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From YouTube: Beacon Council Meeting 10-3-22
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The City of Beacon Council Meeting from Monday, October 3, 2022
A
A
A
D
Good
evening,
Burr
I,
just
I
know
you
have
a
resolution
on
the
table
tonight.
I'm
not
opposed
to
the
beacon
rail
line
as
a
multiple
use.
Trail,
however,
I
believe
it
should
remain
both
as
a
light
rail
with
a
pedestrian
Trail
alongside
if
designed
correctly,
I,
don't
think
the
East-West
rail
Corridor
should
be
removed
from
the
equation
of
Transportation
industry.
A
light
rail,
bringing
pedestrians
from
the
river
to
the
Mountainside
of
the
city
would
be
a
major
drawer.
Every
town
has
a
bike
rail
trail,
but
this
could
be
extra
special.
D
D
Residents
on
Highland
Avenue
are
fighting
to
protect
the
quality
of
life
as
a
quiet,
residential
neighborhood,
a
large
development
project
that
will
affect
the
quality
of
life
for
all
Neighbors
on
other
nearby
streets,
including
mine,
and
it
was
will
also
impact
a
local
elementary
school
down.
The
hill
school
children
should
not
be
bombarded
with
the
constant
sound
of
construction
going
on
for
a
few
years.
I
am
asking
all
Beacon
residents
to
band
together
and
demand
that
this
city
not
allow.
D
The
subdivision
at
this
location
do
not
allow
this
proposed
project
to
set
precedent
and
encourage
other
developers
to
ravage
other
Lots
throughout
our
Beacon
neighborhoods.
If
it
can
happen
in
this
neighborhood,
it
can
happen
in
yours.
This
city
must
put
the
brakes
on
pending
resolution,
allowing
the
infilling
of
all
residential
neighborhoods
with
a
rash
of
adus
and
not
covering
every
inch
of
green
spaces
left
in
our
neighborhoods.
D
So
many
residents
are
in
oppositions
of
many
of
these
applications
before
the
city,
including
the
events-based
venue
that
is
too
large.
It's
not
even
the
size
of
a
postage
stamp.
Sometimes
a
good
idea
just
doesn't
fit
and
sadly
for
a
room
full
of
concerned
residents
objecting
to
the
Highland
Avenue
project,
to
be
told
by
the
planning
board
chair
that
it's
not
his
fault
that
we
need
to
speak
to
the
mayor
in
the
council
is
a
little
unprofessional.
D
A
E
E
But
what
I
am
saying
is
your
ostensibly
volunteers,
and
you
should
have
at
least
a
staff
that
tells
you
the
truth,
and
if
you
can't
assemble
the
staff,
that
tells
you
the
truth.
You
should
be
able
to
have
an
income
that
allows
you
to
engage
in
public
service
to
a
Full
Throttle
degree
that
the
city's
economic
status
demands
of
you.
E
That
we
and
the
staff
needs
to
be
upgraded
to
the
rank
size.
You
can
spend
millions
of
dollars
a
year
on
Consultants
or
you
can
spend
money
on
employees
to
tell
you
and
to
argue
with
you
and
not
be
offended.
But
to
argue
with
you
and
explain
to
you,
and
maybe
you
explained
to
the
staff
what
you
think
the
people
need.
E
G
G
G
It's
really
wonderful
to
just
see
Main
Street
open
like
that
and
to
have
so
many
people
out
in
the
city
and
especially
so
many
people
that
live
here
just
enjoying
all
the
parts
of
it
and
it's
I'm
somebody
that's
very
Community
oriented.
So
it's
just.
It
was
a
really
special
moment
for
me.
So
thank
you.
Yeah
I
think
that's
all
I
have.
H
Thanks
Justice
I'll
Echo
Justice's
appreciation
for
the
spirit
of
Beacon
day
and
everyone
who
put
into
creating
it
and
making
it
possible
and
cleaning
up
afterwards.
It
was
a
fabulous
day
even
with
the
rain
and
the
sudden
onset
of
the
weather.
That
now
tells
me
it's
fall,
I
also
appreciation
for
Mickey
manzi
and
the
highway
department.
Some
of
us
on
city
council
got
a
tour
of
it
recently
and
just
a
public
way
of
acknowledging
all
the
work.
H
H
H
Who's
experiencing
this
I
took
a
look
at
the
ordinance
and
I.
Wasn't
the
noise
ordinance
and
I
wasn't
sure
if
someone
had
a
noise
issue,
if
they
should
report
it
to
the
building
department
or
to
the
police
department,
or
it
depends
on
the
hours?
So
if
there's
an
opportunity
to
clarify
that,
that
would
be
useful
and
I'll
pass
it
to
George.
Thank.
A
A
She
was
an
early
organizer
of
environmental
and
social
justice
movement.
She
was
on
the
front
lines
with
Pete
Seeger.
Even
before
these,
these
movements
had
a
name.
She
was
Fearless.
She
was
a
fearless
and
kind
Warrior
for
equality
in
the
future
of
our
planet,
and
so
many
people
got
up
to
speak
with
her.
A
It
was
at
the
the
Sloop
Club
down
by
the
river
where
everyone
met
and
advocated
and
organized,
and
but
yesterday
we
had
the
opportunity
to
celebrate
her
life
and
her
influence,
and
the
common
theme
of
those
who
spoke
of
her
and
her
influence
was
her
belief.
That
hope
and
stubbornness
can
be
our
tools
for
change
and,
though,
in
these
kind
of
somewhat
dark
days,
I
hope
and
I
hope.
Those
that
were
had
the
opportunity
and
were
blessed
by
her
life
can
recognize
that
we
could.
I
I
would
like
to
Echo
the
thanks
to
everybody
who
made
Spirit
of
vegan
day
happen,
including
the
participants
I
really
enjoyed
walking
Main
Street,
even
though
it
was
raining.
It
was
very
fun
excited
to
do
it
next
year
and
I
also
wanted
to
thank
the
chair
of
the
greenway
Trail
committee,
Thomas
Wright
for
a
walking
part
of
the
proposed
trail
with
me
this
weekend.
It
was
very
educational
and
really
appreciate
the
prompt
to
walk
along
the
creek
and
a
Sunday
morning.
