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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. MR. ALMIGHTY GOD, GUIDE US IN OUR JUDGMENTS DELIBERATIONS TODAY. AMEN. AMEN. ROLL CALL PLEASE. SCHEIBEL.

EDDIE. LEACH. ROGERS. WITT. WATERMAN. BOUCHER. HERE. FIORINI. I'M HERE. BUCK. JOSEPH.

KOENIG. HERE. WHITE. HERE. NEWTON. DAVIS. GABLE. RIEHL. PRATT. HERE. DIMAGGIO. DANIELS.

JULIAN. IRVIN. WASHBURN. HERE. BIANCO. GENTILE. HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. I THINK WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER. TODAY IS BEEN HERE. BEN. SIMON. HI, BEN. HOW ARE YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN? I'M GOOD.

THANK YOU. I'LL SPEAK UP. MR. MICROPHONE. SO I'M HERE FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS TODAY. FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO I AM AND THE REST OF YOU. MY NAME IS BEN SIMONS. I'M FARMER BEN. I AM THE VOICE OF AGRICULTURE FOR NIAGARA COUNTY, AND I REPRESENT THE BOONVILLE ONEIDA COUNTY FAIR, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. SO I'M HERE FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR ONLY RAISING THE TAXES 2.9% IN THE CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN. THAT IS A VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO RAISE THE TAXES. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THE LAST PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE AND EVERYONE HERE, IF YOU LOOK BACK THE LAST TEN, 12 YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A ZERO TAX INCREASE. THE LARGEST LANDOWNERS IN THE COUNTY IS YOUR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY. SO WHEN YOU PUT A TAX INCREASE IN FOR THE PROPERTY TAXES OF ANY SORT, IT DIRECTLY HITS THE FARM COMMUNITY. SO ON BEHALF OF THE FARM COMMUNITY, I WANT TO SAY TO EACH AND EVERY LEGISLATOR, JERRY FERRINI, THE CHAIRMAN, COUNTY EXECUTIVE, TONY PICENTE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. PROBABLY THE SHORTEST SPEECH I'LL EVER GIVE, MR. PERRINE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALWAYS GIVE ME TWO MINUTES. SO I WOULD LIKE IF I COULD IF I COULD HAVE MY COUNTY LEGISLATOR, STEVE BOUCHER, COME WITH ME FOR JUST A MOMENT DOWN HERE, IF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, MR. FERRINI. SURE, STEVE. ANY WAY YOU WANT TO GO? SO I'M GOING TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT'S DUE FOR MANY OF YOU HERE. YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THAT THE COUNTY SHERIFF, ROB MARSHALL, IS NOT ONLY MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, BUT HE'S ALSO MY BEST FRIEND. AND WE ARE FARMERS AT HEART. AND SO A COUPLE DAYS AGO, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO FOR JERRY FERRINI AND RICK LESNICK THAT ARE RETIRING THIS YEAR AND, AND SHOW OUR VERY MUCH IMMENSE APPRECIATION FROM THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY. ROB, IS HE THERE? OKAY, THERE HE IS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GIVE CREDIT TO YOU. YEAH. SO WITHOUT A LOT OF FANFARE, BECAUSE JERRY DOESN'T LIKE IT, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO WE PUT OUR BRAINS TOGETHER, WHICH IS VERY SMALL FOR THE FARM COMMUNITY SOMETIMES. AND WHAT WE CAME UP WITH. YOU BRING A COW IN HERE. TWO LIFETIME TICKETS WITH THE SPOUSE FOR CHAIRMAN, JERRY FERRINI AND RICK LESNICK FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF THE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY AND THE BOONVILLE ONEIDA COUNTY FAIR. AND STEVE, IF YOU WOULD ELABORATE FOR THAT, FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THEY GIVE. YEAH, THESE GUYS ARE GREAT. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN BIG SUPPORTERS OF THE FAIR.

SO THE FAIR WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM WITH LIKE TICKETS FOR LIKE TO. ONEIDA COUNTY PRESS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT WE DO MISTER. I'D LIKE TO APPROACH THE. ABSOLUTELY. I TOOK THAT FROM OUR JUDGE JERRY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT THE FARM COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE IT,

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL USE THEM ALL THE TIME. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE CHICKEN BARBECUE. YOU'LL SEE ME THERE. AND RICK, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AS CHAIRMAN OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE BARBECUE THIS SUMMER AT BOONVILLE KNIGHT COUNTY FAIR WITH LIFETIME TICKETS FOR YOU AND A SPOUSE.

THAT'S THE SHORTEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. I'LL SET. MICHAEL. YEP. GOOD.

ONE SECOND. UNDER RESOLUTIONS. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 313 IS THE LOCAL LAW INTRODUCTORY AC OF 25 2025 A LOCAL LAW AMENDING LOCAL LAW THREE OF 2013 PERTAINING TO RULES AND REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW. HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. THANK. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY 314 IS APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT OF MELISSA DAWN BOLTON VERSUS ONEIDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. WE GOT 818 TO 3.

VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 315 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND THE BROADWAY THEATER LEAGUE OF UTICA. WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION. YES. MIKE.

MIKE. OKAY. GOTCHA. YOU. ALL. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 316 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CLOSURE OF 33 CAPITAL PROJECTS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. KELLY. KELLY. VOICE CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 317 IS A TRANSFER OF 140,000 TO A 2400 VARIOUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE TUITION ACCOUNTS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 318 IS THE APPROVAL OF A PROJECT FUNDING ALLOCATION AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND THE UPPER MOHAWK VALLEY MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM AUTHORITY, AND ON YOUR DESKS IS A UPDATED VERSION THAT INCLUDES A DROP DEAD DATE.

IN REGARDS TO THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS FOR FEBRUARY 11TH. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. MR. JERRY, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS HOPING THIS WOULD BE AN UNEVENTFUL BOARD MEETING BEING YOUR LAST, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. IT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN WITH YOU. I HONESTLY WAS WISHING THIS LATE RESOLUTION. THE SECOND NEXUS AGREEMENT WAS COMING BEFORE US TODAY, WASN'T COMING BEFORE US TODAY, SO I WOULD NOT HAVE TO COMMENT ON.

BUT HERE IT IS. IT CAME TO US AS AN EXPEDITED RESOLUTION. THE SECOND PART OF THE AGREEMENT ARRIVING JUST THIS MORNING. YES, NEXUS LOOKS GREAT AND HAS HOSTED SOME FANTASTIC EVENTS, WHICH I'VE ATTENDED A FEW OF THEM. YES. NEXUS HAS BROUGHT IN BED TAX AND SALES TAX REVENUE.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECTED WHEN WE SIGNED THE FIRST AGREEMENT IN 2021. THIS IS ALSO WHAT WE EXPECTED WHEN WE GAVE THE AUTHORITY $11.8 MILLION AND AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION WHEN THEY HAD THE WOMEN'S HOCKEY TOURNAMENT. WHAT HAPPENED IN FOUR YEARS? AS WE HAVE HEARD, WE ARE ATTACHED TO THE HIP IN THE NEXUS CENTER WITH THE NEXT CENTER AND ART AUTHORITY GOING INTO THIS SECOND AGREEMENT WITH A FLAWED PROCESS AND A FLAWED PARTNER IS NOT A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, FAILURE'S NOT AN OPTION. I HOPE THE SECOND

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ATTEMPT AT SUCCESS WORKS AND I WILL VOTE YES. THANK YOU. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED.

INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 319 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND BUFFALO BEACON CORPORATION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 320 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE CITY OF ROME THROUGH ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. KARLOVO. FOR THAT ONE. YES. YES. VOTE WAS CARRIED. INTRODUCTION NUMBER 321 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO A PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND KIDS PEACE NATIONAL CENTERS OF NEW YORK. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 322 IS APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND I. CAN I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED.

INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 323 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. ALMOST. VOTE IS CARRIED. ABSOLUTELY. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 324 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE. PEOPLE OUT THERE. WAY TO GO YET. BUT BE PATIENT. NEXT RESOLUTION.

INTRODUCTION. NUMBER 325 IS THE APPROVAL OF A R.A.M.C. UNIFORM CLINICAL TRAINING AFFILIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED.

ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S NO WASHBURN YET. IT'LL BE. IT'LL BE HERE. IT'S COMING. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 326 IS A TRANSFER OF 250,000 TO A 2902 960.495290. OTHER EXPENSE, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, HEALTH DEPARTMENT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED.

INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 327 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND HELIO HEALTH, INCORPORATED. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 328 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND WEST PUBLISHING CORPORATION.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. WE GOT. OKAY. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 329 IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MORTGAGE TAX RECEIPTS AND DISTRIBUTION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 2025. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED.

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INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 330 IS A TRANSFER OF 895,000 TO 1340 1171 .195. PERSONAL SERVICES.

BUDGET. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY? THE NEXT ONE VOTE IS CARRIED? INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 331 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROWTH ENTERPRISES CORPORATION. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. THERE'S WASHBURN. ALRIGHT. GLAD TO HEAR IT.

THANKS. FOR CARRYING. FOR EVERYONE WHO WAS HERE. THE WAY WE'RE DOING THIS LEGISLATION NOW, THE FACT IS THAT THIS HAS GONE THROUGH THREE COMMITTEES AND THIS IS THE FINAL DRAFT OF IT. SO THERE. THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT THAT MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH IT. SO WE'LL BE DONE IN A FEW MINUTES. NEXT ONE PLEASE. I JUST JINXED YOU. RIGHT? THERE ARE NO CHECKS.

