDED EXPENDITURES (DISTRICT ATTORNEY) ]
NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025 1467 FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $50,000 TO A 1165 1165 .4951 60. OTHER EXPENSE. OTHER EXPENSE GRANT FUNDED EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. SURE. SO WE RECEIVED IN OCTOBER OF 2024 A GRANT FOR ANTI-VIOLENCE OF $50,000. IT WAS NOT BUDGETED FOR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING TO BE SENT TO US. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS SIMPLY BUDGETING FOR THE REVENUE THAT WE'LL BRING IN, AND THEN EXPENSE FOR WHAT WE'LL BE UTILIZING IT FOR. WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? WOOD BEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. DOCKET[b. 2025-1457 – DISTRICT ATTORNEY RE: APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES ]
PASSES. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025 1457, AN APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. THIS IS THAT $50,000 ANTI-VIOLENCE INITIATIVE GRANT THAT WE SPOKE OF TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT FOR THE SHOTSPOTTER SHOTSPOTTER GUN DETECTION SYSTEM THAT WE, AS YOU'LL SEE IN ANOTHER MOTION THAT WE HAVE TO ADD TO $99,000 AGREEMENT WITH UTICA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A SECOND YEAR OF SHOTSPOTTER THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF UTICA. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE, MR. NEWTON, JUST CURIOUS, HOW MANY LOCATIONS DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH THAT EQUIPMENT IN PLACE? IT'S A TWO MILE RADIUS THAT IT THAT IT COVERS. AND SO I THINK WE'VE HAD 51 CALLS FOR SERVICE BASED ON THERE'S JUST ONE CURRENTLY. IT'S AGAIN I MEAN THEY'RE ALL OVER THAT TWO MILE RADIUS. SO THEY CAN SO THEY CAN DETECT IT.PHYSICAL RECORDING DEVICES. YES. BUT IT'S COVERING A TWO MILE. IT'S COVERING A TWO MILE RADIUS.
YES. THANKS. INTERESTING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SEEING NONE WILL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN
[c. 2025-1556 – DISTRICT ATTORNEY RE: APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES ]
FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. DOCKET PASSES. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025 1556, AN APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY THROUGH ITS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. SO THIS IS A 1,049,000 $49,802 GRANT FOR DISCOVERY THAT WE DIDN'T BELIEVE WE RECEIVED. IT WAS SENT TO FORMER DA'S EMAIL AND NOT TO US TO LET US KNOW THAT WE HAD GOTTEN THE AWARD. SO IT IS GOING TO BE APPLIED FOR THE APRIL APRIL 1ST OF 2023 TO MARCH 31ST OF 2024, AND THOSE COSTS GO TO HELP PAY FOR FIVE PARALEGALS IN OUR OFFICE, 20% OF ALL ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SALARIES, GRAND JURY TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO DISCOVERY. AND THEN WE ALSO SHARED THAT AMOUNT WITH PROBATION, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND OTHER MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR ENDEAVORS AND DISCOVERY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE WAS IN THE SURPLUS BEING NONE.WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? DOCKET PASSES. NEXT UP IS 2025, 1585,
[d. 2025-1585 – DISTRICT ATTORNEY RE: APPROVAL OF AN INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, AND THE CITY OF UTICA, THROUGH ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT ]
AN APPROVAL OF AN INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CITY OF UTICA THROUGH ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, IS EXTENDING. WE CURRENTLY HAVE SHOTSPOTTER TECHNOLOGY UNTIL SEPTEMBER.HOWEVER, UTICA HAS A GRANT THAT THEY MUST SPEND BY BY JUNE, AND WE WANT TO RE-UP THAT THAT CONTRACT FOR A SECOND YEAR, $99,640 WILL BE ALLOCATED BY THE UTICA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO TOWARDS THAT THAT AGREEMENT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? THERE BEING NONE WILL TAKE THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. DOCKET PASSES. NEXT ONE IS 2025 1485. THIS IS
[e. 2025-1485 – DISTRICT ATTORNEY RE: CERTIFICATION OF SECTION 606 EXPENSES FOR THE ONEIDA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ]
REIMBURSEMENT FOR INMATE PROSECUTIONS, INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL PROSECUTIONS THAT THE[00:10:01]
PEOPLE HAD DURING THE YEAR OF 2024 FOR $9,092.50. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? WOULD BE NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? DOCKET PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ONE OTHER QUESTION. SURE. GOING BACK TO THAT DOCKET 1556. SO WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY FUNDED ALL THAT THOSE POSITIONS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. SO THIS BASICALLY GOES INTO LIKE A SURPLUS FOR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DISCOVERY GRANT. YEAH I BELIEVE IT GOES BACK TO, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR REIMBURSEMENT PURPOSES OR, YOU KNOW, TO THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPAL. MUNICIPALITIES. OKAY. THANK YOU. HE'S STILL HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.[f. 225-1342 – SHERIFF RE: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $23,245.00 TO A 3110 3120.290-000 – OTHER EQUIPMENT (SHERIFF) ]
THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025 1342 FOR THE SHERIFF. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $23,245 TO A 31 1031 2290 OTHER EQUIPMENT FOR THE SHERIFF TRANSFER FROM OUR DRUG FORFEITURE FUND TO PURCHASE A NEW RECORDING EQUIPMENT FOR ONE OF OUR INTERVIEW ROOMS IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION UNIT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? SEEING NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? DOCKET PASSES. NEXT UP IS 2025, 1301, AN APPROVAL OF A GRANT[g. 2025-1301 – SHERIFF RE: APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS SHERIFF’S OFFICE, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $20,000.00 TO A 3110 3110.195-000 – PERSONAL SERVICES (SHERIFF) ]
AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF 20,000 TO A 31 1031 10.195 PERSONNEL SERVICES. SHERIFF. THIS IS A GRANT THROUGH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES TO BRING IN AN INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER FOR YOUTH TO BUILD A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE AND YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY. SO YEAH, JUST BRINGING SOMEONE IN TO BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF ME. OH MY GOD. OH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU WANT TO BE OUR INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER? I GOT TWO OTHER MAYORS MAY HELP MR. DIMAGGIO. YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, IT SAYS SPEAKERS. DO YOU HAVE YOU JUST HAVE ONE INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER ONCE. ONCE THIS GETS APPROVED, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY COST. SO I DON'T KNOW. BUT WE WANT TO HIT A MULTITUDE OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO OUR PLAN IS TO TRY TO, TO HOPEFULLY SPEND A DAY WHERE WE COULD HAVE OUR SPEAKER SPEND AN ENTIRE DAY AND MOVE AROUND TO DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND DO ASSEMBLY STYLE SCHOOLS. WELL, WE DON'T KNOW. AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW MUCH THE SPEAKER COSTS AND HOW MUCH WE CAN GET.OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I YEAH, YOU ANSWERED IT. THANK YOU. IS THERE IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD, LIKE, ATTEND ONE OF THOSE? I'M SURE YOU COULD. SURE. YEAH. THAT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE AT ALL. AS SOON AS I. AS SOON AS WE FIGURE IT OUT, WE CAN WE CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO ANYBODY. SURE. WE WOULD LOVE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT IF THERE'S EVER A TIME THAT ANY OF YOU EVER WANT TO SHADOW RIGHT ALONG, SPEND A FEW HOURS IN THE JET, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. I MEAN, WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO DO THAT. CAN WE GIVE DIRECTION ON WHERE TO GO AND PLACES TO STOP? BUT OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE SHERIFF ON THIS DOCKET. I GOT SOME PLACES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? PROPOSED DOCKET PASSES, MOTION TO ADJOURN. I GOT ONE QUESTION NUMBER ONE. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. FOR THE WHAT WAS IT, 509 CITATIONS FOR THE PAST SCHOOL FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR.
SO IT'S WORKING. YOU THINK SO? AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY THAT STILL WANT TO BE PART OF THIS. THE ISSUE IS THE VENDOR EXPECTED MORE VIOLATIONS IN OUR COUNTY.
THEY REALLY DID. SO OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE ANTICIPATED I WOULD USE THE WORD PROFIT COMING IN IS LESS. SO THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE ON MORE DISTRICTS, BUT THEY WANT MORE CUT OF THE MONEY. SO WE'RE 40, 60, 40. THEY GET 60%. WE GET 40, YES, IN THAT REPORT. AND THAT PAYS FOR ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT PAYS FOR INSTALLATION, UPGRADES, REPAIRS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT REPORT. THERE WAS NO DOLLAR AMOUNT. YOU RIGHT I, I COULD PROBABLY GET THAT SOMEHOW, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE IT. I WAS JUST WONDERING. IT ALL GOES THROUGH OUR THROUGH THE VENDOR AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW BUDGET COULD PULL THOSE NUMBERS FOR US BECAUSE THAT GETS MAILED DIRECTLY TO, TO US. SO THANK YOU. TO SAY, ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD AT THE LAST MEETING, AND MR. JOSEPH WAS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT NOT HAVING THESE, THESE CAMERAS, THESE SPEED CAMERAS IN THE SCHOOLS. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, PUTTING A SHERIFF'S CAR THERE OR PUTTING ANY SORT OF POLICE CAR THERE, YOU GOT ONE PERSON. SO EVERYONE ELSE IS SPEEDING BY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT SHERIFF OR THAT POLICE OFFICER, WHAT HAVE YOU JUST TIED UP WITH. THAT ONE CAR IS GETTING AWAY WITH IT THAT DAY. YEP.