I
Thank
you
to
all
of
the
snow
plowing
that
is
going
to
be
happening
soon
and
the
incredible
amount
of
work
that
goes
into
that,
and
we
also
got
to
see
the
all
of
the
petunias
that
used
to
be
along
Main
Street
and
thanks
to
the
tier
undergarden
club
for
making
that
and
other
Main
Street
decorations
happen
every
year
and
maintaining
them
and
my
office
hours
this
month
are
going
to
move
to
Saturday
October
15th
from
4
to
6
p.m.
I'm
going
to
try
Memorial
Park
one
more
time
and
I
think
that's
it.
J
Thanks
Paloma
I
also
am
so
grateful
to
everyone
who
helped
make
the
spirit
of
Beacon
day
happen.
My
favorite
part
was
actually
after
the
parade
when
we
got
off
the
Beaten
Track
and
we
were.
We
were
heading
back
through
through
the
city
and
and
people
were
cleaning
up,
and
it
was
just
so
quiet.
You
know
on
the
outer
streets,
and
there
was
one
older
resident
who
was
you
know
shuffling
along
with
it
with
a
chair
and
a
few
bags
and
a
beacon
native
and
we
stopped
and
we
talked,
and
he
was
just
exuberant.
J
You
could
really
feel
the
contrast
from
you
know
how
lonely
the
pandemic.
Well,
you
know
there
was
no
Spirit
of
Beacon
day
for
all
of
those
years
and
he
was
just
Overjoyed.
So
thanks
for
that,
it's
been
busy
in
ward
3,
thanks
to
the
city
administrator,
for
you
know
taking
care
of
things
so
quickly.
There
was
one
day
where
we
had
a
resident
asking
for
help
with
something
and
I
said:
it'll
be
done
quickly
and
I.
J
K
All
right
just
to
Ward
four
announcements,
so
I
will
be
hosting
office
hours
this
month.
Resuming
third
Sunday
of
the
month,
which
is
October
16th
from
10
to
12
and
I'll,
be
at
tracks.
Coffee
House
outdoor
meeting
time
was,
is
going
to
be
less
and
less
as
it
gets
colder,
but
just
a
reminder
of
why
council
members
are
doing
office
hours
when
we
hear
from
you
by
email.
It's
brief
email
exchanges,
don't
really
get
into
the
details
of
things.
K
When
you
come
to
a
council
meeting,
we
only
hear
from
you
for
three
minutes,
but
you
know
if
you
want
to
have
a
more
in-depth
Council
or
you
want
to
have
a
more
in-depth
conversation
with
your
council
member
or
you
want
to
say
things
that
you
wouldn't
say
in
a
council
meeting
or
you
just
find
Council
meetings
to
be
intimidating.
That's
why
we
do
it
and
so
I
hope,
you'll.
Take
us
up
on
the
opportunity
again.
K
Mine
is
Sunday
October
16th
from
10
to
12
at
tracks
and
then
I'm
glad
to
share
that
we
will
be
having
a
ward
4
meeting
in
November.
It's
going
to
be
November
20th
from
11
to
1
at
the
memorial
building.
You
can
come
and
bring
any
topic
that
you'd
like,
but
I
am
going
to
be
soliciting
ideas,
your
ideas
about
Safe
Streets,
whether
it's
kids
walking
to
school,
whether
it's
cycling,
whether
it's
traffic,
any
kind
of
thing
I,
really
want
to
hear
from
you
all
about
about
how
we
can
make
our
streets
safer.
Thanks.
L
B
Just
two
brief
things:
I
want
to
Echo
what
Justice
said
about
the
recreation
study.
We
still
are
accepting
surveys
from
our
Recreation
study.
We
have
more
than
600
people
that
have
responded
today,
but
we'd
love
to
get
double
that.
So,
if
you
have
not
done
the
survey-
and
you
want
to
have
a
say
in
the
future
of
recreation
and
community
services
for
the
city's
future
budgets,
please
go
to
our
website
and
click
on
the
link
for
the
survey.
B
The
second
thing
is
that
we
are
hopefully
going
to
start
milling
and
Paving
the
third
week
of
October
I.
Don't
have
firm
dates
yet,
because
we've
been
trying
to
nail
down
the
contractor.
We
had
originally
anticipated
starting
this
week,
but
unfortunately
we're
not
there.
So
we'll
keep
you
apprised
when
we
know
the
the
dates
and
we'll
be
putting
that
information
out
on
our
website
and
social
media.
K
A
Okay,
well,
that's
all
for
reports.
I
believe
we
will
now
be
doing
a
the
first.
The
first
presentation
of
the
2023
proposed
operating
budget,
Chris,
White
and
Susan
Tucker,
our
finance
director
and
the
mayor-
will
help
explain
it.
This
is
like
I,
said
the
very
first
opportunity
for
the
public
to
see
it
and
we'll
be
posting
all
of
this
online
and
having
future
discussions
at
each
workshop
for
the
next
three
or
four
weeks
and.
L
You
all
right
so
so
I'm
pleased
to
submit
to
you
the
proposed
2023
operating
budget.
It's
my
third
budget
as
mayor,
although
I
guess
it's
my
21st
Budget
on
the
council,
this
is
my
third
mayor
as
you're
aware,
I
successfully
negotiated
a
new
10-year
sales
tax
agreement
with
Dutchess
County,
which
runs
from
a
2023
being
next
year's
budget
is
the
first
year
of
that
through
2032.
L
During
the
negotiations,
I
was
able
to
present
data
showing
the
prior
sales
tax
agreements
from
2012
to
present
and
significantly
reduced
Revenue
to
Beacon
over
the
past
decade,
in
particular,
our
share
of
total
County
sales
tax
revenue
and
the
new
agreement.
Increased
sales
tax
revenues,
including
increasing
our
share
phased
over
the
next
10
years.
So
in
2023,
the
new
agreement
will
raise
more
than
a
million
dollars
of
new
sales
tax
revenue.
Just
to
put
that
into
context
of
our
sales.
L
Our
property
tax
levy
is
in
the
12
million
and
change
range,
and
so
a
million
dollars
of
sales
tax
revenue
is
the
equivalent
about
eight
percent
of
our
property
tax
levy.