OKAY, SO INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 332 IS A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $515,140 TO 5630.495 OTHER EXPENSE PLANNING. DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION? CALL THE VOTE. OKAY, WASHBURN.

YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU GOT A BELL THERE? YEAH. OH. VOTE IS CARRIED, NUMBER THREE, 33 IS THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT 081 PLANNING. FTA FIVE 3011 TRANSIT PROJECT.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. YOU'RE WELCOME. WE GOT YOU. VOTE IS CARRIED.

INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 334 IS A TRANSFER OF 62,874 TO 6 432.495. OTHER EXPENSE PLANNING. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. ON THAT. THANK YOU. WE GOT YOU. CARRIED. 335 IS A TRANSFER 350,000 TO D5110495. OTHER EXPENSE DPW. YOU HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 336. APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ATLANTIC TESTING LABORATORIES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 337 IS THE APPROVAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NUMBER TWO TO CONTRACT NUMBER D014763 BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND NEW YORK STATE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 338 IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF A PROPOSAL FROM ARCH ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS FOR 300 WEST DOMINICK STREET. TORNADO REMEDIATION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. DEBBIE, ON THAT ONE. YES. YEP. NO. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 339 IS THE APPROVAL OF A PRIVATE HYDRANT RESTRICTED USE AGREEMENT. NUMBER 43 BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND MOHAWK VALLEY WATER. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 340 IS THE APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BARTON AND LOGIUDICE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER

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341 IS THE APPROVAL OF MODIFICATIONS TO STANDARD PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS WATER QUALITY AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL, AND NEW YORK STATE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. 342 IS THE APPROVAL OF A GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND NEW YORK STATE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. IS CARRIED. YES, MA'AM.

343 IS A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION OF $31,492 TO VARIOUS SHERIFF ACCOUNTS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY 344 APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND MADISON ONEIDA BOCES. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I GOT YOU FOR ALL THE AIRPORT. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. BUT SHE WANTED TO RING THE BELL. WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE BELLS. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 345 IS THE APPROVAL OF TASK ORDER NUMBER 46 TO A MASTER AGREEMENT FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND CNS ENGINEERS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED.

INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 346 IS APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PROJECT H. AIR 132 GRIFFITH'S AIRFIELD CONTROL TOWER. DESIGN AND REHAB. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. IT'S THE LAST ONE. REALLY? THAT'S A LONG AGENDA. OH, GOD. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 347 IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECT H 149, GRIFFITH'S AIRFIELD. AIRFIELD PAVEMENT REPAIRS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE BOOK. HEARING AID WENT OFF.

NUMBER 348 IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECT H 148 56102 CAPITAL OUTLAY. GRIFFITH'S AIRFIELD. SECURITY. WILDLIFE. WILD LIFE. FENCE IMPROVEMENT. IT'S GETTING TO HIM NOW. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. WE HAVE A FEW MORE. THAT'S IT. THANK GOD. VOTES CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 349 IS A TRANSFER OF 80,786 TO A 9990 901. THAT 900 TRANSFER TO OTHER FUND. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. IT'S GOING TO GO.

HOPEFULLY, VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTION. NUMBER 350. ESTABLISHMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECT H A IR 151 GRIFFITH'S AIRFIELD SAND STORAGE SHED PROJECT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 351 IS THE APPROVAL OF A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION AND CHOBANI GLOBAL HOLDINGS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION ADDED? ABSOLUTELY. DOES EVERYBODY LIKE THIS ONE? PUT EVERYBODY ON IT. THEY DIDN'T SPEAK UP. NO, I GOT HIM. I GOT THEIR BACK. YOU'RE A GOOD MAN. GOOD. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 352 IS A RESOLUTION SCHEDULING THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF LEGISLATORS FOR 12 P.M. ON JANUARY 6TH, 2026. OH, I KNOW. I THOUGHT THAT WOULD HURT. I HAVE A SECOND DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. ON

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YVONNE. YVONNE. YEAH. IT'S TUESDAY THE SIXTH. YOU GOTTA VOTE. I'LL FIX IT. YEAH, IT'S TUESDAY THE SIXTH. YOU HAVE TO VOTE. IT'S CARRIED. INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 353 IS APPROVAL OF HIGHWAY ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR. HEALTH, FIRE PREVENTION, GENERAL WELFARE AND SPECIFIED DISTRICT TAXES TO BE LEVIED AGAINST TOWNS AMOUNTS TO BE LEVIED AS PART OF COUNTY TAX, AND EXTENDED AGAINST PROPERTIES OF VARIOUS TOWNS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. THREE MORE. YOU GOTTA VOTE. I GOTTA VOTE. ALL RIGHT. VOTE IS CARRIED. INTRODUCTION.

NUMBER 354 IS AMOUNTS TO BE LEVIED AS PART OF COUNTY TAX AND EXTENDED AGAINST PROPERTIES IN VARIOUS TOWNS AND CITIES. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. LORD IS CARRIED.

INTRODUCTORY NUMBER 355 IS APPROVAL OF SPECIFIED AMOUNTS BE LEVIED AGAINST UTICA AND SPECIFIED TOWNS FOR DELINQUENT SEWER CHARGES? DO I HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. CARRY. YOU'LL BE PLEASED. THIS IS THE LAST RESOLUTION UNDER NUMBER THREE. 56 IS WATER, SEWER CHARGES AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES TO BE LEVIED ON PROPERTIES AND SPECIFIED TOWNS. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? DISCUSSION. CALL THE VOTE. VOTE IS CARRIED. YES. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL ON TIM JULIAN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME ABOUT THIS. I GOT IT WRITTEN DOWN HERE, THOUGH. I KNEW BEFORE YOU. FOUR YEARS AGO, WE WERE JOINED ON THE BOARD BY GABRIEL, WHO HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN REPRESENTING HER DISTRICT. AND IS GOING ON TO A BETTER JOB. MUCH BETTER THAN THIS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT A BETTER JOB. AND HER RELENTLESS CAMPAIGNING AND HER PREPAREDNESS AND CERTAINLY HER HER BACKGROUND AS A NEWS REPORTER. I'LL PAY DIVIDENDS FOR THIS BOARD. SHE WAS WORKING HERE FOR US AND WITH US. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU WILL BE MISSED, CAROLINE. BY ALL MEANS, YOU WILL BE MISSED. I DON'T KNOW IF DAN GILLMOR WILL MISS YOU OR NOT, BECAUSE HE ALWAYS GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN YOU ASKED HIM QUESTIONS, BUT OTHER THAN THAT. SO THE PLAQUE READS TO CAROLINE GABRIEL AND GRATEFUL APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF ONEIDA COUNTY AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF LEGISLATORS. CAROLINE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SHE WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING SHE HAD. OH, FOR ME? SURE. OH, NO. YOU KNOW, WELL, IF JERRY'S GOING, I'M GOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WELCOMING ME HERE ON THE BOARD. IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE AND SUCH AN HONOR TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY IN NEW HARTFORD AND NOW IN UTICA.

CERTAINLY AN HONOR THAT I NEVER EXPECTED TO HAVE. AND I HAVE JUST LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF BEING HERE WITH ALL OF YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME ON THIS JOURNEY, MY FAMILY WHO COULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE OF THE FLU, AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CLUB, INDIVISIBLE, MOHAWK VALLEY AND THE ONEIDA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE, ESPECIALLY THE NEW HARTFORD MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU ALL. IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE. AND I WILL BE WATCHING. SO STAY TUNED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MR. JOSEPH. MY LIST IS A LITTLE LONGER. WE'LL START OFF WITH THANKING MIKE GENTILE, WHO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN YOU GOT HERE, BUT BUT I KNOW YOU MADE AN IMPACT RIGHT OFF THE BAT. IT WASN'T GOING TO BE EASY FOR SOMEBODY REPRESENTING THE CITY OF UTICA AND THEN WORKING FOR

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THE CITY OF UTICA. SOMEHOW YOU MADE IT WORK. YOU DIDN'T. YOU DIDN'T GET SOME OF US PEOPLE FROM THE TOWNS UPSET TOO MUCH. WHEN YOU EMPHASIZE UTICA, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. YOU'RE A YOUNG GUY. I KNOW YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE, AND ONE MORE YEAR YOU MAY BE BACK. SO, MIKE, WE'LL TOSS IT AROUND. WE'RE NOT GIVING OUT HUGS. NO. THE NEXT GUY'S BEEN HERE A LOT LONGER.

HE CERTAINLY HAS MADE HIS MARK. HE CLAIMED TO BE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE PERSON ON THE BOARD, WHICH FOR 22 YEARS. I CORRECTED HIM AND HE IS GOING TO BE MISSED. HE WON'T BE FORGOTTEN. EVERY BUDGET, HEARING EVERY WAYS AND MEANS WILL STILL HAVE RICK ON ONE SHOULDER SAYING, IT'S NOT OUR MONEY, IT'S NOT OUR MONEY. AND RICK, WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU.

I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR OTHER ENDEAVORS. I KNOW YOU WILL BE BUSY, BUT YOU'LL BE GONE, BUT YOU WON'T BE FORGOTTEN. AND ALONG WITH THIS, THERE'S A $500 DONATION HAS BEEN MADE IN YOUR NAME TO SAINT MARY'S CHURCH IN NEW YORK. MILLS FROM THE ONEIDA COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS, FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, YOU'RE.

