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YOU KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT? I THOUGHT WHOEVER TAKES IT. YEAH. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
[a. 2025-1998 – 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 ]
MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST UP IS DOCKET 2025, 1988 EMERGENCY SERVICES. THIS IS AN 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 CHARTER.HELLO, SIR. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. EXPLAIN THIS TO US ON ABOUT THE 50,000. YES IT IS. OKAY, SO THIS IS A CYBERSECURITY GRANT. IT'S FOR $50,000. IT'S A YEARLY GRANT THAT WE GET. IT'S THAT'S NOT A TYPO. IT IS 2022. THE STATE'S A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. AND IT'S FOR LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BUY OR IT'S GOING TO BUY ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE TO KEEP THE COUNTY SYSTEM UP AND SAFE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET FROM THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE.
[b. 2025-1270 – EMERGENCY SERVICES RE: APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. DOCKET PASSES. NEXT UP IS 2025 1270 EMERGENCY SERVICES, AN APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT. AND I CAN'T EVEN SAY IT OF MENIRAN. I CAN'T SAY IT BETWEEN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN COUNTY THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES IN NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. SO WHAT'S THIS? THIS MOU IS IS THE STATE IS THAT MOU? IT'S JUST EASIER. THEY WANT THEY WENT OUT TO ALL THE COUNTIES AND WANTED TO GIVE THEM FLOOD MITIGATION EQUIPMENT FREE OF CHARGE. SO THERE WAS A LIST OF EQUIPMENT. AFTER TALKING WITH THE POWERS THAT BE IN THE COUNTY, WE DIDN'T THINK WE NEEDED ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY WERE OFFERING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE STATE STOCKPILE RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD UP AT ORISKANY. SO IF I DID NEED PUMPS, I COULD JUST PUT IN A REQUEST AND I CAN GO GET THEM. BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SANDBAG FILLER WITH A SANDBAG TRAILER, WHICH WE USE ALL THE TIME. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I JUST GOT IT FOR THE VILLAGE OF BOONVILLE ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. THEY HAD AN EMERGENCY REPAIR IN THEIR CREEK THAT THEY NEEDED TO FILL SANDBAGS WITH, SO I WAS ABLE TO GET THAT. BUT IF I CAN AVOID IT AND WE HAVE IT ON HAND, WE CAN GET IT TO THE MUNICIPALITIES IF THEY NEED IT. SO LIGHT TOWER, THREE LIGHT TOWERS, THREE VMS, MESSAGE BOARDS, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT WITH 10,000 SANDBAGS TO GO WITH THE SANDBAG FILLER. SO WE HAVE POSSESSION BUT NOT OWNERSHIP BUT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN.CORRECT. WILL LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES KNOW TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY IF THEY NEED IT. THEY HAVE TO ANYWAYS. IF THEY NEEDED OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO. SO WE CAN PUT IT IN THAT WHAT'S CALLED NEAR NEW YORK RESPONDS. SO YES, THEY WOULD CALL ME AND I WOULD. I JUST DON'T HAVE TO ASK NEW YORK STATE FOR IT, I GOT IT, I CAN GET IT TO THEM.
