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From YouTube: Beacon Council Meeting 6 26 23
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The City of Beacon Council Meeting from June 26, 2023
A
Hello
I'd
like
to
welcome
everybody
here
this
evening.
It's
a
beautiful
turnout
for
to
honor
a
great
man
and
to
get
some
work
done
for
the
city
I'll
be
sitting
in
for
the
mayor
this
evening,
who's
on
vacation,
but
will
be
joining
us
remotely,
we'll
do
a
roll
call.
We
have
Molly
Ren
and
Dan
here,
Paloma
will
probably
show
up
any
minute.
Justice
has
been
excused.
We
have
Chris
White
our
city
administrator
and
Nick
Ward
Willis,
our
City
attorney
here
as
well.
So.
B
A
A
A
Gary
took
the
position
of
a
career
firefighter
with
the
city
of
Peoria
Illinois,
where
he
was
subsequently
promoted
to
the
ranks
of
engineer.
Captain
battalion
chief
division,
Chief
and
assistant
chief
upon
his
retirement
from
the
city
of
Peoria
in
2013,
Gary
returned
to
the
Hudson
Valley
to
become
fire
chief
in
the
city
of
Beacon
fire
department,
serving
as
the
first
career
Chief
in
the
Department's
history.
A
During
his
tenure
as
fire
chief
Gary
helped
to
improve
and
professionalize
the
fire
department,
including
by
obtaining
grants
to
increase
Staffing
and
purchase
needed
equipment.
He
oversaw
the
consolidation
of
the
city's
three
small
fire
stations
into
one
Central
fire
station,
which
is
now
being
renovated
and
expanded
after
17
years
of
planning
and
studies
and
will
be
completed
in
the
year
in
the
fall
of
2024.
A
He
always
had
money
left
over
in
the
budget
for
the
most
part
when
the
city
faced
a
growing
crisis
two
years
ago,
due
to
the
lack
of
ambulance,
Transport
Services
Gary
helped
the
city
to
develop
a
solution
and
was
responsible
for
setting
up
agreements
with
Advanced
life
support
and
basic
life.
Support
providers
making
Beacon
a
model
for
emergency
medical
care
in
the
region.
A
Gary's
leadership
over
the
past
decade
helped
to
modernize,
improve
and
professionalize
the
City's
Fire
Department,
which
is
critical
to
our
residents
in
recognition
of
his
outstanding
and
dedicated
service
to
the
city.
I
am
delighted.
I
am
delighted
to
present
fire
chief
Gary
Voorhees
with
this
recognition
of
his
public
service.
A
A
A
This
is
to
certify
that
the
accompanying
flag
was
flown
over
the
United
States
capital
at
the
request
of
The
Honorable
Patrick
Ryan
member
of
Congress.
This
flag
was
flown
in
honor
and
recognition
of
the
city
of
city
of
Beacon,
fire
chief
Gary,
Van
Voorhees
and
in
appreciation
for
his
outstanding
service
to
the
community.
C
Thank
you
for
everyone
coming
out
this
evening.
Oftentimes
in
the
shadows
behind
every
married
firefighter
is
a
spouse
that,
quite
frankly,
salt
with
all
the
time
and
attention
that
their
spouse
spends
away
from
them,
giving
the
fire
service
the
time
it
requires
this
evening,
in
addition
to
honoring
Chief
van
vors,
I
would
like
to
recognize
Mrs
Van
vors
for
her
unwavering
support.
C
C
So
it's
especially
common
in
the
northeast
of
the
United
States
to
traditionally
do
a
walkout
on
a
firefighters
last
day
of
his
retirement.
Traditionally,
this
is
done
in
front
of
a
firehouse
today,
we're
doing
it
in
City
Hall
and
we're
modifying
it
due
to
the
weather
outside
those
in
attendance
are
who
would
like
to
participate
or
ask
to
line
up
in
two
lines,
as
we
help
escort
Chief
van
vors
out
the
door.
C
D
You
thank
you
chief,
thank
you
to
everybody
here
tonight
coming
tonight.
I'm
deeply
honored
did
not
expect
this,
but
this
is
what
our
city
got
a
new
Chief.
This
is
kind
of
chief.
He
is
how
professional
he
is
and
we're
like
so
I
got
a
lot
of
thank
yous
small
to
the
city,
elected
officials
and
appointed
officials.
D
Members
past
and
present
George
you've
been
here
since
I've
been
here.
Thank
you
not
just
that
you
got
elected
that
you
supported
the
fire
department
in
a
different
sense
through
the
contract
union,
labor
negotiations
and
other
issues
that
we've
had
to
deal
with
the
change.
