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The Committee reviewed the Department of General Services budget presentation.
A
A
So
what
I
will
do-
and
I
didn't
say
richard
conte,
even
though
I
was
so
excited
to
see
him-
we're
also
joined
by
richard
county
joyce
love,
I
didn't
say:
joyce-
either:
apologies
joyce
and
richard,
so
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
department
of
general
services.
If
you
guys
want
to
kick
things
off
we'll,
let
you
go
through
your
presentation
and
we'll
ask
questions.
E
Okay,
I
hope
everybody
can
see
this.
This
is
our
2021
budget
presentation,
basically
we're
nicknamed
this
a
mulligan
budget
because
of
cobid
we
were
not
able
to
get
a
lot
of
things
accomplished
last
year,
so
this
budget
is
almost
a
carbon
copy
of
last
year
proposal
with
very
very
small
changes,
I'll
turn
it
over
to
frank's.
The
only
way
is
the
technical
expert
in
this
room
yeah
at
this
point,
because
I
don't
know
what
I'm
doing.
B
Okay,
so
I'm
just
going
to
go
through
these
slides,
pretty
quick,
it's
pretty!
I
know
you
receive
these
ahead
of
time,
so
you
know
at
the
end,
we'll
vote
for
questions
and
all,
but
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
goals
for
the
year.
Now
that
we
have
control
of
the
parks,
we've
created
a
maintenance
plan.
Our
goal
for
2021
is
to
continue
to
implement
that
plan
while
evaluating
it
for
efficiency
and
savings.
Again,
everything
as
commissioner
said,
kobe
put
us
behind,
but
we're.
B
In
2020,
we
put
a
pavement
preservation
plan
together
that
utilizes
some
new
technology
that'll
enable
the
department
to
get
the
most
amount
of
time
out
of
the
street
before
having
to
reconstruct
and
then
because
of
it.
We
couldn't
execute
it.
So
in
2021,
we're
going
to
be
able
to
continue
with
those
plans
we're
going
to
continue
to
implement
our
future
solid
waste
plans
for
the
landfill
and
moving
forward
and
we're
going
to
implement
an
enhanced
public
engagement
outreach.
B
B
So,
let's
get
into
the,
I
guess
the
meat
of
it.
Our
proposed
budget
for
2021
26
million
627
938-
that
is
a
delta
of
about
621
379
more
than
what
we
had
last
year.
So
what
are
we
doing
with
it?
For
the
most
part-
and
this
is
the
some
of
the
increases
that
include
but
again
they're
not
limited
to
we've
increased
our
private
tree
contractor
line
by
125
000.,
we've
increased
some
other
lines
for
supplies
and
materials
for
some
of
those
programs.
B
G
G
On
a
day
as
of
today,
I
have
31
people
actually
here
working
for
sanitation.
So
day
to
day,
we
have
to
pull
from
other
crews,
sweeps
street
shipping,
crews,
concrete
crew
parks,
crew,
etc.
That
just
drains
our
our
our
our
ability
to
complete
our
other
missions.
So
by
increasing
our
line,
we're
creating
three
new
drivers
and
what
was
the
association
up?
G
B
Okay,
so
again,
as
joe
said,
sanitation
equipment
operators
we've
added
three
of
those,
and
there
are
two
title
changes,
but
they're,
no
budget,
neutral
supervisor.
We
we
changed
one
supervisor
position
to
a
foreman
position
and
one
assistant
commissioner,
positioned
to
a
deputy
commissioner
position.
Those
were
just
title
changes.
They
were
not
there's.
No
monetary
increase
on
that,
so
in
20,
some
of
the
new
initiatives
that
we've
got
going
that
again
these
some
of
these
increased
funding
and
this
budget
includes
funding
for
is
our
2025
tree
planting
initiative.
B
This
program
is
going
to
be
primarily
underwritten
by
community
partners
and
some
private
funds
and
stuff,
but
this
budget
does
money
is
included
in
this
budget
to
do
more
planting
and
obviously,
when
we
go
do
planting
in
some
cases,
trees
need
to
be
removed
prior
to
planting.
So
that's
where
some
of
that
money
is.
We
talked
about
the
pavement
preservation
programs,
we're
funding
a
road,
a
robotics
road
assessment
project.
This
is
the
what
we
were
talking
about.
B
It's
an
artificial
technology
that
will
help
us
actually
manage
the
infrastructure
using
data-driven
and
objective
and
objective
approach.
The
good
thing
about
this
is:
is
that
it'll
give
us
data
when
filling
potholes
and
things
it'll
kind
of
give
us
a
a
report
card
of
the
streets
almost
on
an
annual
basis
and
we'll
be
able
to
look
back.