Just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
it,
this
huge
gain
helps
us
limit
tax
increases
in
2023
to
reduce
our
use
of
fund
balance
to
absorb
expenses
that
are
rapidly
escalating
to
inflation
and
to
continue
to
invest
in
building
the
city's
capacity
into
deliver
services
to
our
residents
and
businesses.
L
L
We
have
new
construction
coming
online
in
the
one
and
a
half
to
two
percent
range,
and
the
proposed
tax
living
increase
is
1.74
to
right
in
that
same
range
and
that's
well
below
the
increase
allowed
under
the
state
tax
cap
and
is
fully
paid
for
by
the
26
million
dollars
in
new
construction
additive
tax
rolls
this
year
right.
So
the
way
to
think
about
that
is
every
year
that
we
give
the
construction.
L
L
There
are
some
adjustments
in
these
very
Arcane
thing
called
adjustment
based
percentages
of
proportions
which
we
have
no
control
over
and
this
year
there
will
be
a
slight
movement
away
from
homestead,
prop
not
away
from
commercial
properties
in
terms
of
taxes
and
to
the
Residential
Properties,
so
that
may
result
in
a
modest
tax
increase
for
homes,
but
that's
not
because
of
the
tax
levy.
It's
simply
because
of
the
way
that
our
tint
tax
rates
are
controlled
by
state
law
right,
so
that's
kind
of
a
simple
version
of
it.
L
These
include
the
expanding
of
Tompkins
hose
and
it
was
state-of-the-art,
Central
fire
station,
the
rebuilding
official
on
Teller
Avenues,
the
continuing
updating
of
our
ancient
sewer
infrastructure,
the
continuing
Rehabilitation
of
our
dams
and
more
Beacon
is
able
to
make
such
Investments,
because
there
are
sound
financial
management
and
excellent
double
a
two
bond
rate,
and
while
our
total
borrowing
and
Debt
Service
levels
are
high,
I
do
want
to
mention
that
careful
management
will
allow
us
to
continue
to
make
these
critical
Investments
right.
So
we've
got
a
lot
going
on.
L
B
All
right,
so
a
lot
of
what
Lee
said
may
have
just
escaped
people
who
are
tuning
in
from
home.
Lee
has
been
through
21
budgets,
but
most
people
have
no
idea
what
a
budget
is
so
I'm
going
to
just
give
a
little
context
as
I
go
for
the
people
that
are
just
tuning.
In
now,
people
may
who
have
watched
our
meeting.
May
say:
didn't
you
just
do
a
budget
in
July
and
you're
right?
We
did
sort
of
a
budget.
B
We
did
a
capital
program
which
is
for
assets
that
we're
investing
in
that
have
more
than
a
certain
number
of
years
of
life
like
five
to
ten
years
and
they're,
usually
bigger
numbers.
We
do
that
for
things
like
dams
and
Roads
and
and
sidewalks.
What
we're
doing
tonight
is
the
operational
budget,
and
it's
basically
like
all
of
the
things
that
are
recurring
cost
and
no
surprise.
The
biggest
item
that
we
pay
is
labor.
B
We
do
this
now
because
our
code
and
state
law
require
us
to
put
out
a
budget
at
the
first
meeting
in
October.
This
is
not
the
only
presentation
that
we're
doing.
This
is
a
high
level
presentation,
after
which
we
release
the
budget.
We
put
it
online
which
it
will
be
on
tomorrow
and
then
the
next
three
workshops
or
more
will
be
dedicated
to
digging
down
into
the
different
pieces
of
it.
So
if
there's
something
that
you
missed
tonight,
we'll
we'll
get
it
again.
If
you
have
a
question,
please
stop
me.
B
Your
decision
making
in
this
is
really
twofold.
One
is
you're,
you're
figuring
out
the
expenses
that
that
we're
going
to
plan
for
next
year.
A
budget
is
essentially
a
plan,
and
sometimes
we
have
to
deviate
from
that
plan.
So
you'll
see
we
do
budget
budget
modifications,
but
you
kind
of
want
to
know
where
you're
going.
The
other
thing
is.
B
We're
going
to
talk
about
the
three
funds
that
we
have,
because,
in
addition
to
the
general
fund,
we
have
our
water
fund
and
our
sewer
fund
and
we'll
talk
about
all
three
again.
Let
me
just
give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
timeline
for
us
moving
forward.
The
mayor
presents
his
budget,
the
first
meeting
of
October
at
the
next
Workshop
Susan
Tucker,
our
Director
of
Finance,
will
be
here
to
talk
about
non-department
items.
We
we
have
things
that
are
expensive,
that
really
aren't
in
a
part
of
a
budget
like
Insurance
retirement
benefits.
B
Debt
Service,
for
instance,
about
11
of
our
budget,
is
paying
for
the
capital
projects,
the
bonds
for
the
capital
projects
that
you
approved
in
the
capital
program.
That's
how
those
two
budgets
interact.
So
we
pass
a
capital
program
and
then
once
we
go
and
borrow
the
money,
we
have
to
pay
interest
and
principle
on
that.
So
that's
in
this
budget
you'll
see
on
October
11th.
We
also
will
have
our
highway
department
and
our
water
and
sewer
departments
to
talk
about
their
budgets
and
we'll
drill
into
that.
B
What
we'd
like
to
do
with
the
next
voting
meeting
is
set
the
required
public
hearing,
which
would
be
on
November
7th
at
that
public
hearing.
You
can
begin
to
get
public
comment
on
this,
although
I'm
sure
you'll
get
some
with
just
during
regular
public
comment,
the
at
the
workshop
on
the
24th.
We
have
our
other
three
large
departments,
Recreation
fire
and
police.
Coming
in
on
November
7th.
We
would
propose
to
hold
the
public
hearing
and
accept
public
comments
from
there.
B
All
we
just
have
to
adopt
the
budget
by
the
end
of
the
year
and
I
just
wanted
to
remind
you
that
our
last
our
last
meeting
of
the
year
is
December
19th.
So
if
we
pass
a
budget
anytime
between
now
and
then
we're
good
to
go
on
on
the
on
meeting
our
code
obligations
now,
the
other
obligation
is
that
we
pass
a
balanced
budget.