The
biggest
thing
I
like
to
think
think,
is
we
went
through
covet
as
the
police
and
firemen
we
were
here.
Every
day
we
didn't
work
from
home.
We
didn't
work
part-time,
we
work
full-time
and
I'm
happy
to
say
we
were
pretty
much
pretty
healthy
through
that
situation.
D
Also,
I
want
to
thank
the
city
of
Beacon
department,
heads
and
their
staff.
We
have
like
a
shared
service
here.
I
mean
we've
worked
really
well
together
with
DPW
and
the
rest
of
the
department
heads
to
get
the
job
done
and
also
tonight.
I
want
to
thank
the
citizens
of
Beacon,
not
only
just
for
supporting.
D
D
Another
thank
you,
I
have
is
to
my
second
family,
which
is
the
fire
department.
Not
only
here,
I
mean
46
years.
I
could
tell
you
stories
it's
not
every
day
that
it's
a
wonderful
day.
We
have
our
bad
days,
meaning
things
don't
go
well,
and
we
have
our
good
days
where
it
does
go
well,
but
with
that
not
just
our
mutual
Aid
companies
they
bring
in
they
bring
equipment.
They
bring
manpower
to
help
us.
D
We
can't
we
cannot
handle
no
one
in
the
city
volunteer,
for
our
accommodation
can
handle
a
big
working
fire
without
Mutual
aid,
but
also
tonight
we
have
some
County
cars
here,
Chiefs
here
too,
not
just
firefighters,
there's
some
Chiefs
here,
it's
also
the
chiefs
of
Poughkeepsie.
Here
too,
we
have
a
like
a
webinar,
we
get
the
web,
we
get
together
and
we
meet
and
we
discuss
different
things
to
survive
that
situation.
D
I
want
to
thank
the
city
of
Beacon
volunteer
firefighters,
even
before
I
got
here,
I
got
a
phone
call
when
I
was
in
Peoria
Illinois
on
a
lieutenant
call.
Me
goes
what
size
t-shirt
you
get
chief
on
that
and
I
want
to
thank
the
retired
career
firefighters
who,
even
though
they're
retired,
they
still
support
me,
help
me
out
and
also
our
career,
firefighters
that
work
every
day
and
night
on
that
from
day.
D
One
I
had
support
from
all
of
these
groups,
and
it
shows
that
we've
made
a
positive
positive
changes
in
the
last
10
years
and
last
I
want
to
thank
my
family
okay.
This
starts
a
long
time
ago
when
I
was
16
to
volunteer.
My
mother
in
Fishkill
would
get
up
in
the
middle
night
and
take
us
to
the
fires,
because
we
couldn't
drive
yet
okay
to
by
family.
Now,
like
you
said,
Lori
I
could
talk
on
behalf
of
all
the
firefighters.
D
You
know,
I
cannot
make
it
as
a
good
leader
or
even
as
a
firefighter
without
the
the
members
helping
me,
but
it's
from
day
one
I
think
our
biggest
thing
we're
looking
forward
to
is
the
scanner.
The
pager
can
go
off
at
night
now
we
don't
have
to
listen
to
Fires
for
46
years
on
that
Laurie
doesn't
hear
them
all
she's
kind
of
used
to
it.
Now
she
doesn't
get
up
on
that,
so
our
life
is
a
firefighter
there's,
not
an
eight
to
five
job.
D
It's
long
has
rotating
schedule
infects
the
family
life
from
our
at
our
home.
So
I
want
to
say
this,
but
I'm
saying
this
on
behalf
of
all
the
firefighters
are
here
tonight:
I'm:
sorry,
we
missed
out
on
the
many
holidays
with
our
family
I'm.
Sorry,
we
missed
that
many
evening.
Meals,
birthday,
sporting
events
and
School
events.
D
Sun
is
actually
here
tonight
can
hear
that
he
knows
about
that
and
how
about
today,
how
about
I'm?
Sorry,
the
nights
we
miss
the
stormy
nights,
we're
at
the
firehouse
protecting
the
citizens,
but
we
cannot
protect
our
homes.
I'm
asked
deployed
to
Katrina
for
two
weeks
down
there
and
I
could
couldn't
even
call
home
on
that
and
I'm
sorry
that
we
as
firefighters
weren't
there
for
the
for
all
the
family
emergencies.
D
So
if
your
spouse,
if
we're
not
there
for
the
family
emergencies,
who's
taking
care
of
that
I
want
to
thank
our
spouses
they're
the
ones
that
took
care
of
those
emergencies
when
we
couldn't
and
for
being
there
when
we
could
not
and
and
again
I
am
very
humble
tonight
with
this
occasion
tonight.
Thank
you
very
much.