RICK. YOU CARE TO SAY SOMETHING, JERRY, I KNOW I HAVE NOT ALWAYS MADE IT EASY ON YOU AND TONY, BUT. OH, YOU WERE GREAT. SPEAK FOR YOURSELF. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE SOME VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE HERE TODAY. MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STANDING UP, THERE'S A FEW OF THEM HERE.

COULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? MY WIFE OF 40 YEARS, MY BRIDE, ALWAYS BEEN MY SUPPORTER. MY BROTHERS, MY ANGEL GIANNA, MY DAUGHTER, MY IN-LAWS AND MY FRIENDS. YOUR SUPPORT AND LOVE APPRECIATED MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS. I THANK YOU REFLECTING ON MY TIME ON THIS BOARD. IT'S KIND OF FUNNY WHAT COMES TO MIND. THE THRILL OF VICTORY IN MY FIRST RUN AT OFFICE WITH MY 16 YEAR OLD CAMPAIGN MANAGER SON TYLER, AT MY SIDE, THE FEELING OF DEFEAT IN 2005, VOTING YES ON THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S BUDGET, WHICH INCREASED SALES TAX, ONE AND A HALF PERCENTAGE POINTS. AND IT WASN'T TONY'S BUDGET, IT WAS GRIFFO'S. BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I DID SUPPORT IT. I REMEMBER LISTENING IN THIS CHAMBER AS ANTHONY PICENTE DELIVERED HIS BEST SPEECH EVER, WHICH SECURED HIS SUPPORT TO BECOME OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE. AND THE REST IS HISTORY. I REMEMBER THE LEGISLATORS FROM THE PAST, THE HARRY HURT LINES, THE LES PORTERS, DAVE WOODS, EMIL PAPARELLA AND OF COURSE, THE VERY BEST LEGISLATOR OF ALL TIME. RIGHT, MARY JIMMY DONOFRIO. I CAN STILL HEAR BILL GOODMAN'S YEARLY HISTORY LESSON IN FEBRUARY ABOUT OUR GREAT PRESIDENTS. I CAN STILL HEAR PAPPY'S PAST PASSIONATE READING

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OF THE POEM IN FLANDERS FIELDS WHILE HOLDING A POPPY. I THINK OF GEORGE'S PHONE CALLS, ALWAYS TRYING TO EXPLAIN AND CONVINCE ME TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY. YOU DIDN'T DO IT VERY WELL. NO, HE DID NOT. I'LL REMEMBER AND THINK ABOUT THE TEXTS FROM COLIN. CONVERSATIONS WITH CHRIS AND THE MEETINGS WITH KEITH WHERE WE DIDN'T TALK A LOT ABOUT POLITICS. WE TALKED MORE ABOUT FAMILY. SITTING NEXT TO ME FOR TWO DECADES, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SIT NEXT TO NORM LEACH. WE SHARED SO MANY LAUGHS, FLASHBACKS OF GREAT BOARD STAFF, INCLUDING ANALYST WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD, THE DAVE WILLIAMS, MIKE ROSE, CINDY DEE. I KNOW SHE'S HERE TODAY. PETER I KNOW PETER IS HERE ALSO AND AND DAN AND YOU KNOW WHAT MARY WHERE ARE YOU? YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD TOO. I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT BRIAN MANDRAKE AND HIS ANALYTICAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS.

THOUGHT ABOUT BRENDA SMILE. LASTLY, JERRY FIORINI, YOUR HUMOR AND GUIDANCE SO APPRECIATED. I BELIEVE THE MEMORIES OF THE RESOLUTIONS, POLITICAL DEBATE AND BUDGETS WILL FADE. BUT THE PEOPLE, THE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS EXPERIENCE FOR ME SO GREAT NEVER WILL FADE. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

THIS MEETING IS BEING TRANSCRIBED AND SUMMARIZED. NICE TRY, NICE TRY.

THIS WOULD BE THE QUICKEST FAVOR TO DO FOR YOU, JERRY. AND JUST SAY MEETING ADJOURNED.

GOOD. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT TO SAY. YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. EVERY ONE OF US WAS HERE LONG BEFORE EVERY ONE OF US. SO WE'VE KNOWN NO OTHER CHAIRPERSON AND I THINK, SET THE STANDARD THAT THE NEXT CHAIRPERSON IS GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME WITH. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE AROUND, AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BENEFIT US ALL WITH CONSULTATION. WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER THINGS FOR YOU. I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOMETHING THAT I'VE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE TWO CAREERS IN YOUNG AND YOUNG ENOUGH TO HAVE TWO MORE. AND JERRY, I, I THINK YOUR LONGEVITY IS PROOF THAT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE AROUND FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO HELP US. MAYBE NOT FROM THAT SEAT, BUT WE YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF THE MEDIATOR THAT WE'VE NEEDED TO TEMPER THE THE FLARE UPS, RIGHT, RICK? HE'S COVERED YOU MANY, MANY TIMES. SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL MISS IS THE DOOR BEING SLAMMED BY TONY MANY, MANY TIMES. BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE. YOU'VE BEEN THE VOICE OF REASON. THERE IS NOT ONE OF US HERE THAT COULD HAVE DONE THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE. THE TRANSFORMATIONAL MOVING AN AIRPORT WAS NOT AN EASY FEAT HAVING TO PUT UP WITH, I THINK. I THINK YOU HAD FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTY EXECUTIVES, IF NOT FIVE, ALWAYS WORSE THAN THE OTHER. YOU'VE SEEN LEGISLATORS COME, SEEN HIM GO. YOU HAD YOUR HANDS FULL. MORE TIMES THAN NOT, YOU'VE SEEN THE MAJORITY SLIP AWAY TO WHERE IT WAS ONLY BY ONE, BUT YOU KEPT IT TOGETHER. THE OTHER PART OF THE JOB THAT NOBODY REALLY SEES IS HOW COMMITTED YOU ARE. YOU'RE COMMITTED TO RECRUITMENT OF A NEW FIELD, YOU'RE COMMITTED TO YOUR STAFF, AND YOU'RE COMMITTED TO THE COUNTY OF ONEIDA. SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS. ONCE AGAIN. THERE'S A DONATION IN YOUR NAME GOING TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS, ONEIDA COUNTY, AND IT'S COMING FROM THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU ALL. WE ARE NOT THROUGH. DON'T START. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM AND WITH GREAT RESPECT TO ALL OF OUR LEGISLATORS, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE CAROLINA DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU KNOW, A HARD WORKER.

THANK YOU MIKE. AGAIN, VERY HARD WORKER. AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF YOU, BOTH OF YOU. RICK. YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD OUR WE'VE HAD OUR TIMES. BUT I BUT I DO SERIOUSLY. AND IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD BECAUSE I RESPECT YOU I RESPECT YOUR YOUR CONCERN AND CARE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTY ALWAYS FIRST AND FOREMOST. SO THANK YOU. AND I WISH YOU ALL GODSPEED. SO THANK YOU. NOW ON TO THE THE CONTINUE THIS DAY BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HERE, OBVIOUSLY, RECOGNIZING THAT THIS CHAIRMAN WHO HAS THE DISTINCTION, NOT ONLY BEING THE LONGEST SERVING CHAIRMAN IN ONEIDA COUNTY HISTORY, BUT IS, AS WE HAVE LOOKED, THE LONGEST SERVING CHAIRMAN IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AT THIS TIME. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HAS SERVED ON THIS BOARD, AS YOU KNOW, FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND HAS SERVED AS CHAIRMAN FOR A GOOD PART OF THAT. AND THAT IS NOT AN EASY TASK. THOSE OF US WHO RUN FOR ELECTED OFFICE KNOW WHAT A CHALLENGE IT IS TO RUN FOR OFFICE. BUT THE CHALLENGE OF A CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IS TO GAIN AND TO CONTINUE TO GAIN THE RESPECT AND THE TRUST OF TWO PARTIES, NOT JUST ONE PARTY, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO PARTY RULE THE MAJORITY PARTY, THE MINORITY, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, BUT THEY COME TOGETHER AND ELECT A CHAIRMAN AND NOT IN ANY OF THAT TIME. HAS THERE EVER BEEN, YOU KNOW, A DISPUTE OVER THE LAST IN MY TIME, IN PREVIOUS TIMES, SINCE 1996, WHEN HE BECAME THE CHAIRMAN, AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE RECOGNIZING THAT LEADERSHIP. AND I JUST WANT MR. CHAIRMAN TO POINT THEM OUT FOR PEOPLE, AND I APOLOGIZE. HOLD ON TO YOUR APPLAUSE. I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, INTRODUCE THE JUDICIARY THAT IS WITH US HERE TODAY, SOME OF WHO HAVE SERVED IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT PREVIOUSLY, BUT WHO HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR YOU, JERRY, STARTING WITH CHIEF JUDGE BERNADETTE CLARK, THE JUDGE, GREG AMOROSO, FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY, JUDGE RANDY CALDWELL, FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY. RAY BERA, JUDGE. RAY BERA, FORMER CIVIL DEFENDER FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE JULIE DENTON, JUDGE STEPHANIE VISALLI, JUDGE LOUIS GELARDI AND JUDGE PETER CAHILL, ALSO FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY.

WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? THANK. YOU. HAVE A COUPLE FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVES THAT ARE HERE AS WELL, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ONE OF THEM, BUT THE OTHER MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY, RETIRED AND FORMER COUNTY EXECUTIVE JUDGE RALPH ENNIS, COUNTY EXECUTIVE. ALSO FORMER COUNTY ATTORNEY LINDA DILLON IS HERE WITH US TODAY. LINDA.

TAMMY WHITE, THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE COURTS, IS WITH US HERE TODAY. TAMMY. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER OF JURORS, WHICH THE CHAIRMAN SITS ON THE JURY BOARD HERE. COMMISSIONER OF

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JURORS JIM GOODMAN. WHERE ARE YOU, JIM? THERE ARE ALSO SOME OTHER FORMER OFFICIALS WITH US.

THE FORMER COMMISSIONER OF OGS AND FORMER ASSEMBLYWOMAN ROWAN DESTITO IS WITH US HERE TODAY.

AND, JERRY, IT WAS HARD TO PICK THIS THIS NEXT ONE. AS WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE FORMER OFFICIAL? BUT I HAD TO I HAD TO BREAK IT DOWN BECAUSE THERE ARE FORMER LEGISLATORS HERE THAT I'LL GET TO IN A MOMENT. BUT THE FORMER COUNTY COMPTROLLER, ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES, JOE TIMPANO, IS HERE WITH US TODAY. JOE, I'LL TRY TO MENTION YOUR NAME A COUPLE TIMES AS I GO THROUGH THIS, JUST JUST TO KEEP IT GOING. BUT YOU ALREADY HEARD THAT THE GREAT LEGISLATOR FROM THE TOWN OF NEW HARTFORD WHO YOU KNOW IS HERE, JIM DONOFRIO. JIMMY. MAYBE YOU COULD COME AND ARGUE WITH JERRY AFTER THE MEETING. AND ANOTHER GREAT LEGISLATOR. WHERE'S HE HIDING IN THE HALLWAY THERE. DAVE WOULD HAVE. FORMER LEGISLATOR AND MINORITY LEADER PHIL SACCO. PHIL. THANK YOU. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE HERE TODAY.

BUT MY MY COLLEAGUES, THE FOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WE DEAL WITH, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, TODD CARVILLE. THE COUNTY CLERK, MARY FINNEGAN. THE SHERIFF OF ONEIDA COUNTY, WHO'S SECURING THE HALLWAY, I THINK FOR US OR WHATEVER IS BACK THERE. WHEN I HEAR FROM HIM, OUR COMPTROLLER HAD A FAMILY SITUATION, SO SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. SO I WANT TO THANK HER AS WELL.

AND THERE IS A NUMBER OF FORMER STAFF OF THE BOARD OF LEGISLATORS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, CINDY PIETRA. ALICIA KELLY IS AROUND SOMEWHERE. RAISE YOUR HANDS, EVERYBODY. COME ON, COME ON. ONE OF YOUR OTHER FAVORITES IS THE FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF, AL CANDIDO. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK WHO'S BEEN HERE. THE ONEIDA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN, MITCH FORD.

WHERE'S MITCH? MITCH. SO WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE MADE AND AND GOING IN IN ORDER OF PROTOCOL HERE. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES, FROM CONGRESSMAN JOHN MANNION. JOHN LIPE IS HERE. JOHN, YOU WANT TO WHERE IS JOHN? YOU WANT TO COME UP AND PRESENT SOMETHING TO THE CHAIRMAN, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JOHN LIPE. I'M THE ONEIDA COUNTY OUTREACH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CONGRESSMAN JOHN MANNION. THE CONGRESSMAN WISHES HE COULD BE HERE TODAY, BUT HE'S DOWN IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AT THE MOMENT. BUT HE ASKED THAT I ATTEND HERE ON HIS BEHALF TO GIVE HIS WELL WISHES AND CONGRATULATIONS AND ABOVE ALL, HIS THANKS. THIS IS QUITE A SHOWCASES YOUR EXTREME DEDICATION TO NOT ONLY THE CITY OF ROME, BUT ALL OF ONEIDA COUNTY. AND WE HAVE THIS CONGRESSIONAL PROCLAMATION FROM THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PROCLAIMED ON THE 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025, THE DULY ELECTED MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HEREBY HONOR CHAIRMAN GERALD J. FIORINI ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER SERVING 30 CONSECUTIVE YEARS AS CHAIRMAN OF THE UNITED COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATORS. SIGNED JOHN W MANNION, MEMBER OF CONGRESS. THANK YOU. MR. CHAIRMAN. I ALSO HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE, AS YOU AWARE, TWO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT REPRESENT ONEIDA COUNTY. I HAVE A SIMILAR RESOLUTION AS WELL, PASSED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY OUR REPRESENTATIVE, OUR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE, THE HONORABLE ELISE STEFANIK. SO THANK YOU. AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE OTHER

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OFFICIALS HERE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE PRESENTATIONS TO BE MADE. AND I'M GOING TO START AT THIS TIME WITH THE SENATOR, ONEIDA COUNTY SENATOR JOSEPH GRIFFO, SENATOR. JOE. FIRST, LET ME THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEGISLATORS, REAL AND GENTILE AND TO LEGISLATOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE WILLING AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU'VE MADE TO BE THERE FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF YOUR DISTRICT IN ONEIDA COUNTY. SO GOOD LUCK TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. WHEN I WAS WALKING IN, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE CROWD HERE TODAY. AND I HEARD FORMER JUDGE JANICE AND JOE TIMPANO TALKING. I HAD TO MENTION HIM TO TONY SO. AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE CROWD SAID, CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS CROWD? AND THEY BOTH SAID, YES, THEY'RE ALL HERE TO MAKE SURE HE'S ACTUALLY LEAVING. TONY, I CAN'T TELL YOU. I HAVEN'T SEEN SO MANY DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE GATHERED, AND IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU, MORE THAN I'VE EVER HAD A DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETINGS WHEN I WOULD HOLD THEM HERE. SO I'M JUST. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TODAY AND THE BENCH TO HAVE I KNOW YOU KNOW, THE JERRY'S ALSO NOT ONLY KNOWN AS THE CHAIRMAN BUT AS COACH FIORINI. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE MURDERER'S ROW OVER THERE.

WE HAVE THE JUDICIARY LIKE JUDICIAL ROW THERE. AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE ALL OF YOU IN THE HOUSE TODAY TO, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH THAT I COULD SAY, BUT I'M NOT, EVEN THOUGH I'VE JUST GRADUATED FROM THE BEN SIMMONS PUBLIC SCHOOL OF SPEAKING. AND SO I WON'T TAKE A LONG TIME.

BUT THERE'S A LOT TO SAY OVER A CAREER THAT'S BEEN THIS LONG. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE 29 YEARS AS CHAIRMAN, OVER 40 YEARS ON THE BOARD OF LEGISLATURE, AND WHAT WE DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT IS HOW JERRY NEGOTIATED IN 1798 TO TAKE APART A HERKIMER COUNTY AND TO MAKE THAT PART OF ONEIDA COUNTY. SO HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD NEGOTIATOR THEN, TOO. HE TOOK A PIECE OF HERKIMER, YOU SEE. SO BUT I GOT TO KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, JERRY, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY AND AND ACTUALLY IN SOME WAY, I'M SOMEWHAT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECRUITING THE CHAIRMAN TO RUN FOR COUNTY LEGISLATOR. AS A YOUNG MAN OUT OF COLLEGE, I WAS LOOKING WE WERE LOOKING FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO SERVE, AND I KNEW HIM AS A COACH AND SAID HE'D BE THE RIGHT KIND OF GUY, AND HE WAS RELUCTANT. BUT THEN, THANKS TO FRANNY AND THE FAMILY, AGREED.

AND THE REST IS HISTORY. HE ALSO BECAME A GREAT BASEBALL COACH, AS YOU KNOW. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I USED TO BEAT HIM WHEN I COACHED IN THE LEAGUE ALL THE TIME, AND HE BECAME THE GREAT ALL STAR COACH, YOU KNOW? BUT THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, YOU DEVELOPED GREAT PROFESSIONAL RESPECT AND PERSONAL ADMIRATION FOR A GUY LIKE JERRY FIORINI. HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE JUST BEEN THE BEDROCK OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF ROME, AND NOW THE ENTIRE COUNTY. FOR A LONG TIME, THEY HAVE MADE SO MANY CONTRIBUTIONS. AND AND, RICK, IF YOU'RE BLAMING WHAT MAY HAPPEN RELATIVE TO BUDGETS OF THE PAST, MY FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF, BOB COMBS, IS HERE, AND I THINK IT WAS HIS FAULT. SO IT'S LIKE, WHO'S ALSO THE FORMER CITY MANAGER OF CHERYL? SO JERRY, IT'S GOT TO BE BIG WHEN CHIEFS OF STAFF ARE COMING BACK TO HONOR YOU TO. BUT I THINK THE GREATEST GIFT THAT SOMEBODY CAN GIVE IS REALLY TO PRESENT THEMSELVES TO SERVE OTHERS. AND JERRY HAS DONE THAT THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE CAREER, WHETHER IT'S IN IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE OR WHETHER IT'S IN COMMUNITY SERVICES. I TALKED ABOUT HIS ROLE IN LITTLE LEAGUE AND IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, TRULY GIVING OF HIMSELF AND THE FAMILY HAD TO GIVE SO MUCH IN ORDER TO LET HIM DO THAT. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THEY'RE WORTHY OF RECOGNITION HERE TODAY, TOO, PARTICULARLY FRANNY. YOU'RE GOING TO BE A SAINT, SO SHE WILL BE CANONIZED. BUT. BUT THEN ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE RESOLUTION. I'M JUST. AND IT'S AMAZING. WE'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING PASSED UNANIMOUSLY IN ALBANY FOR YOU, JERRY. SO. THE GREATEST GIFT BEYOND THAT SERVICE IS WHETHER YOU'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A COMMUNITY AND IN THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE INTERACTED IN. AND, JERRY, TODAY, I CAN SAY, AND I THINK EVERYBODY HERE CAN ATTEST TO THAT. YOU HAVE TRULY MADE A DIFFERENCE, DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND IN THE LIFE OF THIS COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT YOUR SERVICE. AND THERE'S NO GREATER TRIBUTE OR CREDIT THAT ANYONE COULD ASSUME, IN MY OPINION, AS HAVING THAT DESIGNATION. SO ON BEHALF OF THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE, AND AS LONG AS JERRY HAS THIS AND YOU'RE WITH HIM, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT IN NEW YORK