B
So
let
me
give
you
a
quick
overview
again.
There's
three
funds:
the
general
fund:
that's
where
fire
police
Recreation
lives,
and
then
we
also
have
the
water
fund,
which
is
funded
primarily
through
the
water
fees
and
the
sewer
fund,
which
is
through
the
sewer
fees.
This
year's
proposed
budget
is
33.7
million
and
the
the
bulk
of
that
is
the
general
fund.
That's
24.6
million
we're
looking
at
an
increase
of
almost
five
percent
and
we'll
explain
why.
B
We
are,
we
are
slightly
decreasing
the
overall
property
tax,
but
as
I'll
explain
later
on,
depending
on
whether
your
homestead
or
non-homestead
because
of
raise
raised
assessments,
it
has
a
difference,
but
basically,
we've
brought
the
Lev
we've
kept
the
levy
at
the
same
level.
It
was
last
year,
except
for
the
new
growth
we've
put
on
for
water
and
sewer
we're
going
to
be
increasing
by
about
three
percent
to
help
pay
for
some
of
the
inflation
in
our
the
inputs
into
our
plants.
B
The
so
this
next
piece
you
you'll,
remember,
there's
two
types
of
property
in
the
city,
one
is
Homestead,
which
is
single
family
homes,
two
and
three
family
homes,
condominiums
and
then
there's
non-homestead,
which
is
four
families
on
up
and
commercial
properties,
and
they
have
different
tax
rates.
So
the
budget
proposes
a
homestead
tax
decrease,
a
significant
decrease
of
over
11
percent,
the
rising
that
that
the
values
did
go
up,
but
not
not
a
lot
so
we'll
actually
be
proposing
a
decrease
in
how
much
commercial
properties
pay
by
almost
9.9
percent.
B
Because
of
the
the
proportions
between
Homestead
and
non-homestead
and
the
increased
assessments,
us
keeping
the
tax
levy
at
the
same
level
actually
causes
a
small
tax
increase
for
homeowners.
So
for
one
two
and
three
families
we're
proposing
a
2.85
tax
increase
and
I'll.
Explain
that
more
as
we
go
through
these
it.
So
again
you
have
assessments
going
up.
You
have
tax
rates
going
down
and
depending
on
which
class
of
property
you're
in
you're,
either
going
to
have
a
decrease
or
a
very
modest
increase,
and
we've
we've
tried
to
stem.
B
We
were
facing
much
much
more
severe
increases,
were
it
not
for
the
sales
tax
increase
that
we
had
this
year
and
again.
The
other
mitigating
thing
is
that
we
added
26
million
dollars
in
new
property
value
to
the
assessment
roles
and
that's
a
great
picture
of
all
of
you
by
the
way.
I
just
want
to
point
out
so
the
the
big
items
this
year,
you
have
a
new
Revenue
Source
or
an
additional
Revenue
source.
B
We
were
in
addition
to
property
tax.
We
rely
heavily
on
the
sales
tax.
We
do
that
through
an
agreement
with
Dutchess
County
in
the
City
of
Poughkeepsie
and
the
mayor
negotiated
with
County
Executive
and
the
mayor
of
Poughkeepsie
earlier
this
year
and
came
to
a
new
10-year
agreement
that,
in
its
first
year,
gives
us
about
1.1
million
dollars
extra
and
as
we
go
through
those
10
years,
we
hope
that
the
projected
sales
tax
will
keep
going
up
and
also
our
share
of
that
tax
will
go
up
in
a
gradual
manner.
B
We
have
faced
pretty
steep
increases
this
year
due
to
inflation.
We
have
labor
costs
that
are
going
up
because
we
do
have
contracts
in
place
in
past
years.
We
didn't
know
what
the
increases
would
be,
so
we
would
just
put
money
in
the
contingency
fund,
so
this
year
you
see
rather
than
putting
it
in
a
contingency
fund.
We
actually
know
what
those
increases
are
and
we're
putting
them
on
their
labor
lines.
B
We're
looking
to
continue
to
add
incremental
capacity.
So
we're
proposing
two
and
a
half
new
positions.
One
is
a
firefighter
who
would
float
between
the
four,
the
the
four
shifts
of
four
people,
so
we'd
have
the
person
there
in
case
somebody
had
an
injury
or
somebody
leaves
or
somebody
retires,
and
that
way
we
have
an
instant
person
to
backfill
that
position
without
having
to
go
to
overtime
and
this
again
we're
trying
to
build
in
some
resiliency.
For
when
we
have
these
transitions
of
Staff.
B
If
it's
an
open
space
study,
if
it's
a
program,
a
space
for
a
community
center,
but
it's
there
and
as
I
mentioned
Water
and
Sewer,
are
going
up
about
three
percent:
we're
increasing
increasingly
paying
Debt
Service
on
some
of
these
projects.
We've
done
and
are
doing
the
price
of
chemicals
like
treatment.
Chemicals.
B
Chlorine
has
gone
up
a
lot
fuel
electricity
which
we
use
a
lot
of
have
gone
up
and
we
do
have
a
small
Revenue
reduction
because
of
the
downstate
Correctional
Facility
closing,
so
we're
going
to
lose
about
we're,
projecting
a
loss
of
about
10
percent.
We
have
more
than
covered
that,
though,
with
the
increased
revenues
from
our
haulers
in
since
2021,
we've
nearly
doubled
the
amount
of
money
we're
bringing
in
from
our
private
haulers.
B
Okay,
so
you'll
see
the
three
funds
here
at
the
top
general
fund
water
fund
and
Sewer
fund.
The
general
fund
is
about
24.6
million
and
you'll
see
that
the
balance
of
Appropriations,
12
million
five
hundred
and
seven
thousand
is
the
amount
that
goes
to
property
tax.
The
the
other
Revenue,
the
11
million,
are
things
like
sales
tax
mortgage
tax
fees,
fines
all
of
the
things
utility
tax
that
we
collect,
that
aren't
property
based.
B
So
the
levy
you
keep
hearing
this
word
Levy
is
basically
how
much
money
we
raise
through
property
taxes
for
the
city
and
again
this
isn't
for
the
school
district.
It's
not
for
the
county.