F
B
A
Next
on
our
agenda,
we
will
have
public
comment,
which
is
you
can
speak
on
any
subject,
except
for
the
public
hearing
which
we
have
one
which
is
in
relation
to
our
Capital
program
for
the
years
2024
through
2028.
So
you
have.
Anyone
is
welcome
to
join,
to
speak
at
the
microphone
for
up
to
three
minutes
and
we
have
one
person
signed
up
and
that
would
be
Teresa
Kraft.
B
Great
thanks
Gary
tonight,
you're
approving
local
laws
and
resolutions
and
number
77.
It
surprised
me.
There
was
no
in-depth
discussion
at
last
week's
workshop
on
the
potential
awarding
of
the
community
investment
program
applicants
into
full
detail
for
the
public.
The
keywords
in
tonight's
packet
speaks
volumes.
City-Owned
expand
ongoing
stage
improvements
at
the
city-owned
Veterans
building
to
include
a
public
address
system
for
the
front
Courtyard.
Is
that
not
putting
the
city's
money
into
a
cities
project?
B
A
E
E
H
H
I
H
A
I
A
G
Certainly
we
had
a
every
year
we
have
to
pass
a
five-year
Capital
program
which
we
put
in
by
the
end
of
May.
We've
discussed
the
capital
program
that
we've
put
together
for
the
general
budget,
the
water
and
sewer
funds,
and
then
we've
done
a
number
of
workshops
on
that.
That
spending
plan
is
in
your
packet.
It's
also
online,
and
tonight
we
have
to
do
a
public
hearing
which
we've
duly
noticed
and
would
then
be
able
to
vote
on
your
Capital
program
on
July
10th.
G
So
as
long
as
we
pass
this
by
the
end
of
July
we're
good
yeah-
and
this
is
basically
the
the
a
capital
program
is
for
larger
expenditures
that
have
more
than
a
a
short
useful
life.
So
we
have
an
operating
budget
that
we
do
later
in
the
year
and
then
the
capital
program
is
for
things
like
buildings,
investments
in
large
vehicles
and
equipment
and
other
things
that
have
a
multi-year
use
like
the
firehouse
and
and.
E
A
A
B
So
I
I've
read
all
the
numbers
closely
and
I
know
that
this
is,
and
hopefully
is,
a
living
and
breathing
document
that
could
be
changed
and
altered
along
the
way,
and
hopefully
it
is
also
admitting
that
there
is
a
need
to
put
more
funds
and
work
into
our
water
and
sewer,
because
the
city
is
being
bombarded
by
new
residents,
even
though
people
say
the
numbers
have
not
changed.
Thank
you.
H
without
written
explanation
as
to
the
various
items
in
the
history
of
capital,
acquisition
as
to
equipment,
vehicles
and
and
indications
of
Maintenance
and
wear
and
tear
and
necessity
of
why
these
lined
items
are
needed
does
not
present
itself
before
the
council.
In
the
document
that
has
been
presented
for
tonight's
meeting.
H
If
the
council
doesn't
have
a
vigorous
review,
neither
does
neither
do
the
citizens
of
the
city,
the
failure
of
the
council,
time
and
time
and
time
again
to
require
a
vigorous
documentation
of
necessity
in
the
appropriateness
of
what
comes
before.
The
council
leaves
the
city's
taxpayers
to
an
organization
of
government
that
sits
between
the
mayor,
the
city
manager
and
the
documents
that
are
presented
to
the
council
and
public
for
review,
which
are
devoid
Time
and
Time
and
Time
the
specificity
to
which
the
citizens
of
this
city
are
so
reliant
on.
For.
H
It
is
the
opportunity
to
give
a
wage
to
each
member
of
the
council
that
holds
on
to
their
position
for
dear
life
and
is
willing
to
contest
for
the
appropriateness
of
the
decisions
in
the
debate
that
occurs
here
is
the
good
government,
the
citizens
of
this
committee,
or
this
community
deserve,
and
it
has
not
happened
year
in
and
year
out
and
has
continued
to
get
worse.
Despite
the
escalation
demand
for
property,
despite
the
outside
influences
coming
into
the
community
to
benefit
from
that
vocational
increase
in
values
and.
D
H
H
A
J
K
G
That
that's
correct,
but
we're
waiting
on
implementing
parts
of
it.
So
if,
if
we
could
pass
it,
it
allows
us
to
begin
the
purchase
of
certain
equipment
that
we
need.
We
also
are
already
under
contract
for
the
firehouse.
So
so
again,
if
we
can
lock
down
that,
we've
started
and
we're
locked
into
contracts
that
this
is
helping
to
cover.