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STATE, HE'LL TAKE THAT LITERALLY. I WANT TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU AND SAY, JERRY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOT ONLY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, BUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP. GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SENATOR, THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY ARE HERE. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MULTIPLE MEMBERS IN ONEIDA COUNTY. SO I WILL CALL THEM ALL UP AND THEY CAN ALL COME UP AT AT THE SAME TIME AND SPEAK INDIVIDUALLY. ASSEMBLYWOMAN MARIANNE BUNDCHEN. ASSEMBLYMAN KEN BUSH. SEMBLY ROBERT SMULLEN. AND AND FORMER LEGISLATOR AND ASSEMBLYMAN BRIAN MILLER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TONY. IT IS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TODAY. CAROLYN, MIKE, MY NEIGHBOR RICK. THANK YOU. AS CLEARLY THERE'S MANY OTHERS HERE THAT I KNOW ARE FORMER LEGISLATORS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. AS IT WAS STATED, IT'S A DIFFICULT FEAT, BUT IT'S WELL DESERVED FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT TODAY. WE'RE HERE TODAY TO HONOR AN OUTSTANDING GENTLEMAN, AND NOT ONLY I STAND HERE AS THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER, BUT I STAND HERE. MY BROTHER IS HERE ALSO, AS MR. PERRINE'S NAME WAS AT OUR KITCHEN TABLE MANY TIMES ON BEHALF OF MY DAD, WITH THE RESPECT AND DIGNITY THAT HE PROVIDED TO EVERYONE WITHIN THIS CHAMBER, AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN. SO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT CLEARLY, FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUS LEGISLATORS, AS I HAD SEEN THROUGH MY DAD'S EYES, YOU ARE A TRUE GENTLEMAN AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. I HAVE TO SAY THAT JOE TALKED ABOUT YOUR SERVICE, YOUR COMMITMENT. AND AS I LOOK AT YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY THAT IS HERE TODAY WITH YOU, THANK YOU ALSO, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS MANY SACRIFICES. BUT THIS MAN, WHAT HE DID FOR SO MANY INDIVIDUALS, NOT ONLY IN SPORTS BUT IN COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE VERY HUMBLE. YOU DON'T ASK FOR MUCH RECOGNITION. AND I KNOW TODAY AS YOU'RE LIKE, LET'S GO.

SO I'M BETWEEN THE PARTY AND THE CONVERSATION. SO GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. PLEASE ACCEPT THIS CITATION FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND I FROM THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE WISDOM THAT YOU'VE ALSO PROVIDED TO ME. THANK. THANK YOU. SINCE REDISTRICTING, THEY'VE BEEN BOUNCING ME AROUND ONEIDA COUNTY FOR LIKE THE LAST SIX YEARS, PICKING UP NOW BOONVILLE AND AND LEE AS MY AS THE NEW ONE AND GETTING RID OF MISTER JOSEPH IN WESTMORELAND AND VERONA AND ALL OF THE. THAT'S. BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE TODAY. MR. MILLER IS GOING TO SAY MOST OF THE REMARKS, BUT FOR 15 YEARS I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING JOE GRIFFO AFTER BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS PUT THE SENATOR FIRST, AND THEN THEY PUT ME, AND MOST OF THE TIME I GET UP AND SAY DITTO, BECAUSE I CAN'T FOLLOW JOE AS AS GOOD AS JOE IS DOING. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO REPRESENT ONEIDA COUNTY AS MANY YEARS AS I HAVE.

LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN BOUNCED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT AS A FORMER, I FEEL LIKE A PRIEST IN THE OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH TALKING, TALKING THIS WAY. BUT AS A FORMER COUNTY BOARD OF LEGISLATOR CHAIR IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT, BUT YOU MUST HAVE BEEN DOING SOMETHING RIGHT TO STAY HERE ALL THESE YEARS. THAT'S RIGHT. SO CONGRATULATIONS, AND I HOPE YOU WILL IN IN RETIREMENT. SO THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. I'M ASSEMBLYMAN

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ROBERT SMULLEN, 118TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT. I'VE BEEN VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT A SMALL SLICE OF ONEIDA COUNTY FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY. MANY OF YOU KNOW I'M FROM FULTON COUNTY, BUT I'M VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT THE LARGEST ASSEMBLY DISTRICT IN NEW YORK STATE. AND I GOT ALSO JUST VERY QUICKLY, I THINK, KEN BLANKENBUEHLER FOR HIS SERVICE TO ONEIDA COUNTY IN THE ASSEMBLY. HE DESERVES A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOUT OUT, BECAUSE KEN IS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT HE'S GOING TO BE RETIRING AFTER NEXT YEAR FROM THE FROM THE STATE ASSEMBLY. SO, KEN, HE'S A HE'S A HELL OF A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE. I'M VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT, ALONG WITH BRIAN MILLER AND MARIANNE BUTTENSCHON, THE THE PARTS OF ONEIDA COUNTY. BUT JUST AN OBSERVATION, ONEIDA COUNTY IS A VERY WELL RUN PLACE. IF THE ONLY IF THE ASSEMBLY RAN AS GOOD AS THIS MEETING WENT IN ALBANY, MAN, I WOULD BE LIKE A HAPPY MAN, A HAPPY MAN SORT OF THING. WE WOULD WE WOULD LITERALLY STILL BE THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY A TRIBUTE TO JERRY, TO RICK, TO EVERYBODY THAT MAKES THIS PLACE GOOD GOVERNMENT WORKING EVERY DAY FOR THE PEOPLE. EVERYBODY DOESN'T ALWAYS AGREE ON THE POLICY. EVERYBODY DOESN'T ALWAYS AGREE ON THE BUDGET. WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S POLITICS. BUT GOOD GOVERNMENT IS GOOD.

GOVERNMENT IS GOOD GOVERNMENT. AND JERRY, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE CHAIR FOR 30 YEARS OF A PLACE, A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER GOOD GOVERNMENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, SIR. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO READ THAT WHOLE THING? SURE. THERE'S A STORY BEHIND READING THE WHOLE THING. I WAS AT A FOOTBALL GAME AND THEY WERE CELEBRATING THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY, 75TH ANNIVERSARY AT MOUNT MARKHAM. AND JERRY'S GRANDSON WAS FROM WESTVILLE AND PLAYING THERE THAT DAY. AND WE HAD A PROCLAMATION FOR THEM. AND WHEN I WALKED UP, JERRY SAYS, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE PROCLAMATION? SO I PROCEEDED IN READING THE PROCLAMATION FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. BUT FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK RICK, CAROLINE AND MIKE FOR FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE. I HAD THE THE PLEASURE IN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT RIGHT WHERE YOU GUYS SIT RIGHT NOW. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT YOUR SEATS IN YOUR PRESENCE HERE WILL ALWAYS STAY WITH YOU AS LONG AS YOU'RE WITH US. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. BUT BACK TO THE MAIN EVENT. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT A A RECORD THAT HAS BEEN SET HERE. AND TONY ALLUDED TO IT ON THE 29 YEARS OR 30 YEARS AS CHAIRMAN, BEING THE LONGEST SERVING CHAIRMAN OF A BOARD OF LEGISLATORS IN, IN IN NEW YORK STATE, WHEN I WAS SITTING BACK THERE, I WAS THINKING ABOUT, THERE'S A PICTURE IN JERRY'S OFFICE OF, I BELIEVE THERE'S TWO BOYS WALKING IN THE YANKEE STADIUM. AND IT MADE ME THINK OF JOE DIMAGGIO WITH THE 56 GAME HIT STREAK, WHICH WILL NEVER BE BROKEN. THE 30 YEARS SITS ALONG WITH THAT HIT STREAK. AND I'M SERIOUS, JERRY, THAT MAY NEVER BE BROKEN, BUT THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE IN 2000 WHEN I WAS RUNNING, JERRY WAS WAS THE CHAIRMAN AT THE TIME, AND HE WAS ALSO A COACH. AND HE WOULD CALL ME ONCE A WEEK, WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WHAT THINGS WERE GOING, HOW THINGS WERE GOING AND ALL THAT. SO I REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE COACHED BY THE MAN, AND I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COACH AGAINST THE MAN. WHEN HE WAS AT ROME CATHOLIC. I WAS COACHING BASEBALL AT SAUQUOIT AND I GOT SCHOOLED ON THE FIELD AND IT WAS IT WAS A REALLY AN EXPERIENCE. BUT JERRY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOUR FAMILY FOR SHARING HIM WITH NOT ONLY EVERYONE HERE, BUT THE ENTIRE ONEIDA COUNTY. YOU'LL NEVER FORGET THIS PLACE, JERRY, AND WE'LL NEVER FORGET YOU. AND WE HAVE A. DO WE HAVE A DO WE HAVE A CITATION HERE FROM FROM THE STATE ASSEMBLY. THANKING YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ A I'M GOING TO END IT LIKE THAT.