It's
just
for
the
city
in
the
water
fund
and
the
sewer
fund.
Again
we're
looking
for
an
increase
of
three
percent
this
year,
which
I
think
is
pretty
reasonable.
N
So,
each
year
we
have
to
do
a
calculation,
a
tax
cap
calculation
and
there
is
two
main
components
to
the
tax
cap
calculation.
One
is
tax-based
growth
factor,
that's
determined
by
the
state,
they've
determined
that
it's
this
year,
it's
2.9
percent
and
then
the
other
piece
is
an
inflation
factor
which
is
this
year
is
two
percent.
That's
also
determined
by
the
state
doing
the
calculation
we
were
allowed
to
go
to
12.9
million,
which
was
an
increase
of
the
levy
of
six
hundred
and
seven
thousand
dollars
or
4.94
percent.
B
And
just
for
context,
last
year
we
used
585,
so
the
sales
tax
bought
us
a
number
of
things.
One
is
we're:
reducing
our
Reliance
on
the
fund
balance;
second.
Secondly,
we're
able
to
continue
investing
in
a
few
new
positions
and
some
new
new
initiatives.
Thirdly,
we're
absorbing
these
hits
from
inflation,
particularly
to
insurance
and
energy
costs,
and
then
we
also
were
able
to
mitigate
and
bring
down
the
tax
hike
for
an
average
house
valued
at
four
hundred
thousand
dollars.
B
B
The
mayor
explained
it
really
nicely
last
week
about
how
you
know
there
are
about
a
hundred
municipalities
in
the
state
that
do
this,
where
they
divide
commercial
versus
homes,
and
so
we
have
a
ratio
that
about
70
percent
of
the
tax
burden
goes
on
to
the
homes
and
30
percent
onto
the
commercial,
and
that
gets
rebalanced.
So
because
of
this
you,
basically,
we
assign
part
of
the
levy
to
Homestead
and
part
to
non-homestead
and
you'll,
see
that
the
the
tax
rate
on
both
of
them
went
down.
B
Homestead
went
down
11.3
percent
non-homestead
about
9.9
the
reason
there's
a
tax
increase
on
Homestead
is
that
decrease
was
more
than
made
up
by
a
16
increase
in
the
values
of
property.
So
you
had
these
two
things
at
play.
You
have
the
rates
that
we
set
and
then
the
assessed
value,
and
basically
that
was
also
mitigated
by
putting
new
construction
on
on
the
tax
roll.
Do
you
have
anything
else
on
this
slide.
B
L
Thing
see
that
the
tax
rate
right
and
the
decrease
in
the
tax
rate
right
so
the
homestead's
down
11
but
on
Homestead,
is
down
10.
That
has
been
a
continuing
decline,
which
is
awesome
what
it
what
it
means
the
way
to
think
about.
It
is
what
our
attack,
what
are
my
taxes
as
a
percentage
of
the
value?
You
know
the
full
value
of
my
property
that
keeps
falling
when
Beacon
was
a
fairly
poor
community
and
you
were
paying
close
to.
C
L
Percent
of
your
property
tax,
of
your
home
value
and
property
taxes
that
number
and
we
only
control
the
city
portion,
not
the
county
or
the
School
portion
that
that
percentage
has
gone
way
down
and
that's
in
part
because
we
come
back
and
the
values
of
our
property
are
increasing.
So
we're
able
to
keep
decreasing
that
that
tax
rate.
So
that's
not.
B
Foreign,
thank
you
and-
and
this
next
slide
is
shows,
shows
the
other
side
of
that.
Like
some
of
you
may
remember,
back
in
after
the
2008
economic
collapse,
the
city's
assessment
assessed
value
actually
went
down
and
they
face
really
difficult
times
those
next
years.
What
we're
seeing
is
what
what
you
all
see
is
that
the
price
of
homes
and
the
price
of
properties
have
gone
up
this
year.
B
Now,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
your
tax,
your
tax
rates,
have
gone
down,
so
they
go
in
the
right
direction.
The
the
rate
here
that
rate
is
the
num,
the
the
dollars
per
thousand.
So
if
your
house
is
worth
a
hundred
thousand,
you
multiply
this
rate.
So
it's.
If
you
see
the
2023
proposed
rate,
that's
6.21.
That
means
you're
paying
six
dollars
and
21
cents
on
every
one
thousand
dollars
of
assessed
value
and
that's
continued
to
drop
that
tax
rate.
But
again
it's
the
the
reality
for
people
there
are
Actual.
B
So
sometimes
when
we're
we're
looking
at
expenses
and
revenues,
our
revenues
are
a
little
bit
short
to
cover
all
of
the
expenses
and
what
we
do
is
we
use
our
savings
account,
which
is
basically
called
the
fund
balance
it's
what's
left
over
from
year
to
year,
and
we
attribute
a
piece
of
that
to
our
revenues
to
cover
shortfalls
you'll
see
in
2021.
We
we
spiked
up
the
2.27
million,
and
that
was
because
of
covid
anticipated
loss
of
Revenue
extra
things
that
we
had
to
pay
for
like
protective
equipment.
B
B
So
this
this
is
a
really
dense
slide,
but
no,
it
is
it's
my
fault
too.
What
I
would
just
say
again
is
you
know
you
have
the
amount
that
the
first
line
is
the
amount
that
we're
raising
from
property
taxes,
and
then
you
see
those
base
proportions
so
again
about
70
of
this
has
to
be
raised
from
homes
about
30
percent
from
commercial.
B
The
actual
amounts
are
below
that
and
you
can
see
the
assessed
values
so
we're
we're
at
almost
1.76
billion
in
assessed
value,
which
is
really
good.
Why
that
matters
is
when
the
bond
rating
companies
call
Susan
and
me,
and
they
say
how
are
things
going
in
the
city
and
and
they're
looking
to
give
us
a
bond
rating
when
we're
talking
about
our
tax
base,
expanding
like
that,
it
helps
us
maintain
our
double
eight
two
excellent
Bond
rating,
and
that
helps
us
borrow
at
a
lower
cost.
B
And
having
a
fun
balance
like
to
have
this
cushion,
they
view
that
very
positively.
So
it's
it's
not
unlike
a
household
like
if
you're
in,
if
you're
able
to
do
it,
you
know.