You
know
foot
by
foot
on
the
streets.
B
It's
really
cool
technology,
so
it'll
help
us
make
a
lot
of
decisions,
including
things
to
do
to
preserve
the
the
pavement
before
having
to
repay
and
again
funds
to
continue
evaluating
our
curbside
recycling
collection
participation
with
an
upgraded
rfid
system,
again
we're
working
on
being
able
to
identify
where
the
recycling
bins
are
and
how
much
we're
dumping
and
things
of
that
nature.
It's
all
stuff,
that's
in
it's
another
works
in
2019
dgs
received
a
three
year:
250
000
reimbursement
grant
from
new
york
city
dc
for
food,
waste
production
and
compost
education.
B
So
we
have
been
working
over
the
past
year
on
this
and
we
were
hoping
to
do
a
lot
more
in
2020.
But
again,
2020
came
to
a
halt,
so
we're
going
to
be
putting
some
things
out
in
2021
around
food
waste
production
and
food
waste
composting.
It's
mainly
an
education
program,
but
there
will
be
some
hands-on
programs
as
well.
That'll
go
along
with
this,
so
we'll
be
looking
to
announce
that
early
early
spring
of
2021,
so
we
did
receive
a
grant.
B
So
some
of
the
monies
will,
you
know,
go
to
pay
for
this
stuff
up
front
and
then
we'll
receive
the
money
back.
Like
I
said,
in
2020,
not
much
was
expense,
but
in
2021
we're
gonna
go
to
town
as
usual
department.
General
services
always
looks
for
operation
efficiencies
in
every
every
department,
every
division.
B
One
of
the
main
reasons
why
the
commissioner
did
the
management
rework
he
did
last
year
was
so
that
we
could
be
looking
at
efficiencies
through
through
different
eyes
and
that's
happening
all
the
time.
So
we
continue
to
do
that
so
that
we
can
save
time,
increase
service
levels
and
obviously
save
money
capital
projects.
This
is
how
our
capital
projects,
which
is
going
to
be
different,
separate
from
engineering
and
randy,
will
talk
about
that.
But
I'm
going
to
let
joe
talk
about
these.
These
are
for
our
vehicles
and
equipment.
G
G
G
G
B
A
B
A
H
H
H
This
past
year
in
2020,
the
city
invested
roughly
7
million
dollars
in
our
infrastructure
for
road
sidewalk
reconstruction
projects,
and
then
beyond
that,
I
did
provide
a
breakdown
and
budgets
for
all
our
renovations
to
city
buildings,
and
I
know
that
was
sent
to
everyone.
We
can't
bring
it
up
if
we
need
to
if
everybody
doesn't
have
that
for
reference,
and
then
the
other
was
for
the
lincoln
park
improvements
and
that
all
came
from
the
planning
department's
master
plan.
A
I
Well,
there's
a
lot
here
and
I
appreciate
your
frustration
with
covid,
getting
you
off
target
on
some
of
what
you
wanted
to
accomplish
this
year.
I'm
very
pleased
to
see
the
increases
with
regard
to
private
tree
contractors,
as
I
think
that's
a
great
initiative
of
the
city,
and
I
know
that
probably
some
of
that
is
also
going
to
go
to
demolitions,
not
necessarily
just
additional
plantings
and
demolitions
removals
and
trimming
is,
is.
Am
I
correct
in
that
assumption.
I
E
Basically,
last
year,
when,
during
our
reorganization,
they
they
kind
of
missed
out
one
of
one
of
the
positions
is
a
supervisor
going
up
to
a
form
and
position
for
the
reason
of
handling
special
lots,
special
design
operations,
which
other
we
want
to
keep
the
the
objective.
The
objective
here
is
to
keep
each
division
doing
their
own
thing
without
borrowing
from
somebody
else,
so
that,
because
every
time
we
borrow
from
somebody,
we
something's
not
getting
done
at
that
division.
E
F
E
E
E
We
know
those
those
positions
are
now
vacant
and
we're
gonna
again
we're
gonna.
Take
another
look
at
this
here,
see
if
what's
needed,
or
that
might
be
very
well
needed.
We
know
that
we
need
an
extra
one
in
the
parks
department,
so
that
might
be
trying
one
will
be
transferred
to
the
park,
because
now
we
have
absorbed
the
recreation,
the
other
one.
E
You
know
we
don't
know,
kovitz
stopped
us
from
analyzing
and
doing
an
in-depth
or
research
on
why
we
need
those
positions,
but
right
now,
they're
not
being
filled,
so
we
have
some
extra
full
money
there.