WHEREAS IF YOU HAVE THE SPEED, WE ARE WRITING DOZENS OF THEM A WEEK AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT DOING A THING OTHER THAN EACH MORNING. THE DEPUTY THAT'S ASSIGNED TO OVERSEE THIS, HE CHECKS HIS EMAIL BECAUSE HE HAS TO HE HAS TO WITNESS THE VIOLATION ON THE VIDEO BEFORE HE HAS TO SIGN OFF ON IT. AND THAT TRIGGERS THE VENDOR TO MAIL THE TICKET TO THE OFFENDER. THEY GET THE LOG ON. THEY GET TO VIEW THEMSELVES PASSING THE BUS BEFORE THEY DECIDE WHETHER
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THEY'RE GOING TO PLEAD GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY. HOW LONG DOES A TRAFFIC STOP, STOP TAKE SAY WITH NO HITCHES, NO GLITCHES, JUST PULLING SOMEONE OVER. YOU'RE SPEEDING. HERE'S THIS. LET ME RUN YOUR STUFF AND THEN GIVE IT BACK TO THE TICKET. AND 15 MINUTES. 15 MINUTES. AS LONG AS THERE'S NOTHING, RIGHT? 15 MINUTES OR 15 MINUTES. AND IN THAT TIME, HOW MANY CARS PASSED? A LOT. YEAH. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THESE ON THE THRUWAY. YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THESE. THE NEXT THING, THE NEXT WAVE WE'LL SEE IS PROBABLY RED LIGHT TICKETS. I KNOW THEY DO THAT IN NEW YORK CITY. AND ISN'T IT KIND OF ON THE THRUWAY? IF YOU GET ON AN EXIT AND YOU GET OFF AT AN EXIT, THEY DON'T DO THAT. NO, BUT THEY COULD. SURE. THEY KNOW THAT'S EASY TECHNOLOGY. ABSOLUTELY. YEP, YEP. THE OLD DAYS YOU USED TO SEE THE SIGNS ON THE THRUWAY.AERIAL OR AIRCRAFT? AIRCRAFT SPEED ENFORCEMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND NOW THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, ASKING FOR A HELICOPTER, RIGHT? NO, I WISH I COULD, BUT I. OUR CHANCE TO GET ONE AT NO COST. AND I HEAR THIS, I USED TO HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME FROM HE'S PASSED AWAY NOW, BUT FORMER SHERIFF BILL HASENAUER WAS ACTUALLY OFFERED A HELICOPTER BY NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING CLARK ENERGY ON ON GLASS FACTORY ROAD, AND THEY WERE WILLING TO GIVE IT TO THE COUNTY. BUT THE COUNTY CHOSE NOT TO TAKE THE HELICOPTER BACK IN THE 1980S. SO PROBABLY A GOOD CHOICE. TRUMP. TRUMP WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT. THE SHERIFF. YEAH.
REAL QUICK, JUST YES, SIR. HE WAS SAYING YOU'RE SAYING THEY CAME BACK AND WANTED A BIGGER PORTION OF 60 FROM FROM ADD ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS. YES. DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY INDICATION UP FRONT WHAT THEIR TARGET WAS? BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF NO, I THINK WHAT THEY DO IS THEY BASE IT ON POPULATION AND THEN THEY BASED IT ON I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD MARKET STUDIES, BUT TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO AND TRAFFIC DATA THAT THEY GET THROUGH THROUGH GPS. AND THAT'S HOW THEY CAME UP WITH THIS. AND OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE WRONG. I MEAN, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A BAD THING BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT LESS VIOLATIONS THAN THEY EXPECTED, WHICH IS, I GUESS, A GOOD THING. IT'S A GOOD THING. SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT THOUGH. I MEAN, WE HAD WE HAD A THOUSAND IN THE FIRST, THE FIRST YEAR. SO OVER 1002 TIME OFFENDERS HAD A THREE TIME, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'VE HAD A ONE PERSON. LIKE I SAID IN THE MEETING, MY DAUGHTER GOT TEN TICKETS BEFORE SHE EVEN KNEW SHE WAS SPEEDING IN A SCHOOL ZONE. SHE GOT TEN. I GUESS WE KNEW UP FRONT GOING INTO IT. HINDSIGHT'S 2020, RIGHT? SURE. QUARTERBACK HERE AND REALIZE THAT. BUT IF WE KNEW UP FRONT THAT LOOK, IF YOUR NUMBERS ARE UP HERE YOU GET TO 6040. BUT IF YOUR NUMBERS ARE HERE, IT'S GOING TO BE I THINK THE BIGGER PROBLEM WAS THE DISTRICTS WHEN WE WENT OUT, WHEN THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND I WENT OUT AND TRIED TO MARKET THIS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS ALWAYS, THERE'S ALWAYS A HANDFUL THAT WANT TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT OTHER DISTRICTS WHAT HAPPENS WITH OTHER DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE WERE UPFRONT WITH THEM. THIS IS NOT GOING TO COST YOU A PENNY. AND I KNOW WHEN PEOPLE SAY THAT, PEOPLE THINK, WELL, OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO COST ME SOMETHING, BUT REALLY THE DISTRICTS HAVE NO OUTLAY OF ANYTHING, NOTHING. ZERO, YOU K
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