Ideally,
you
want
to
have
some
number
of
months
of
expenses
in
in
a
savings
account
in
case.
You
need
it
and
that's
what
our
fund
balance
is
rainy
day
fund
is
probably
what
they
used
to
call
it
I'm
going
to
just
jump
to
the
bottom,
because
that's
what
most
people
are
going
to
care
about,
so
we
we
did
an
evaluation
of.
B
How
would
this?
How
would
this
new
tax
rate
affect
homes
and
Commercial
properties
if
it
was
valued
at
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
so
for
a
home,
your
tax
bill
would
go
up
about
2.85
for
a
400,
000
home.
That's
about
eighty
dollars,
you'll
see
the
non-homestead,
the
commercial
they
actually
pay
more
per
thousand,
so
they,
while,
while
they
only
take
30
percent
of
the
share
of
our
overall
Levy,
they
do
pay
more
a
higher
share
of
taxes.
In
this
case
they
get
a
decrease
of
almost
10
percent.
B
B
Last
year
we
had
added
two
positions
this
year,
we're
proposing
2.5
and
I
describe
those
are
mainly
toward
looking
towards
replacing
people
when
they
leave
having
somebody
queued
up
to
go.
So
we
don't
have
gaps
in
service
or
even
worse,
have
overtime
costs,
because
we
don't
have
somebody
to
cover
so
we're
at
about
129
full-time
employees.
Then
we
would
have
another
20
to
30
seasonal,
seasonal
and
part-time
people
like
lifeguards
crossing
guards,
Camp
counselors
after
school
program
coordinators,
people
that
really
do
great
work,
but
they
wouldn't
be
in
this.
M
B
N
B
C
N
So
next
Workshop
I
will
do
an
overall
like
it
will
talk
about
health
insurance,
debt
and
all
those
big
ticket
items
that
don't
fall
into
anyone's
particular
Department
I
will
also
be
able
to
entertain
any
of
the
questions
that
you
have
at
that
time.
There
might
be
something
I
need
to
you,
know,
research
or
whatever,
but
I'm
open
to
any
questions.
You
may
have.
M
I
H
N
N
So
it's
that's!
That's
the
fun
balance.
So
at
the
end
of
2022,
if
I
have
more
revenues
than
expenses,
there'll
be
a
little
bit
more.
That
goes
into
fund
balance.
If
I
have
more
expenses
than
revenues,
it'll
be
a
little
bit
less
that
gets
closed
out
to
fund
balance.
So
if
you've
ever
looked
at
a
balance
sheet,
it's
re
it's
for
a
corporation
or
anything,
it's
retained
earnings.
N
Equity,
so
it's
the
the
end
result
of
you
know
your
your
revenues
and
expenses
so
and
what
I
like
to
do
after
each
year
after
we
close
out,
we
see
if
we
had
a
surplus,
is
a
lot
of
times.
We
apply
it
towards
the
next
year's
Capital
plan.
So
that
way
you
know
Moody's
or
other
places.
Look
at
us
that
we're
we're
investing
our
money,
we're
not
just
using
it
like
as
an
operational
loss.
B
To
see
that
some
of
some
of
the
things
that
you
we
included
in
the
capital
program
were,
we
did
Bond
resolutions
for
and
other
things
we
just
knew
we
would
absorb
it.
So
we
we
kind
of
have
an
idea
what
we
can
put
aside
each
year
and
then
buy
things
like
vehicles
that
we
don't
necessarily
want
to
go
to
bond
for.
N
So
I
do
a
calculation
of
fund
balance.
I
determine
I
want
to
keep
30
percent
of
fund
balance
in
there.
That
would
be
30
percent
of
Appropriations
or
revenues,
and
then
I
say
that
we
can
use
the
rest
of
it
towards
capital
for
the
following
years.
We
want
to
keep
that
maintained
that
30
percent,
because
that's
what
you
know,
investors
like
to
say.
B
K
B
K
K
K
N
C
G
N
M
B
We
you'll
see
in
the
last
few
years
with
police
overtime,
we
had
a
fairly
lower
number
like
around
450
to
500
000
in
the
budget,
but
then
every
year
we
go
and
we
put
another
300
000
in
because
we're
short
at
the
end
of
the
year.
So
one
of
the
things
we
did
in
this
budget
that
you'll
see
is
we
just
basically
put
the
number
that
we've
been
spending
every
year
so
that
we're
not
putting
it
in
contingency
and
guessing.
We
now
have
an
idea
with
four
officers
or
five
officers
down.
J
B
I,
wouldn't
do
it
to
operations.
I
might
go
to
a
two-year
budget.
I
think
it's
harder,
because
with
a
capital
program
you
can
you
can
lock
in
you
know.
We
know
that
we
get
a
bid
on
on
a
dam,
Rehabilitation
project
and-
and
we
know
what
that
amount
is
going
to
be,
and
then
we
can
lock
that
in
or
we
can
estimate
and
then
do
slate
increases
each
year
for
operational
budgets.
We've
we've
made
it
a
little
more
predictable
by
having
all
three
of
our
unions
under
contract.
B
We
never
knew
what
our
labor
price
was
going
to
be
because
the
contracts
were
expired.
Now
we
have
contracts
in
place
for
all
three
unions,
so
that's
more
predictable.
What's
what's
been
more
volatile
are
things
that
we
don't
really
have
control
on,
like
Insurance
retirement
contributions
have
have
spiked
electricity
went
up
a
lot,
our
fuel.
We
use
a
lot
of
diesel
and
gas
for
our
fleets
and
those
have
spiked.
B
Sanitation
went
up
because
the
Tipping
fee
for
our
garbage
went
up
over
thirteen
dollars
a
ton
recycling
we're
paying.
We
used
to
get
paid
for
recycling,
and
now
we
we've
been
at
points
where
we're
paying
more
than
eighty
dollars
a
ton
just
to
get
rid
of
our
Recycling
and
it
does
get
recycled.
But
the
markets
have
have
changed
so
that
you
actually
have
to
subsidize
it.
N
B
Had
a
50
increase
hypochlorate,
which
we
depend
on
I,
mean
I
I,
it's
hard
to
it's
hard
to
plan
more
it's
hard
to
even
plan
a
year
with
that
type
of
volatility.