That's
why
the
offsets
are
balanced.
The
other
one
is
a
deputy
commissioner
position,
which
the
assistant
commission
is
technically
a
deputy
commissioner.
E
There's
really
no
role
for
the
assistant,
commissioner,
and
and
that
individual
is
taking
no
raise
no
pay
and
the
assistant
we
have
no
use
for
the
assistant.
Commissioner,
in
the
new
structure,
maybe
the
old
structure
was
better,
but
we
now
have
three
separate
deputies
with
three
specific
hierarchies,
with
three
specific
things
to
handle
and
it's
working
out
well
this
year,
and
we
want
to
continue
that
the
assistant
commissioner.
I
B
B
E
B
I
G
I
Okay
right
yeah,
I
see
that
but
but
since
you
didn't
mention
it
in
the
budget
presentation,
I
was
just
a
little
confused
as
to
whether
this
was
sometimes
we
find
things
in
the
budget
book
aren't
what
was
intended
like.
We
just
did
with
the
chief
of
staff
so
but
the
heavy
equipment
mechanic
is
being
listed
at
last
year's
salary
of
71
843.
G
F
J
I
H
B
I
Right,
I
want
to
note
that
just
for
future
reference
that
I
really
like
the
idea
of-
unlike
unlike
my
having
issues
with
the
creating
reserve
funds
for
projects
that
are
intended
to
be
done
that
year
and
funded
that
year,
I
would
really
like
to
see
a
a
building's
reserve
fund
established
that
would
be.
You
know
that
would
be
specifically
for
improvements
and
repairs
to
city
buildings,
city-owned
buildings,
and
I
think
I
mentioned
this
last
year.
I
I
is
nick
riley
in
on
this
call
he's
not
okay,
so
the
goal
would
be
that
you
would
have
money
there
so
that
you
don't
need
to
borrow
so
tightly
or
maybe
project
your
borrowing
so
tightly
or
overrun.
Your
borrowing,
you
know,
overestimate
what
you
need
for
borrowing,
so
in
you
know,
for
those
contingencies
that
occur
as
you're
doing
a
project.
I
A
K
Hi,
how
are
you
and
I
had
two
quick
questions?
One
do
we
know
if
it's
a
possibility,
if
there's
going
to
be
an
extension
of
the
life
of
our
landfill?
I
know
right
now
it's
expected
to
close
in
2026,
but
with
all
that's
happened
and
everything
that
has
changed.
Do
we
see
that
that
being
a
possibility
is
the
potential
of
a
longer
life
in
our
landfill?
That's
my
first
question.
G
Not
at
current
input
rates,
if
we
decrease
the
amount
of
waste
going
in,
we
can
extend
our
timeline.
We
are
not
even
permitted
to
ask
the
dec
for
a
horizontal
or
a
vertical
expansion.
If
I,
even
if
I
even
approach
the
subject,
I'm
liable
for
a
an
nob
dose
violation,
so
the
only
real
way
to
increase
the
timeline
stretch
out
our
timeline
is
to
decrease
the
amount
of
waste
that
goes
in.
K
The
director
wheeler,
I
know
that
the
mayor
stated
that
no
employee
would
be
making
less
than
15
and
54
cents
an
hour,
but
it
seems
like
we
have
16
laborers
and
six
custodial
workers
that
are
making
less
than
that.
You
know
the
simple
men
I
did
my
simple
math
of
40
times
15
54
times
52
weeks,
and
that
brought
me
up
to
a
number
higher
than
what's
on
on
the
budget.
Those.
C
C
E
Union
understand
that,
in
order
for
us
to
retain
good
employees,
maintain
good
employees
and
make
the
job
a
little
bit
more
incentive,
we
need
to
work
on
the
lower
end
of
the
salaries
and
look
at
them
and
make
it
a
little
bit
more
insane.
But
I
appreciate
your
support
and
you
know
we
we're
both
in
agreement
that
something
has
to
be
done,
but
then
cove
it
happened
and
and
but
I'm
sure
negotiations
are
gonna
start
sooner
or
later
after
this,
and
I
appreciate
the
council
supporter,
thank
you.
K
Well,
I'm
gonna
finish
with
this.
You
know
covert
has
shown
us
anything.
It's
shown
us
that
our
essential
workers
are
not
taken
care
of
enough
and
as
someone
that
called
your
department
and
had
conversations
with
these
people,
these
staff
members
that
are
were
working
while
when
I
was
able
to
you
know
be
at
home.