BUT WE WILL HAVE THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO TO DO A NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION BECAUSE YOU ARE A SITTING CHAIRMAN. SO NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE PUTTING A RESOLUTION IN IN

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THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JERRY. CAN I GO NOW? NO, YOU CAN'T GO. WE'RE ALMOST DONE. WE GOT A FEW MORE. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT JERRY'S LOVE FOR ONEIDA COUNTY AND. BUT IT STARTS IN HIS HOMETOWN IN THE CITY OF ROME THAT HE LOVES AND SERVES IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND CONTINUES TO DO SO. AND JOINING US IS THE MAYOR OF THAT GREAT CITY, JEFFREY LANIGAN. MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT'S A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY AND JUST WALKING IN HERE. ONCE THEY REMEMBERED ME THAT I WAS DOWN IN YOUR CONFERENCE ROOM, THEY FORGOT THAT I WAS THERE. JAMES. IT TRULY WAS OVERWHELMING WALKING IN AND SEEING THIS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN HERE. AND I AM THE NEW GUY TO POLITICS HERE IN ONEIDA COUNTY. AND THAT JUST WHEN YOU GOT ON TO THE LEGISLATORS, I WAS TWO YEARS OLD. SO THAT JUST PUTS A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. SO SO I DIDN'T QUITE KNOW JERRY WHEN HE FIRST STARTED OUT, BUT BUT HONESTLY, WALKING IN HERE AND SEEING THIS AND SEEING THIS, THIS CROWD HERE TODAY FOR YOU TRULY WAS HUMBLING, HONESTLY, BECAUSE I'M LEARNING, AS WE ALL PROBABLY KNOW, I'M LEARNING POLITICS AS I GO AND I'M LEARNING WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO. SO. AND JERRY, HONESTLY, WE DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER UNTIL I GOT ELECTED AND WE'VE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS TOGETHER. AND HONESTLY, WATCHING THE WAY YOU OPERATE AND THE WAY YOU HANDLE YOURSELF IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, WHICH CAN TRULY ALL OF US CAN ATTEST TO, IT CAN BE A HORRIBLE ENVIRONMENT TO BE INVOLVED IN, BUT WE'RE DOING IT ALL FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. AND TO SEE THE WAY YOU DID IT FOR THAT MANY YEARS, AND TO SIT IN THE SEAT YOU'VE SAT IN FOR 30 YEARS AND LED THIS LEGISLATURE RIGHT HERE AND DONE THE TREMENDOUS THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ONEIDA COUNTY IS TRULY REMARKABLE, BUT NOT ONLY ON THE SIDE OF THAT. I AM HERE TODAY TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE CITY OF ROME FOR REPRESENTING US THE WAY YOU HAVE, THE WAY YOU'VE CARRIED YOURSELF, AND THE THINGS YOU'VE BROUGHT BACK TO THAT COMMUNITY TRULY SHOWS THE MAN YOU ARE AND HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR CITY AND YOUR COUNTY. AND WE TRULY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE. AND THAT IS JUST A SMALL TOKEN OF WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU AND WISH YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR WHAT'S TO COME WITH YOU. BECAUSE I KNOW TONY'S GOING TO DRAG YOU INTO SOMETHING, SO. BUT CONGRATULATIONS, JERRY, AND WE TRULY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. NEXT PRESENTATION IS FROM THE SHERIFF OF ONEIDA COUNTY, ROBERT MITCHELL. SHERIFF. MISTER CHAIRMAN, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. CERTAINLY AN HONOR FOR FOR ME TO BE HERE. JOINING ME IS UNDERSHERIFF JOE LISI. JUST A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR THE CHAIRMAN, FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR FEELING ON EVERYTHING, WHETHER I WANTED TO HEAR IT OR NOT. YOU WERE NEVER AFRAID TO TELL ME. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, GIVING US A LOT OF GUIDANCE. AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAD FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS WE DELIVER OUR SERVICES, KEEPING THE PEOPLE OF ONEIDA COUNTY SAFE. AND WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND THE SUPPORT OF THE REST OF THE BOARD, NONE OF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERSHIP, WE SAY THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A BADGE HERE FOR YOU TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE HONORARY STATUS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. BUT I ALSO HAVE ONE FOR YOUR WIFE, TOO, SO THAT YOU CAN BE IN CHARGE WHEN YOU'RE TOGETHER. SO YOU'RE THE BOSS. BUT WHEN I WAS LEAVING, LEAVING MY HOUSE THIS MORNING, I HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH MY SON, AND HE WANTED ME. HE ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING TODAY, AND I TOLD HIM THAT WE HAD THIS CEREMONY TODAY, AND HE WANTED TO SEND HIS BEST WISHES TO YOU. AND HE HAD HE HAD TWO GOALS THROUGH HIS ATHLETIC CAREER AT NEW YORK, MILLS FIRST AND THEN HOLLAND PATTEN. TWO OF THEM WAS TO PLAY FOR COACH, WHICH HE WAS ABLE TO DO FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE HE TRANSFERRED SCHOOL. AND HE NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO PLAY

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FOR YOU. SO HE SAID HE WISHES HE HAD, BECAUSE CERTAINLY YOU WERE A LEGENDARY COACH IN MY HOMETOWN IN NEW YORK MILLS. SO, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT YOU WERE A ROLE MODEL FOR SO MANY KIDS AND ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU TAUGHT IN. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE KIDS AND THEY'RE OUR FUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SO ON BEHALF OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I PRESENT YOU WITH THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A GROUP HERE OF OF THE WOMEN OF ONEIDA COUNTY, OF THE REPUBLICAN 100,000 CLUB. AND I BELIEVE CINDY DELPIANO IS COMING UP. YOU'RE ALL COMING UP.

EVERYBODY COME ON UP. COME ON UP, EVERYBODY. COME ON, EVERYBODY, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, NICK. COME ON SHERRY, COME ON, COME ON. THERE IS THE REAL BOSS RIGHT THERE. OKAY.

SHE SPEAKS. WAIT A MINUTE. WE HAD OUR. FIRST. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK MIKEY B FOR LETTING US DO THIS. WE DON'T. WE NORMALLY DO THIS AT OUR ANNUAL DINNER, BUT OUR ANNUAL DINNER HAS BEEN MOVED TO APRIL. AND BY THAT TIME, JERRY WILL NEVER SPEAK TO ME AGAIN. ANYWAY.

SO. AND WE DID. WE DID HAVE A PRIVATE PARTY FOR JERRY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW HE LIKES TO SOCIALIZE WITH PEOPLE, AND WE DID, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE 100,000 CLUB, WE HAD A MAN OF THE YEAR AND JERRY WAS OUR MAN OF THE YEAR. BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO JERRY IN A MINUTE. RIGHT NOW, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT RICK DICK. WE DEBATED ON WHETHER TO DO A PLAQUE OR OR A MUG COFFEE MUG, AND SO WE DECIDED TO DO THE COFFEE MUG SO THAT WE CAN BE IN YOUR HAND EVERY MORNING. RICK. AND IT SAYS, HAPPY, HAPPY RETIREMENT, RICK. FROM THE 100,000. COULD YOU REPEAT IT AGAIN? IT DIDN'T QUITE COME OUT THE WAY I MEANT IT. TO ALL THE JUDGES HERE. LISTEN, I WORK FOR JERRY FOR A FEW YEARS AT LEAST. I DIDN'T USE AN F-BOMB. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT, NOW, TO GET TO JERRY FERRINI. MANY. EVERYBODY THAT IS IN THIS GROUP HERE, HE HAS AFFECTED OUR LIVES IN SOME WAY MORE. SOME OF US MORE THAN OTHERS. AS HIS EMPLOYEE, HE FIRED ME EVERY DAY. HE THREATENED TO HAVE THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY COME UP AND REMOVE ME FROM THE BUILDING. THEY PUT MY JOB UP FOR BID ON THE WEBSITE. LITTLE THINGS LIKE THIS I WAS OUT FOR 3 OR 4 MONTHS. I HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH CANCER AND CHEMO CAME BACK.

HE TOILET PAPER, MY WHOLE OFFICE. HE ALWAYS GAVE ME THAT WARM FUZZY FEELING. BUT YOU WILL NEVER EVER IN YOUR LIFETIME. ALL OF YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A LEADER LIKE THIS.

WATCHING YOUR BACK CALLED ME EVERY DAY WHEN I WAS SICK OR A BOSS. WELL, I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT BACK BECAUSE BRIAN MILLER'S PRETTY GOOD. LISTEN, I'VE BEEN WITH HIM ALMOST THREE YEARS. HE'S NEVER TRIED TO FIRE ME YET HE TELLS, BUT HE DOES TELL ME TO WORK FROM HOME. I THINK THAT MEANS HE DOESN'T WANT ME AROUND, BUT NO NONETHELESS. SO ANYWAYS, WE HAVE A COFFEE MUG FOR YOU TO JERRY. WE GOT JERRY SOMETHING ELSE'S MAN OF THE YEAR. BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO. WE WON'T, SHALL WE? YEAH. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. TELL THEM. TELL THE AUDIENCE WHAT WE DID. WE GOT HIM A ROCKING CHAIR. AND SOME OF US. YEAH, IT WAS NICE.