The
other
thing
is
we
get
price
estimates
from
some
of
our
vendors
and
they're
only
good
for
a
year.
So,
even
if
we
went
to
a
two-year
I'd
be
bringing
in
kind
of
unknowns,
the
insurance
we
get
year
to
year,
it's
really
hard
to
lock
in
for
two
years,
the
retirement
we
get
an
update
every
year
from
them.
B
N
A
H
A
B
I
give
a
little
overview,
so
we
we
haven't
talked
about
this
publicly,
but
we
did
have
a
candidate
that
we
interviewed
and
selected
for
building
inspector
2
position,
which
is
our
our
building
inspector.
The
reason
for
the
two
is
under
civil
service.
If
you're
more
than
10
000
people,
that's
the
name
of
the
title,
just
in
case
you're
wondering
I
wondered
that,
but
we
brought
Bruce
flower
in
to
meet
the
council
last
week
in
executive
session.
So
we
could
have
a
Frank
conversation
with
him.
B
We
we
did
look
at
the
top
three
candidates
on
the
Civil
Service
list.
We
interviewed
all
three
of
them.
We
found
Bruce
to
be
the
most
qualified
and
experienced.
He
brings
18
years
of
experience
from
the
Town
of
Poughkeepsie,
where
he
was
a
deputy
building
inspector
and
previously
before
that
he
was
in
the
village
of
Wappingers
Falls.
He
also
is
chair,
has
been
chairman
of
the
town
of
Wappingers
planning
board
since
2007
17,
and
he
was
on
the
board
of
year
before
that.
B
So
he's
got
he's
well
grounded
in
Code
Enforcement
fire
enforcement
he's
a
firefighter
too,
which
is
a
great
Synergy
with
our
fire
department.
We
want
these
two
departments
to
work
together
more
closely
on
fire
inspections,
and
then
he
also
understands
planning
and
zoning
and
so
that
that
mix
of
skills
make
made
him
our
our
top
candidate.
A
A
B
I
M
G
A
G
B
Yes,
so
this
this
is
a
resolution
directed
to
Dutchess
County,
asking
them
to
do
a
planning
study
next
year
of
the
conversion
of
the
beacon
line
into
a
rail
trail.
That's
the
line
that
runs
between
the
beacon,
Waterfront
and
Hopewell
Junction
in
the
town
of
East
Fishkill.
The
county
has
asked
us
to
memorialize
our
support
for
the
project
and
they
we
all
of
the
municipalities
along
the
line.
Beacon
the
village
and
town
of
Fishkill
and
the
town
of
East
Fishkill
will
be
doing
these
resolutions
to
show
support
for
the
project.
B
So
what
we're
hoping
is
that
they'll
include
money
in
their
upwp
the
unified
planning
work
program,
which
is
federal,
planning
money.
They
get
to
do
a
feasibility
study
of
how
to
convert
this
to
a
to
a
rail
trail.
Now,
a
couple
points
you're
going
to
hear:
oh
I-
would
love
to
do
rail
along
trail.
I
I
spent
the
last
decade
in
Ulster
County,
having
the
same
debate
when
we
built
the
Ashokan
rail
trail
and
I'll.
Tell
you
really
four
key
things.
One
is
major
parts
of
this
Corridor
single
track.
B
That
means
they're
the
width
of
just
enough
for
a
train
or
just
enough
for
a
trail,
and
if
you
want
to
do
both,
you've
got
to
basically
widen
it,
and
that
includes
Bridges
and
that's
where
you
get
really
expensive.
The
second
thing
is
that,
in
terms
of
preserving
the
the
transportation
use
of
Railway
in
in
the
future,
the
best
thing
you
can
do
is
stabilize
the
bridges
and
and
maintain
that
Corridor
as
a
transportation
Corridor.
B
B
The
final
thing
is,
the
county
did
consider
whether
a
light
rail
service
like
a
trolley
service
could
operate
on
it
and
they
they
came
up
with
there's
really
no
viable
business
model
that
makes
that
work.
The
tracks
are
not
even
in
a
class
one
condition,
meaning
you
can't
even
take
passengers
on
them
and
go
more
than
10
miles
an
hour
because
of
how
poor
the
track
conditions
are.
B
So
this
is
this
is
what
we
encountered
up
in
Ulster
and,
and
we
actually
just
went
with
Trail
only,
and
we
had
over
200
000
users
just
the
first
year
so
again,
you're
you're,
not
just
making
a
recreational
trail.
This
will
be
used
for
transportation
and
with
the
Advent
of
e-bikes.
Almost
anybody
now
can
can
do
active
Transportation
within
a
few
miles
of
where
they
live.
K
M
K
Wanted
to
also
add
just
for
the
for
the
public
that
any
endorsement
of
the
the
rail
trail
is
not
does
not
come
at
the
expense
of
the
master
plan
of
the
greenway
Trail.
The
two
systems
are
designed
to
work
together.
The
Greenway
Trail
obviously
brings
people
down
to
the
creek.
The
rail
trail
does
not.
So
the
idea
is
that
these
two,
these
two
Trail
systems,
would
complement
each
other
and
connect
to
the
Fjord,
Trail
and
Statewide
Trails
as
well.
Thank.
B
M
A
That's
a
unanimous
vote
just
before
we
get
on
to
this
third
resolution.
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
occasionally
has
to
be
said.
I
think
to
the
public
sometimes,
is
that
these
discussions
that
you
might
be
seeing
tonight
may
seem
abbreviated,
and
it's
only
because
all
of
this
is
discussed
in
the
workshop
prior.
A
B
A
When
I
first
started
attending
City
Council
meetings,
I'm
like
they
don't
even
talk
about
it,
they're
just
voting
seems
more
complex
than
that.
Anyhow.
The
third
resolution
is
number
125.
Adopting
a
negative
declaration
for
the
proposed
Highway
garage
solar
panel
can
I
have
a
motion
motion
motion
by
Ren.
Second.
B
M
B
So
this
is
a
kind
of
a
pro
forma
motion
to
comply
with
a
environmental
regulatory
requirement.