I
think
you
know
whatever
we
can
do
and
you
know
I
was
happy
to
hear
the
mayor
was
increasing
salaries
for
everyone
over
15
15
50
to
anyone
that
was
below.
K
D
Well,
thank
you.
I
just
got
a
few
questions.
Well,
maybe
it's
more
than
a
few,
but
going
back
with
I'm
noticing
the
with
the
private
tree
contractors
and
the
council.
Some
years
ago,
more
than
maybe
15
years
ago,
passed
a
living
wage
law
for
anybody
doing
business
with
the
city.
Are
we
going
to
be
making
sure
that
these
private
tree
contractors
are
paying
all
their
employees
a
living
wage
which
should
be
around
fifteen
dollars
an
hour
fifteen?
Fifty
one
an.
D
Okay,
because
one
of
the
problems
is
that
the
committee
that
sets
these
wages
hasn't
met
in
over
10
years
and
we
were
trying
to
reactivate.
So
I
don't
even
know
what
the
that
bottom
line
number
the
living
wage
number
is,
and
it's
something
that
we
can
definitely
look
into
with
the
the
reorg
and
the
changing.
Is
there
going
to
be
any
loss
of
union
jobs.
E
E
We
we're
looking
to
keep
what
we
have
and
at
least
keep
what
we
have
and
maybe
sometimes
in
the
future.
When
things
are
get
better
increase,
our
workforce,
we
need
laborers,
we
need
equipment
operators
we
need
which
there's
equipment,
operators,
for
example.
It's
a
it's
a
shortage
nationwide.
We
can
even
get
the
teamsters
to
they're
having
problems.
Ups
is
having
problems,
and
you
know
I
guess
you
know,
but
we're
not
looking
to
do
anything
with
the
union.
B
D
Good
one
of
the
things
you
just
brought
up
and
I'm
one
question
leads
to
another,
and
I
apologize
but
you're
saying
there
is
a
shortage
of
heavy
equipment
operators.
Is
that
something
we
can
work
with
the
school
district
and
I'm
sure
we
can
get
the
local
union
on
I'm
one
on
the
labor
council
of
albany.
D
Maybe
that's
something
we
could
try
to
get
some
kind
of
apprenticeship
program
set
up
where
we
can
start
training
people
for
these
jobs
for
the
future,
because,
like
you
said
this
is
a
nationwide
shortage
and
that
would
go
a
long
way
in
albany
to
get
a
lot
of
our
our
youth
who
are
unemployed.
I
think
the
rate
it's
around
28
to
30
percent
unemployment
among
our
young.
So
that's
something!
Maybe
we
can
look
at
I'll,
be
glad
to
help
on
the
union
side.
You
know
if
we
could
do
that.
E
We're
certainly
we're
we're
turning
every
rock
and
looking
at
every
single
aspect.
We
had
a
meeting
with
boces
we're
gonna.
We
have
scheduled
a
meeting
with
the
albany
high
tech
division.
We're
meeting
with,
but
the
problem
is
these
kids
for
lack
of
better
words
are
not
entering
that
career
and
my
understanding
from
the
union
side
is
they're
having
difficulties
too.
E
You
know
because
it's
not
something
that
a
a
college
graduate
or
a
high
school
graduate
looks
to
do
they're
more
into
the
computers
they're
more
into
technology
and
that's
creating
a
shortfall.
But
yes,
we
are
having
dialogues
with
with
all
the
vocational
schools.
We
haven't
dialed
up
next
week,
but
by
the
following
week,
with
with
albany
high
and
we're
turning
every
rock
we
possibly
can
and
we're
willing
to.
You
know
stick
on
that
now
and
and
give
them
an
opportunity.
D
D
Just
delay
this
meeting,
but
there's
a
lot
of
things
out
there,
that
we
don't
do
anymore
and
you
know
people
want
a
job
and
not
everybody
can
get
a
top
line.
You
know
six-figure
computer
job,
you
got
to
start
somewhere,
so
we'll
definitely
I'll
just
drop
that
issue
right
now
I
got
a
question
on
the
five
year
capital
plan.
I
see
two
landfill
closure
lines,
one
has
445
000
and
then
for
year,
2023
and
then
the
line
underneath
that
is
three
three
million.
G
The
4
000
line
is
for
engineering
services
to
do
the
design
and
bidding
the
three
million
number
covers
the,
not
the
entire.
I
would
say
about
thirty
percent
of
the
landfill
cost.
It's
gonna
be
eight
point,
two,
eight
point:
five
million
dollars
to
capital,
so
forty
thousand
dollar
number
forty
thousand
dollar
number.
D
Gets
us
started
okay.