AND I'LL PUT OUT AN EMAIL TO EVERYBODY TOO. BUT DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET, MR. WATERMAN? CAN WE ACTUALLY REGISTER A VEHICLE WE DON'T HAVE OWNERSHIP OF? YES, YES WE CAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE
[c. 2025-2079 -SHERIFF RE: APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA, THE ONEIDA COUNTY SHERIFF AND ONEIDA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES LOCAL 1249 ]
IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? DOCKET PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025 2079, AN APPROVAL OF AN MOU OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN A NIGHT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA AND THE ONEIDA COUNTY SHERIFF AND ONEIDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES. LOCAL 1249, THE SHERIFF TO EXPLAIN THIS MOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. GIVE ME A SECOND.YEAH. CATCH YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN? SURE. SO THIS AGREEMENT DURING. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW WITH 1249 WITH THE CORRECTIONS UNION. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST STRUGGLES IS FILLING MANDATED SHIFTS. AND WE HAVE PRIOR TO THIS AGREEMENT, WE HAVE A STICK LIST AND ON THE STICK LIST FOR FILLING CORRECTION OFFICER POSTS ARE JUST THE CORRECTION OFFICERS THAT DON'T WORK ANY SPECIALTY UNITS. THEY'RE NOT IN ANY BID POSITION. THEY'RE WE CALL THEM THEY'RE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS THAT WORK ON THE LINE, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE VACANCIES WE HAVE, IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL LIST. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS A NEW EMPLOYEE COMES IN. ONCE THEY GET THEIR TRAINING OUT OF THE WAY, THEY'RE PUT ON THE OVERTIME STICK LIST. AND IT'S A RELATIVELY SHORT LIST. SO THEY CONTINUOUSLY GET GET HELD FOR OVERTIME, WHICH QUICKLY CAUSES A NEW EMPLOYEE TO BURN OUT. SO BY GOING TO A MASTER STICK LIST, ANYONE IN THE FACILITY, NEARLY EVERYONE IN THE FACILITY GOES ON THE STICK LIST, EVEN IF YOU'RE IN A SPECIALTY UNIT. THAT WAY THAT STICK LIST GETS MUCH LONGER. THE THE OVERTIME STICK LIST. SO PEOPLE GET HELD FOR OVERTIME LESS OFTEN. SO IT OBVIOUSLY GIVES A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW EMPLOYEES TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO GO HOME
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AFTER A 12 HOUR DAY OR, YOU KNOW, AN EIGHT HOUR DAY IF THEY LUCK OUT. SO THEY'RE NOT DOING 4 OR 5, 16 HOUR DAYS IN A ROW. THEY MAY GET STUCK DOING THREE 16 HOUR DAYS OUT OF A WEEK INSTEAD OF FIVE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE CAME UP WITH DURING NEGOTIATIONS. THE UNION WAS WILLING TO TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET US THROUGH, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY OUR CONTRACT EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, BUT TO BUY US SOME TIME TO GET THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS TO MAKE THE STICK LIST BIGGER, AND OBVIOUSLY IN RETURN FOR GOING TO A FULL MASTER STICK LIST, IT'S DOUBLE TIME AND A HALF FOR FOR THE OVERTIME, FOR FOR THE FOLKS THAT GET STUCK TO WORK THE THE UNSCHEDULED OVERTIME. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS CONTRACT FOR THE SHERIFF, MR. NEWTON MOU IS NO. THIS IS A TEMPORARY AGREEMENT THAT GOES THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST. SO WHY? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT KEEPS THE OTHER OFFICERS OFF THE STICK LIST BY. IS IT THEIR IN THEIR CONTRACT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO PEOPLE IN A BID POSITION YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT PUT ON THE MASTER STICK. YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR OVERTIME IN YOUR RESPECTIVE UNIT THAT YOU BID INTO LIKE THE SPECIALTY UNIT SUCH AS BOOKING OR CLASSIFICATION. THERE'S THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF OF SPECIALIZED UNITS THAT PEOPLE BID TO GET INTO ONCE THEY'RE IN THAT BID SPOT PRIOR TO THIS AGREEMENT, THEY'RE NOT ON THE MASTER STICK LIST FOLLOWING OUR OUR CURRENT CONTRACT. SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS. WHAT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE'S NOBODY ON THE STICK LIST TO COVER AND THERE'S NO INCENTIVE? THEN WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD WE DO THEN? WE'D PROBABLY HAVE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LEAVE, BECAUSE WE DON'T MEAN TO COVER THE POSITION. WHAT WOULD WE WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I WOULD HAVE TO HOLD PEOPLE OVER WHICH WE WERE DOING. BUT WE CAN ONLY HOLD SOMEONE OVER FOR 16 HOURS. I CAN'T WORK SOMEONE ANY LONGER THAN THAT. AND IF IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE AND THAT'S OUR POINT IN THIS AGREEMENT, WHAT THIS DOES IS GIVES RELIEF TO NEWER PEOPLE, BECAUSE AS A NEW PERSON COMING IN AND IT'S HAPPENED, YOU COULD I MEAN, THE COMMISSIONER OF PERSONNEL COULD LOOK UP THE RECORDS AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE STARTED WITH US, AND WITHIN THREE MONTHS THEY LEAVE US BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO BACK TO BACK TO BACK 16 HOUR SHIFTS EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK.THEIR HOME LIFE BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEIR WORK LIFE, AND THEY LEAVE US. SO THERE'S PEOPLE WORKING BY VIRTUE OF WHAT THEY BID INTO, MAY NOT HAVE TO DO OVERTIME AT ALL.