ROCKING CHAIR THAT TURNS INTO A COMMODE AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. BUT ON JERRY'S MUG. IT SAYS HAPPY RETIREMENT. CHAIRMAN JERRY FERRINI IN QUOTES. GOAT. THAT'S NOT OLD GOAT. THAT'S GREATEST OF ALL TIMES. AND I MEAN THAT. THANK YOU. FROM THE 100,000. AND IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND, IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING, THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING.

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NO. I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU. I GUESS THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF. I WANT TO THANK JERRY FOR EVERYTHING.

SIT DOWN. YES, YOU YOU YOU CAN'T LEAVE. BY THE WAY, SHERIFF, THE DOORS SHOULD BE LOCKED SO HE CAN'T ESCAPE. BECAUSE IF EVERYBODY KNOWS JERRY THAT WELL, THEY KNOW THE TRICK. WHERE HE GOES, HEY, COME HERE. COME, COME. I GOT TO TALK TO YOU. AND HE JUST GOES RIGHT OUT THE DOOR. SO NOT TODAY, BUDDY. NOT TODAY, BUT NO, THANK YOU. JERRY. BACK IN 2004, THEN COUNTY EXECUTIVE GRIFFO CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, I GOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR YOU. AND HE SAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO GO WORK FOR JERRY. I SAID, I'VE SEEN HIM COACH BASEBALL. NO WAY. BUT WE CAME. WE HAD OUR BATTLES WITH PEOPLE.

WE MET, SOME CHARACTERS WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME TIMES, BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME AND YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR THE STAFF. BY THE WAY, 10TH FLOOR. WE'RE ALL SAFE ON JANUARY 1ST BECAUSE YOUR PHONES WON'T BE LOTIONED. THERE WON'T BE TOILET PAPER IN YOUR OFFICE, AND DON RICKLES IS LEAVING THE BUILDING. ALSO, STEVE AQUARIO FROM NYSAC WAS HOPING TO ATTEND, BUT THERE IS ONE PERSON, I GUESS, IN THIS COUNTRY THAT'S A LITTLE MORE DEMANDING AND IMPORTANT THAN JERRY, AND THAT'S PRESIDENT TRUMP. SO HE GOT CALLED TO A MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. SO HE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT. BUT HE EXTENDS HIS CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. OKAY, OKAY. WRAP IT UP. ONE ONE MORE THING. AFTER THIS, THERE IS CAKE. AND WE DO HAVE HORS D'OEUVRES AND FOOD. AND IN THE IN 1045. SO PLEASE STICK AROUND AND ENJOY. SO IT IS MY TURN, WHICH I KNOW HE HATES. AND FRANNY, IF HE STARTS, YOU KNOW, MAKING FACES BEHIND ME, JUST GIVE ME A SIGNAL OR WHATEVER. BUT BUT YOU'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY TODAY AND YOU KNOW, AND AND THE THEME IS THE SAME. HE IS A VERY SPECIAL GUY AND HE DOESN'T LIKE TO HEAR IT. AND PART OF THAT IS WHY WE DID THIS TODAY, BECAUSE WE KNEW IF WE HAD A PARTY, HE WOULD NOT SHOW UP. AND WE HAD TO DO THIS HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HIS TIME AS CHAIRMAN, TALKED ABOUT HIS TIME AS A LEGISLATOR, HIS COMMITMENT TO ROME, HIS COACHING. I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HIM AS A FRIEND BECAUSE FOR 40 PLUS YEARS HE HAS BEEN MY FRIEND. AND LET ME JUST SAY ONE THING ON THAT IF HE IS YOUR FRIEND, HE'S ALL IN AND THEN SOME. THERE IS NOT A THERE IS NOT A TIME WHEN WHETHER YOU'RE NOT WELL, A FAMILY MEMBER IS NOT WELL. I MEAN, CINDY REFERRED TO CALLING HIM HER EVERY DAY. THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. HE'S NOT HE'S THERE. HE'S ALWAYS AROUND.

AND YOU KNOW, WHENEVER SOMEBODY NEEDS ANYTHING, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT. HE JUST KEEPS GOING. AND TO HIS FAMILY, THAT'S THE GREATEST GIFT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM BECAUSE HIS LOVE FOR ALL OF THEM IS SO, SO, SO BEAUTIFUL AND, YOU KNOW, BUT THEN THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF HIM THAT YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PRACTICAL JOKES, THE THE ABILITY TO REALLY GET ME GOING BY TELLING ME THAT BOY, IS GEORGE OFF AT YOU. AND THAT STARTS AND THEN TELLING ME ONE TIME THAT RICK WAS RESIGNING FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, BECOMING A CONSERVATIVE, AND WAS GOING TO CAUCUS BY HIMSELF. TO WHICH I BELIEVED IT. I MEAN, THAT'S THE CRAZIEST THING, IS I BELIEVED IT. THERE IS, YOU KNOW, CINDY IS HERE AND SOME OF HIS STAFF, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, JUDY AND MIKE AND AND AND JENNIFER AND DAN AND MARY OVER THERE, I MEAN, ALL TOGETHER. BUT THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO DO TODAY AND I DIDN'T, BUT I WAS GOING TO GET A WHITEBOARD AND I WAS GOING TO PUT TEN SIGNATURES OF JERRY'S NAME ON THE BOARD AND ASK IF ANYBODY KNEW WHICH ONE WAS REALLY HIS. AND I THINK CINDY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN THAT CAN DISTINGUISH IT. PHYLLIS. SAID. PHYLLIS, SHE WOULD KNOW IT.

YEAH. JUST EVEN THE OTHER DAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN COUNTING A LITTLE BIT AND SAYING TEN MORE DAYS, 20, YOU KNOW, 20 MORE DAYS, TEN, FIVE. THE OTHER DAY I WALK OUT

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OF MY OFFICE AND HE'S SCARED. THE HECK? HE JUST JUMPED IN FRONT OF ME AND SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME. I MEAN, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE. BUT LET ME TALK ABOUT HIS HIS LEGACY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST IT'S JUST NOT JUST ABOUT SHOWING UP.

HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN MORE OF THE DECISIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COUNTY OVER THOSE 40 YEARS. FROM THE TIME HE SAT IN THIS, IN THIS CHAMBER AS A LEGISLATOR TO HIS SERVICE AS CHAIRMAN OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND WAYS AND MEANS, AND THEN ELEVATING TO THE THE CHAIRMANSHIP. AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT HAS COME THROUGH, AT LEAST IN MY TIME.

AND I KNOW OBVIOUSLY JOE IS HERE, THE SENATOR AND RALPH, THE JUDGE IS HERE. I MEAN, HE HAS BEEN A PART OF AND NOT JUST A PART OF, BUT INVOLVED COMPLETELY. AND HE IS HERE, YOU KNOW, 100% PLUS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SOME CHAIRMEN JUST DON'T DO, I, YOU KNOW, I TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THE STATE AND WE'RE THE ENVY BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE HERE IN ONEIDA COUNTY THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT. IT DOES BECOME A FAMILY. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY ENVY THAT BECAUSE THEIR CHAIRMAN'S EITHER THEY GOT TO TRACK THEM DOWN, THEY GOT TO FIND THEM. THEY DON'T THEY DON'T WANT TO MOVE IT OR WHATEVER. BUT HE HAS NOT BEEN THAT WAY. AND FROM THOSE VERY BEGINNINGS. OH, GEEZ. I HAVE THIS LITTLE BAG HERE. BUT WAIT, IT GETS BETTER BECAUSE HE WASN'T ALWAYS THE SILVER FOX. I WILL LEAVE THIS UP HERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE. THERE'S A BETTER SHOT OF IT THAT YOU COULD SEE. THE ENVY OF ALL PEOPLE. JAMES. JAMES, LOOK AT THAT HEAD OF HAIR. JAMES. YEAH, YOU LIKE THAT? YOU KNOW, THE MUSTACHE HAD IT ALL GOING. I'M NOT GONE YET. ADD IT ALL GOING, ADD IT ALL GOING. I, I, I KNOW I'M TAKING THE REST OF THE YEAR OFF. YOU KNOW, WHEN IT CAME TIME TO. YOU KNOW, TO THINK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT TO DO. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS HONORS HERE TODAY AND CERTIFICATES AND GRATITUDE. THERE TRULY IS A LEGACY HERE. LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP, A LEGACY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, A LEGACY OF FRIENDSHIP THAT WILL THAT WILL CONTINUE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED TO DO MORE. I MEAN, AND I BELIEVE THAT AND I KNOW THAT THIS BOARD WOULD AGREE.