Well,
I
was
looking
at
the
five
capital
plan
back
in
2008
during
the
great
recession
we
had
an
election
and
after
the
election
there
was
massive
amounts
of
money
pumped
into
local
economies
for
shovel-ready
jobs.
Have
you
guys
been
thinking
about?
You
know
if
this
election
goes
the
way
I'm
hoping
it
goes
that
if
we
get
this
like
the
patriots
act
or
another
act,
where
there's
like
trillions
of
dollars
spent
all
over
the
country
that
we're
ready
to
go?
Maybe
we
know
we
got
problems
all
over
the
city.
D
B
We
would
always
have
shovel
ready
projects
ready
to
go.
We
actually
took
our
department
got
close
to
500
000
of
a
1.1
million
dollar.
Our
1.1
million
dollar
block
grant
stimulus
block
grant
from
the
department
of
energy
okay
at
that
time,
you're
talking
about,
and
we
had
a
project
in
our
back
pocket
to
be
able
to
get
that
money.
Okay,
so
we
always
have
projects.
We
always
know
trust
me.
We
can
on
a
drop
of
a
dime.
We
could
we
could
do
it
always
just
show
us
the
money.
D
Give
me
the
money
and
then
my
final
thing
and
I
might
get
crucified
for
this
one.
Somebody
had
mentioned
it
to
me
and
I'm
not
going
to
say
names
about
recycling
and
I
just
read
two
really
interesting
articles.
I
think
one
was
in
the
times
if
I
remember,
but
I
got
the
articles
bookmarked
and,
and
I
can
get
them
and
this
article
claims
that
the
whole
theory
of
recycling
is.
It
was
a
what's
the
term
I
want
to
use.
D
E
The
last
meeting
we
had
with
our
our
waste
management,
which,
which
is
that
was
bad-
sarah
fiber
they're,
saying
that
their
indication
is
that
this
market's
ready
to
be
built
in
the
united
states
right
now,
because
as
the
technology
changed
from
that
time,
where
you
saw
these
articles
in
the
70s,
where
they
were
flooded
with
so
much
plastic
so
much
material
and
had
nothing
to
do
with
it
today,
they're
saying
that
the
technology
is
there
to
transform
these
things.
The
problem
is
exactly
what
you
said
is
that
it
was.
A
J
J
C
So
that's
something
we're
going
to
take
a
little
deeper
dive
into
and
really
see
how
we
can
do
that
fairly,
but
so
that
that
piece
of
it
still
does
does
need
some
some
finessing
and
some
fine
tuning.
But
the
intention
is
to
get
as
many
people
as
possible
up
to
that
wage.
That's
fair
to
to
the
entire
workforce.
Okay,.
J
Thanks
mike
the
other
thing
as
far
as
buildings,
I
noticed
there
was
really
nothing
with
regards
to
the
norman
skill
farm
and
I
was
down
there
the
other
day
and
noticing
that
there's
a
lot
of
rotted
wood
and
missing
panes
of
glass
and
that
type
of
thing.
So
can
somebody
give
me
an
update
on
conditions
at
the
norman
skill
farm
and
if
they
will
be
addressed
this
coming
year,.
H
We
did
a
bunch
of
estimates,
cost
estimates
one
of
the
big
things
over
there
was
was
the
horse
barn
and
there
were
some
pretty
big
ticket
numbers,
and
I
I
was
under
the
impression
I
know
a
lot's
changed
this
year.
A
lot
of
things
have
been
delayed,
but
I
think
some
of
those
projects
have
kind
of
been
pushed
off,
possibly
for
the
following.
J
H
Serious
problems
definitely
look
into
some
of
those
issues.
I
mean
there
is
some
some
funds
that
are
available
for
the
northern
skill
farm
and
you
know
we
do
have
some
operating
money.
It's
pretty
limited,
but
you
know
between
dgs
the
in-house
group
here
and
what
we
can
do
with
their
small-scale
projects.
By
all
means
I
mean,
if
you
have
something
specific
that
you'd
like
to
send
over
something
that
you
know
we're,
definitely
willing
to
help
out
and
do
what
we
can
with
the
funding
we
have
available.
J
J
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
is-
and
I
think
I've
talked
to
you
about
it
before-
is
the
the
brick
the
brick
work
along
park
avenue
in
lincoln
park.
We're
going
to
have
so
much
money
going
into
the
beaver,
creek,
clean
river
project
and
also
now
we've
got.
We've
got
that
new
amphitheater
project
in
upper
lincoln
park,
but
that
whole
section
of
park
avenue
there.
It's
it's
that
old-fashioned
brickwork.