THERE'S OVERTIME IN THEIR RESPECTIVE UNITS, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WORKING OVERTIME WITHIN THAT UNIT. THEN THEY GO HOME. AT THE END OF THE DAY. THAT IS CORRECT. SO WHEN SHIFT CHANGES AT 3:00, THEY ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO BE HELD OVER. RIGHT. THIS TEMPORARY AGREEMENT, WHICH THE UNION VOTED ON, WHICH PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY TWO REASONS IT PASSED.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S A DOUBLE TIME, DOUBLE TIME AND A HALF INCENTIVE, BUT ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT REALIZE THAT THIS IS A WAY TO GIVE RELIEF TO THE JUNIOR PEOPLE. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GIVE RELIEF TO THE JUNIOR PEOPLE. I SEE WHAT OUR OVERTIME WAS LAST YEAR, AND THEN I'M VERY FEARFUL OF WHAT OUR OVERTIME IS GOING TO BE THIS YEAR. AND I AGREE AT THE BUDGET, THERE'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER IN THERE, VERY SMALL. AND LIKE I SAID, NOT GOING TO COVER WHAT THE OVERTIME IS GOING TO BE. SO THIS IS JUST GOING TO ADD MORE TO THAT. YEP, YEP. THANKS, SHERIFF. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WOULD BE NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? BLESSING OPPOSED. DOCKET PASSES. OPPOSED. OH, OPPOSED. GOT THE
[d. 2025-2055 – SHERIFF RE: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $5,900.00 TO A 3110 3120.290-000 – OTHER EQUIPMENT (SHERIFF) ]
MIC. NEXT 2025, 2055, A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $5,900 TO TWO A 31, 1031, 20.2 90 000. OTHER EQUIPMENT. SHERIFF. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS FOR OUR NARCOTICS UNIT. THIS IS OUT OF FORFEITURE MONEY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? WITH BEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE.ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? DOCKET PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU
[e. 2025-2060 – PROBATION RE: APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES ]
LIKE THEM OR NOT? LET ME CATCH UP. DON'T GET LOST. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025 2004 FOR PROBATION APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION AND NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. HOW ARE YOU, HOLLY? HI. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS? REIMBURSABLE $100,000? YES.THIS IS A A RESEARCH GRANT THAT NEW YORK STATE HAS AWARDED TO US TO HAVE SUNY POLY DO A RESEARCH OF OUR ACCOUNTABILITY COURT, BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST IN NEW YORK STATE. AND THEY WANT TO SEE IF THEY CAN REPLICATE IT IN OTHER COUNTIES. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? THERE BEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? DOCKET
[f. 2025-2004 – PROBATION RE: APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES ]
PASSES. NEXT UP IS DOCKET 2025 2004 FOR PROBATION APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN[00:10:06]
ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION AND NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN THIS FOR US. YES, THIS IS FOR THE THE GIVE GRANT, AND IT'S WE WE DID INCREASE IT THIS YEAR FOR ANOTHER 10,000 FOR OVERTIME. SO IT'S A TOTAL OF 40,000. THEY ALSO PAY FOR HALF OF ONE PERSON'S SALARY. WHO WORKS HALF TIME OVER AT THE CRIME ANALYSIS CENTER. AND THEY REIMBURSE FOR ANY KIND OF TRAVEL OR TRAINING.SO IT'S A TOTAL OF 111,000 THIS YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS, MR. JULIAN? HOW MANY GUNS HAVE WE TAKEN OFF THE STREET? I'M NOT SURE OF AN EXACT NOT ENOUGH THOUGH. TOTAL 78 LAST YEAR, 78 LAST YEAR. THANK YOU FOR THEY I MEAN GHOST GUNS. WERE THEY STOLEN GUNS I MEAN. EVERYTHING NONE WERE. WELL THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE THE ONES THAT ARE NOT. GHOST GUNS ARE COMING FROM SOLDIERS. OH, REALLY? OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCKET? A CLOSED DOCKET PASSES
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