AND THEY WILL. AND I KNOW THAT OTHER OFFICIALS AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY WOULD AGREE HE'S BEEN IT'S HARD TO PICK ONE PARTICULAR AREA OF OF RECOGNITION BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL WITH ME IN CRAFTING AND WORKING ON THE AGREEMENT WITH THE ONEIDA INDIAN NATION THAT ENDED 30 YEARS OF LITIGATION IN THIS COUNTY. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ONEIDA COUNTY TOURISM. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE GROWTH, AND PRESIDENT VAN WAGONER CAN ATTEST TO THIS. HE'S HERE TODAY AND ALWAYS IS AT MVCC AND AND MAKING SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WHEN THEY GRADUATED, THEY'RE WALKED INTO WALKED INTO A PLACE OF OF EMPLOYMENT. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN RESTRUCTURING AND REBUILDING A COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN, YOU KNOW, WEATHERED PRETTY STRONGLY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND, AND REALLY ENSURING THAT THE, THE, THE RECONSTRUCTION OPENED IT UP MORE TO THE PEOPLE AND ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TODAY. HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN EVERY CAPITAL PROJECT. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN JUST WHEN I THOUGHT WE COULD SLIP SOMETHING BY HIM, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. HE JUST KNOWS. AND WHEN WE MEET, HE LOOKS AT THE SMALLEST CHANGE ORDERS AND SAYS, WHAT'S THIS? WHAT'S THIS? YOU KNOW, 50,000 HERE FOR AND WHAT'S THIS OTHER AMOUNT FOR? SO HE'S HE'S BEEN ON TOP OF EVERY ASPECT OF THIS, OF THIS PLACE. AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT HIM AGAIN, I TALK ABOUT THE FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE WE ARE TRULY FRIENDS. HE IS LIKE MY BROTHER AND I WILL MISS. I WON'T MISS THE JOKES, BUT I WON'T ON ME, THAT IS, BUT I WILL, I WILL, I WILL SEE HIM OFTEN BECAUSE WE'RE JUST A BLOCK AWAY FROM

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EACH OTHER. BUT I WILL MISS HIM EVERY DAY AS HE COMES IN TO MY OFFICE, OR AS I COME DOWN, OR AS WE MEET AND DO THESE THINGS. HE IS A LEADER. HE IS SOMEONE WHO CAN RECONCILE DIFFERENCES LIKE NOBODY ELSE. AND HE HAS KEPT ME AND BEEN A MENTOR, AND HE HAS KEPT ME IN LINE. AND I KNOW MANY OTHERS IN THIS ROOM AS WELL, BUT HE NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED MORE THAN JUST TODAY.

SO WHAT DO WE DO? I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS. I ONLY NAMED A FEW. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH, BUT HE DOES LOVE HIS CITY OF ROME AND THAT IS WHERE HIS ROOTS ARE, AND THAT IS WHERE HE HAS INVESTED, NOT NOT ALL OF HIS TIME, BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT. AS I LOOK AROUND AT THE NAMES ON THESE TOWNS AND VILLAGES THAT YOU SEE, THERE IS NOT ONE THAT HE HAD IGNORED OR DID NOT GET INVOLVED WHEN THERE WAS AN ISSUE. BUT ROME IS OBVIOUSLY A SPECIAL PLACE, BUT THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN OTHER THINGS. AND GEORGE MENTIONED IN HIS REMARKS THE ONEIDA COUNTY AIRPORT COMPLEX. THAT WAS NOT EASY.

WHEN I GOT HERE, THE SENATOR WAS JUST OR JOE JUST BECAME THE SENATOR AND I BECAME IN AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE. WAS THAT TRANSITION FROM THE ORISKANY AIRFIELD TO GRIFFITHS AND ALL THAT WENT ALONG WITH IT. AND THROUGHOUT THIS TIME, HE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL WITH ME IN DOING THAT. SO WITH GREAT RESPECT AND GREAT ADMIRATION, BUT ALSO FOR A MAN WHO HAS GIVEN SO MUCH OF HIS TIME TO THIS COUNTY. MIKE, CAN YOU PULL UP THE SCREEN FOR ME SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE? IF WE BLOW THAT UP, YOU WILL SEE THAT GRIFFITHS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WILL BE NAMED DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE. THE GERALD FIORINI J. FIORINI AVIATION COMPLEX.

IN CLOSING TO TO FRANNIE, TO THE ENTIRE FIORINI FAMILY. JERRY AND SHERRY AND EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING HIM. I KNOW HE'S STILL GOING TO BE DOING STUFF. I KNOW HE'S STILL GOING TO BE INVOLVED. I KNOW HE'S STILL GOING TO BE ASKING QUESTIONS. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WHEN I CALL HIM AT NIGHT, HE WON'T BE SAYING, OH, THIS CAN'T BE GOOD. SO WHEN I CALL HIM, WE CAN, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BUT HE WILL BE HERE. I TRULY LOVE HIM. I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE DOES AND HIS FAMILY DOES. HE IS A SPECIAL GUY. PLEASE, ONE MORE TIME.

WELCOME. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF LEGISLATORS FOREVER, JERRY FIORINI.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY. THANKS, TONY. THERE ARE SO MANY THANK YOUS TO GO AROUND LIKE, I'M GOING TO TAKE MY TIME AND JUST LOOK AT EVERYBODY. THAT WHOLE WALL BACK THERE. I HAVEN'T TOUCHED EVERY ONE OF THOSE I'VE HAD DEALING WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU PEOPLE.

AND I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE. DEMOCRATS. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. THE LAST SIX YEARS YOU'VE BEEN MINORITY LEADER. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING ON THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE. ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT TO ME AND GREAT WITH EVERYBODY. WHO'S THAT? EVEN WASHBURNE, ESPECIALLY WASHBURNE, ALL YOU LEGISLATORS THAT SUPPORTED ME ALL THESE YEARS. I CAN'T I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. I'M JUST GOING TO MISS ALL OF YOU. I MEAN, SOME OF YOU SAY BATTLES, WE ALWAYS COME OUT FRIENDS. THAT GROUP SIT IN THE FRONT ROW. MY WIFE, MY DAUGHTERS, MY SON, MY GRANDDAUGHTER, MY IN-LAWS. CARRIE. EVERYONE. EVERYWHERE I

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LOOK IS ALL FRIENDS. AND I'M OVERWHELMED. I REALLY AM OVERWHELMED. I WISH I KNEW THIS BEFORE I WOULDN'T HAVE COME. REALLY. IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A GREAT WE CAN PLAY CARDS. WE CAN PLAY CARDS. YEAH. LET ME SAY THAT MY MY MY FAMILY, I MEAN, THEY SUPPORTED ME FOR 40 YEARS, 45 YEARS. MY WIFE HAS BEEN THERE EVERY STEP. MY GRANDDAUGHTER WASN'T EVEN BORN.

SHE'S SHE I GOT HER PICTURES. I GOT ALL MY GRANDKIDS PICTURES IN THERE NOW. I GOT GREAT, GREAT GRANDKIDS. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, BUT I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I LOVE THE BATTLES, I LOVE THE LISTEN. I'LL JUST TELL YOU HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS BOARD. I'M AN OLD ITALIAN GUY. AND EVERY SUNDAY WE USED TO HAVE DINNER. WE STILL HAVE DINNER. MY DAUGHTERS, MY WIFE AND MYSELF, WE ALL THE FAMILY HAS DINNER. AND EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY AND ONCE A MONTH, WEDNESDAY, I FELT THIS IS MY SUNDAY DINNER WITH ALL YOU PEOPLE. I DISCUSSED THINGS, WE DISAGREED WITH THINGS, BUT WE ALL CAME OUT AS FRIENDS. THAT'S HOW I TREATED THIS BOARD.

AGAIN, ALL MY FRIENDS. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH TO ALL OF YOU. I LOVE WORKING WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU, EVEN YOU. LIKE YOU SAID, I WENT THROUGH FOUR. I WENT THROUGH FOUR. COUNTY EXECUTIVES AND EVERYONE HAD THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THINGS. RALPH WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

HE'S QUICK. HE TALKED TO HIM ONCE AND THEN HE'D BE GONE. YOU HAD TO CATCH HIM WITH IT. JOE GRIFFO, HE WAS NEVER HERE. I THOUGHT BOBBY COLEMAN WAS THE CHIEF OF STAFF. AND TONY.

YOU'VE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST IN AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE FRIENDS MORE THAN PARTNERS.

HERE YOU ARE. YOU'RE A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE. I'M NOT GOING TO GET YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE ANYMORE EITHER, THOUGH. GEORGE, I CALL YOU EVERY MORNING ON THE WAY TO WORK, AND YOU KEEP SAYING TO ME, WHY BOTHER ME? BUT. I HAD A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT FOR YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE ALONG WITH TIM. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY? THAT I LOVE ALL OF YOU, AND I'M GOING TO MISS THE HELL OUT OF YOU. BUT GOOD LUCK TO WHOEVER HERE. AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, DON'T CALL ME. BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HE'S DONE. AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MY STAFF, I CAN'T THANK MY STAFF ENOUGH. ANYBODY KNOW EVER SEEN. TELEVISION PROGRAM? WHAT WAS IT? THAT PROGRAM. YEAH, I USED TO CALL HIM RADAR. WHEN HE FIRST STARTED. I CALLED HIM RADAR MASH. WHAT I CALLED HIM. AGAIN. I COULDN'T DO WITHOUT MY FAMILY. I COULDN'T KNOW MY MY MY LITTLE REDHEAD. THEY'RE BOTH OF THEM. MY DAUGHTER'S GOING TO BE LEAVING THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT ALSO, AND SHE'S NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. BUT AGAIN, I THANK YOU ALL. I LOVE YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

THANK YOU. MEETING ADJOURNED. AGAIN THANK YOU,

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.