J
Yet
it's
as
you
know,
the
bricks
come
up
and
it's
replaced
with
mcadam.
There's
sidewalks
are
just
a
mess,
so
I
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
got
on
your
radar
and
that
last
block
of
dove
is
in
pretty
bad
shape
as
well-
and
you
know
it's
exciting,
what's
going
to
happen
over
and
through
there,
so
I
think
it's
a
good
opportunity
to
pay
attention
to
the
condition
of
that
road
as
well
and
lighting
as
well
in
through
there.
J
J
J
Snow
and
ice
on
our
on
our
sidewalks-
I
do
want
to
follow
up
with
you
on
that,
once
we
get
through
this
budget
process
and
just
begin
those
conversations
with
cdta
and
cdtc
and
come
up
with
some
kind
of
a
plan.
So
I
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
up,
haven't
forgotten
that
we
could
be
looking
at
a
really
difficult
winter.
We
could
be
looking
at
an
easy
winter.
We
don't
know,
but
that's
a
perennial
problem
here.
You
know
our
icy
sidewalks
and
it's
an
equity
issue.
As
we've
talked
about.
B
E
J
A
L
B
Yeah
it's
what
it
is,
it's
more
of
like
a
be
more
like
a
set
out
analysis.
Okay
of
you
know
where
the
bins
as
we
empty
the
bin,
the
the
truck,
would
actually
have
a
reader
on
it.
That
would
register
that
we
emptied
that
bin.
So
we
would
know
who
it
was.
It's
not
like
a
gps
in
real
time
or
if
your
bin
ends
up
down
the
road,
a
mile
we're
going
to
be
able
to
look
at
a
list
and
say:
oh,
it's
down
the
road.
L
You
presently
don't
know
what
routes
might
have
been
missed,
because
I
had
some
people
call
me
in
the
pine
hills
that
last
week's
recycled,
bins,
weren't
picked
up
and
somewhere
a
couple
days
late
this
week
and
I
explained
why
we
had
a
storm
which
maybe
set
us
back
a
little
bit.
I
know
we're
down,
as
you
said,
10
people
or
whatever
and
you're
taken
from
here
to
there,
so
I
am
presumed
that
that
is
why
some
of
this
is
going
on.
L
And
you
know
everything
that
happened
with
covent
last
year
made
the
shortage.
It
sounds
like
copen's
coming
back
strong
and
sounds
like
people
still
aren't
going
to
want
to
be
going
back
to
work
at
when
we're
getting
some
of
these
bonuses
from
the
government
whatever.
So
I
think
we're
still
going
to
be.
Faced
with
that
one
other
question
I
had
in
the
revenues
in
the
budget
was
you
had
last
year
they
had
board
ups
revenue
for
eight
thousand
dollars
this
year.
There's
none
at
all.
B
Yeah
we,
you
know,
I
think
I'll,
tell
you
why
that
it's
not
that
the
revenues
that
we
don't
have
any
revenues
it
ends
up
going
into
the
dgs.
The
dgs
funds
account
djs
fees
account,
it
wasn't
being.
There
was
a
separate
revenue
line,
but
it
wasn't
being
put
into
that
revenue
line.
Okay,
so
it's
all
in
that
one
line
now
that's.
Why
am
I
right
mike.
C
B
L
B
L
Okay,
well,
everybody's
concerned
is
mine.
Is
the
street
repairs
coming
up
next
year?
I
don't
know
if
what
you
had
on
the
list
last
year
was
completed
and
that
pushed
anything
else
back,
because
I
know
I
was
told,
wait
a
year
we're
going
to
do
something
more
on
your
ward.
We
see
where
you
need
it
and
whatever,
and
I
don't
want
to
go
out
there
telling
people
you
know
it
was
promised
this
and
that-
and
maybe
it
might
not
happen.
So
when
will
this?
Would
the
list
come
out
earlier
than
it
has
been?
L
H
H
Right
now
we're
evaluating
candidates
we're
evaluating
streets,
we
hope
to
have
a
three-year
list
of
candidates
revised
and
get
that
list
updated
by
the
end
of
next
week.
We've
actually
already
submitted
our
draft
very
preliminary
list
to
the
water
department
department
of
general
services
and
national
grid,
which
is
one
of
the
water.
H
National
grid
for
for
coordination
on
this
a
lot
of
times,
we
have
conflicts
with
them,
so
we
don't
want
to
put
a
list
out.
That's
preliminary
and
half
of
it's
going
to
change,
so
I
would
think
in
the
next
couple
weeks
we're
going
to
be
having
those
coordination
meetings
and
we
hope
to
have
that
list
finalized
much
sooner
this
year.