Normally,
when
you
put
solar
panels
on
a
roof,
it's
a
type,
it's
called
the
type
2
action,
it
doesn't
require
an
environmental
analysis
and
you
don't
have
to
do
anything
further.
We
found
out
from
our
funding
source.
We
are
we're
getting
a
grant
from
the
state
and
they
said
by
the
way
you're.
Now
this
building
is
in
the
Matawan
State
a
hospital,
historic
district,
and
it's
not
yet
a
distort
historic
district.
B
But
it's
been
delineated
as
something
that's
eligible
to
be
listed
on
the
state's
historic
district
listing
and
as
such.
Now
we
have
to
proceed
as
this
is
an
unlisted
action,
meaning
we
have
to
do
an
environmental
assessment
form
Parts,
one
two
and
three
so
we're
going
through
and
done
that
we
saw
a
letter
from
the
New
York,
State,
Office
of
parks,
recreation
and
historic
preservation
to
ask
whether
or
not
they
were
okay.
With
this
they
gave
us
a
letter
back
saying.
B
We
have
no
objection
to
it,
so
the
project
would
put
about
380
solar
panels
on
our
garage.
That
would
take
care
of
all
of
the
Power
for
that
building
and
maybe
some
extra
for
some
of
our
off-site
facilities
and
again
this
is
just
passing
the
the
required
finding
under
the
State
Environmental
Quality
review
Act.
B
The
Dennings
Point
solar
installation
covers
about
70
percent,
oh
yeah,
and
then
we
have
a
small
array
on
this
building
that
covers
a
little
bit
of
this
building.
We're
not
sure
it's
it's
actually
before
the
meter,
so
it's
it
just
basically
goes
right
into
the
building
and
then
we're
looking
at
other
options
as
we
build
the
firehouse
we're
building
the
addition
to
have
the
roof
loading
to
have
solar
panels
too.
So
we're
looking
for
where
you
know
in
other
parking,
lots
or
other
roofs.
B
A
H
L
Yeah,
you
remember
in
that
that
budget
presentation
right
when
you
got
to
what
the
tax
was
for
a
home
versus
a
not
at
home
I
think
it
was
row
two.
It
said
the
base
proportions
and
it
was
roughly
71
through
the
residential
side
and
about
29
for
the
commercial
side.
That's
the
part
that
we
don't
have
any
control
over
right.
There's
a
statute
that
controls
how
those
percentages
are
allocated
once
and
so
this
year
the
homestead
site.
L
You
can
go
one
two
and
three
family
homes:
that
percentage
of
the
tax
levy
that
the
phones
have
to
support,
went
up.
One
percent
from
70
to
71
and
the
commercial
side
went
down
from
30
to
29.
That's
why
there's
the
shift
that
Chris
and
Susan
talked
about
about,
even
though
the
tax
levy
is
not
higher
than
the
new
construction,
there's
still
a
little
bit
of
extra
tax
for
the
residential
side
and
a
substantial
decrease
on
the
commercial
site
last
year.
Those
percentages
did
the
opposite
right
again.
We
don't
have
control
over
it.
L
A
The
fifth
resolution
number
127
127,
adopting
a
proposed
local
law
to
have
been
chapter
223
of
the
code
of
the
city
of
Beacon
regarding
off
street
parking
adjacent
to
non-residential
districts,
I
believe
can
I
have
a
motion
to
open
this
motion.
Second
motion
by
Molly
second
by
Dan
and
I,
believe
Nick
will
lead
this
discussion.
O
Certainly
Deputy
Mayor
thank
you
George,
so
I
won't
belonged
in
the
packing
or
what
public
hearing
was
held
at
the
last
council
meeting
and
closed.
There
was
a
discussion
to
make
certain
the
last
work
session
and
the
modification
that
arose
out
of
the
public
discussion
during
the
public
hearing,
a
resultant
with
adding
a
word
bacon
in
front
of
a
word
lot
on
the
second
line.
So
this
local
law
reinstates
a
provision
or
a
special
use
permit
that
provides
for
a
off-stream
parking
used
in
a
residential
lot.
H
M
H
You
I'll
also
share
that
I
will
probably
vote
in
favor
of
this
law
and
I'll
share
kind
of.
Why?
Because
I
was
the
one
for
those
who
did
listen
in
last
week
had
the
most
questions
about
it.
I
think
particularly
having
John
Clark's
input
into
the
the
special
permit.
That
would
be
needed
in
order
to
have
these
residential
areas
used
as
parking
for
commercial
industrial
places
and
the
fact
that
actually
having
residents
who
lived
around
that
having
them
speak
out
against,
it
was
a
reason
why
the
planning
board
could
turn
down
a
special
permit.
M
B
This
is
the
one
item
on
the
workshop
that
on
the
agenda
that
wasn't
through
workshop
and
I
I
hope
we
put
it
on
thinking.
It's
probably
not
a
very
controversial
item
and
there's
also
a
Time
consideration
of
it,
because
the
plan
did
recently
close
public
comment.
We
we
learned,
but
we
still
think
a
resolution
can
get
in
and
and
have
a
point.
The
the
county
does
a
10-year
Solid
Waste
plan
and
they
did
one
back
in
2013.
B
B
This
resolution
basically
asked
the
county
to
consider
developing
a
county-wide
Compost
Facility
so
that
we
have
have
those
options
and
right
now,
if
you're,
a
major
contributor
of
food
waste
like
you're
a
some
of
the
supermarkets,
some
of
the
colleges
and
stuff
their
their
food
services
actually
have
to
either
donate
the
food
or
compost
food
and
we're
limited
right
now,
because
there's
no
Compost
Facility
within
that
radius.
Some
of
them
still
do
it
through
private
Arrangement,
but
this
would
make
it
a
lot
easier
for
the
significant
generators
of
food
waste
to
compost.
B
M
B
Just
want
to
say,
like
I,
think
we're
in
a
good
position
to
ask
for
this,
because
we
have
piloted
a
compost
program.
We
did
a
an
eight
thousand
dollar
pilot
last
year,
we're
going
to
be
coming
back
in
the
budget
this
year
for
13
000
to
continue
to
build
on
that
success.
Thanks
Faye
yeah,
yeah,
okay,.
B
M
B
M
G
M
A
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