Our
hopes
is
at
this
point
by
the
end
of
november.
L
Okay,
I
mean
national
grid's,
a
joke.
Okay,
I
mean
I've
been
told
certain
streets
were
going
to
be
paid,
we
aren't
going
to
do
it
until
national
grid
gets
their
work
done,
and
here
it's.
You
know
two
three
years
later
saying
on
crumb
corrode
sergio
you
mentioned
they
just
you
know,
and
we
do
have
a
law
if
they
dig
it
up.
Okay,
they
have
to
repair
it.
They
never
repair
it
in
kind,
but
they're
kind
of
a
joke
with
the
deal
and
we
have
with
them.
I
believe
so.
H
L
But
if
they
keep
pushing
it
down
the
road
getting
theirs
done,
then
our
streets
are
more
than
we're
getting
all
the
complaints.
You
know
I'm
not
telling
anything
no,
but
so
if
we
we
don't
like
the
the
street
repairs
that
we're
getting.
I
think
you're
gonna
see
some
non-votes
on
the
bonding
issues
for
them.
So
just
a
heads
up.
Thank
you.
G
It
moves
about
30
miles
an
hour,
so
we're
going
to
try
these
models
out
long
term,
see
if
they'll
work
for
us
on
our
sidewalks,
primarily
right
now.
What
we're
doing
is
loading
a
lawn
mower.
That's
been
converted
to
a
snow
blower
onto
a
trailer,
mobilizing
that
to
a
bridge
to
a
sidewalk
area,
taking
up
a
lot
of
time,
not
very
effective.
The
multi-hog
is
basically
a
swiss
army
knife
of
attachments,
so
we
can
use
it
primarily
why
I
want
to
use
it.
G
E
I
So
last
year
or
the
year
before,
some
kind
of
vehicle
was
used
to
remove
snow
from
sidewalks
from
some
people
who
had
not
shoveled
their
sidewalks
and
it
left
treadmarks
in
the
grass
on
either
side.
So
I'm
just
wondering
if
you've
double
checked
the
measurements
on
the
you
know
the
width
to
make
sure.
So
this
will
prevent
that
from
happening
for
sure.
I
J
H
H
I
So
I
do
want
to
mention
with
regard
to
norman
skill
farm.
We
do
have
norman
skill
farm
improvements,
a
bond
that
was
passed
in
2016
and
we
have
the
full
150
000
still
in
the
bond
account.
Now.
I
note
that
I
we're
not
supposed
to
borrow
for
mere
maintenance
issues,
but
I'm
thinking
that,
as
you
take
a
look
at
things
out
there
that
maybe
some
of
that
funding
could
be
used
for
the
funding.
The
bonding
can
be
used
for
some
of
the
improvements
that
are
needed.
H
A
F
Yeah
we're
it.
The
problem
is
we're
having
a.
We
were,
having
a
lot
of
problems
with
lateral
transfers,
one
employee
taking
a
promotion,
and
it
was
just
keeping
positions
open,
we're
starting
to
get
out
of
that
right
now,
where
they've
taken
those
positions
and
we're
hiring
a
lot
more
from
the
outside.
Now.
A
That's
really
good
to
hear,
and
I
definitely
appreciate
everybody
coming
together
tour.
I
know
that
this
summer
was
tough
to
keep
up
with
everything
and
it
by
the
end
of
the
summer.
You
guys
were
really
coming
through.
So
please
pass
appreciate,
appreciation
on
to
everybody
that
did
that,
because
I
know
that,
especially
during
the
pandemic,
it
was
just
deeply
appreciated.
That's
those
are
some
of
the
most
important
jobs
out
there.
E
E
To
pick
up
the
garbage,
we
have
to
pick
up
the
glass
and
people
don't
see
us.
It's
just
routinely
done
and
during
the
pandemic
was
was
extremely
extremely
extremely
hard
for
us
to
deal
with,
because
not
only
we
didn't
have
people
didn't
understand
that,
because
we
didn't
have
layoffs,
we
were
still
short
certain
amount
of
openings
and
plus
we
didn't
hire
the
seasonal
until
very
late
june,
the
early
july,
so
those
those
bodies
made
an
impact.
So
I
appreciate
your
support.
E
I
appreciate
everyone
in
the
council
understanding
the
difficulties
and
the
tasks
that
we
have
to
go
through,
and
certainly
it
translated
down
to
the
troops
down
into
the
into
the
trenches
that
they
appreciate
understanding
that
things
we
weren't
happy
with
the
services
that
we
were
provided,
but
that's
the
card
that
we
were
dealt
with
and
we
have
to
go
around
and
I
thank
you
hopefully
kobe
will
be
something
of
the
future
that
we
don't.
We
don't
deal
with
and
we'll
look
moving
forward.
E
A
But
if
we
could
even
take
steps
towards
something
like
that,
then
having
a
capital
plan
focused
on
the
buildings
would
make
a
lot
of
sense,
because
then
we'd
be
able
to
have
start
to
do
like
a
yearly
maintenance,
more
maintenance
projects.
Instead
of
you
know,
the
roof
is
leaking
like
crazy
and
has
been
for
years.
A
H
Have
we
have
started
that
as
in
past
years,
we've?
Actually,
as
you
can
see
in
the
budget,
there's
implementation
of
our
restroom
assessments?
That's
you
know
not
geared
towards
mechanical.
It's
things
like
that,
but
a
lot
of
these
other
projects
that
we
do
have
identified
for
21
have
been
a
result
of
those
investigations
looking
at
maintenance
records
and
a
lot
of
the
improvements
that
we
did
this
year
with
mechanical
improvements,
as
you
can
see.
H
H
H
E
One
of
the
things,
one
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
is
talk
to
each
other,
a
lot
more.
For
example,
we
now
have
a
a
restroom
facility
for
all
the
parks
that
engineering
completed
and,
as
we
talked
to
the
recreation
department
and
they're,
looking
to
improve
a
part,
we
factor
in
those
extra
things.
So
it
is
a
there's,
a
lot
more
communication
between
engineering,
recreation
and
bgs.
So
when
a
project
is
done,
we're
done.
E
E
E
E
From
our
labor
union
said,
our
last
snowstorm
was
run
a
lot
better
than
in
the
past,
because
at
least
half
of
the
truck
did
not
break
down
down
the
block.
So
those
are
the
things
that
we're
looking
to
prove
which
builds
up
morale
and
save
us
a
lot
of
money.
I
mean
the
implementation
of
this
plan,
we're
looking
to
save
a
lot
of
money,
so
I
thank
you
for
your
support.
Absolutely.
A
And
just
a
quick
question,
just
I'm
thinking
about
in
terms
of
bridgefield
and
actually
washington
park
too,
but
I
know
ridgefield
they
have
the
the
summer
camp.
That's
there
all
summer
that
they're,
the
main.
Are
you
guys
in
touch
with
the
different
organizations
that
are
utilizing?
Those
facilities
like
the
washington
park
has
a
washington
park
conservancy,
I
mean
that's
kind
of
a
probably
an
easier
outreach
thing,
but.
E
We
focus
we
focus
on
a
project,
we've
been
in
contact
with
who's,
a
lead
there,
that's
in
his
district
and
with
his
organization.
Once
we
create
a
project
we
are
definitely
going
out
and
reaching
out
to.
We
have
a
new
portal,
which
is
it's
where
we
could
text
the
different
people,
different
community
organization
and
let
them
know
what
we're
doing
and-
and
we
get
input
from
that.
Yes,
that
that's
definitely
part
of
our
scope.
Okay,.
A
Just
I
mean
with
both
of
those
bathrooms,
I
mean
the
washington
park
lake
house,
I'm
sure
that
there's
a
lot
that
there's
a
lot
that
they
look
like
major
renovations
and
I'm
sure
there's
a
lot
that
the
conservancy
and
the
different
groups
that
use
the
lake
house
would
love
to
see
or
could
even
put
input
in
there
like
the
anyway.
Thank
you
guys
so
much
are
there
any
other
questions?
Yes,
one
last.
L
L
E
We
had
a
preliminary
snowstorm
meeting,
we
have
identified
who's
going
to
be
on
what
truck
and
what
route
we
have
identified.
We
have
salt,
we
have
sold
on
stock
and
we
have
notified
our
private
contractors
to
to
implement
the
2021
2022
2020
21
infrared.
Yes,
we're
already
working
on
that
and
I
think
we're
gonna
finalize
our
snow
plant
within
the
next
couple
of
days.
A
Ears
well,
thank
you
so
much
and
thank
you
for
getting
us
the
all
of
your
everything
ahead
of
time,
so
we're
able
to
review
it.
We
really
appreciate
that
and
of
course
thank
you
for
everything
that
you
guys
do
and
please
pass
that
on
to
your
staff
too.
We
really
appreciate
everything
is,
and
I
think
that
I
think
people
have
not
been
using
the
parks
as
much
as
they
have
and
we
always
use
the
parks
like
crazy,
but
during
covet
it's
been
like
a
lifeline.