K
G
So
again,
I'm
not
clear
what
the
rationale
for
I
mean:
we've
had
we've
probably
had
four
meetings
now,
where
we've
talked
about
various
aspects
of
this,
the
questions
that
you
had
included,
whether
we
could
make
the
sidewalk
investment
a
five-year
investment
which
we
did
Dan
had
asked
about
the
investment
in
the
Green
Street
playground,
and
you
have
a
budget
amendment
tonight
taking
care
of
that
I'm,
not
remembering
other
concerns.
I
think
we
had
covered
pretty
much
everything.
F
E
L
Just
very
quickly
that
I
will
have
no
office
hours
in
July,
I'm
gonna
have
to
get
into
the
summer
months.
I've
noticed
that
as
several
people
are,
that
traffic
is
picking
up
along
Main
Street,
which
is
great
for
our
businesses,
a
reminder
for
those
who
are
listening
or
in
the
audience
that
is
actually
against
the
law
to
cross
the
double
yellow
in
the
center
of
Main
Street.
Even
if
you
do
see
the
perfect
parking
space
and
I
appreciate
that
sometimes
hard
to
give
up.
L
Also
I
was
out
in
pole,
Hill
Park
yesterday,
which
is
the
park
right
next
to
where
our
new
Firehouse
is
being
built
and
notice
that
we
still
had
some
people,
probably
visitors
but
I'll,
say
it
out
loud,
going
south
or
say
North
along
South
Avenue.
It's
actually
just
heading
south
now
so
just
to
keep
in
mind
that
we
had
some
police
officers
there.
We
still
have
some
signs
up
as
we
transition
to
keep
that
in
mind
too.
K
Molly
I
will
just
remind
everybody
that
tomorrow
is
election
day
for
the
primary
they,
as
was
noted
by
someone
earlier
today.
There
is
not
a
contested
seat
in
the
Republican
or
Democratic
primary
here
in
Beacon.
However,
if
you
are
a
Working
Families
party
member,
there
is
a
primary
taking
place
tomorrow
that
you
can
vote
on
I'm
located
at
the
Beacon
Memorial
Building
is
your
polling
place
in
the
city
of.
J
I
am
restarting
my
office
hours
in
the
month
of
July,
so
my
office
hours
are
typically
the
third
Sunday
of
the
month,
so
my
office
hours
will
be
on
the
16th.
Wait
did
I
get
that
right.
The
16th
at
tracks
at
Wendy's,
Main
from
10
a.m,
to
12
noon,
so
I'll
be
there
on
the
16th
from
10
to
12.,
and
then
this
Wednesday.
J
A
G
A
G
N
So
I
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
George
for
cheering.
If,
for
any
reason,
you
need
an
official
request
if
you're
doing
some
swearing-ins
and
you
need
it,
I
hereby
request
that
you
act
as
mayor
in
my
physical
absence
and
then
also
I
just
want
to
thank
the
upcoming
Chief
Kerry
for
Empress
for
his
service
in
that
stomach.
Thank
you.
L
I
will
also
add,
because
Chris
didn't
mention
it,
that
the
firehouse,
which
has
kind
of
been
slowly
breaking
ground,
has
now
done
the
big
breaking
around
and
it's
great
to
see
this
project.
But
it's
been
a
couple
decades
in
the
making
actually
move
forward
in
such
a
way.
So
I'm
excited
to
see
it
unfold,
foreign.
A
A
K
G
So
I
get
to
say
the
nice
things
as
as
we
discussed
in
a
executive
session
where
you
got
to
speak
to
Amanda
and
last
week,
Amanda's
been
with
the
city
over
five
years.
She
was
our
Deputy
clerk
for
three
years
and
then
served
just
about
the
last
year
as
a
municipal
secretary,
providing
staff
support
for
the
planning
and
zoning
boards.
When
we
began
the
search
for
a
city
clerk,
we
ended
up
with
90
resumes.
We
whittled
that
down
to
four
finalists
and
we
interviewed
them
and
Amanda
was
the
consensus
choice
of
our
committee.
G
We
had
right
here
the
person
that
was
most
capable,
reliable,
diligent,
professional
and
I'm
thrilled
that
we're
able
to
offer
her
this
position.
As
you
know,
we've
had
gaps
in
our
in
not
having
a
city.
Clerk
and
Amanda
has
readily
filled
those
every
time
that
we've
asked
and
I
I
look
forward
to
seeing
what
can
happen
now
with
this
clerk's
office.
Under
her
leadership.
G
G
F
A
B
A
A
G
O
Hello,
everybody.
Thank
you
for
your
time
this
evening,
I
just
introduce
Trevor
wood
to
you.
He's
currently
detective
here
in
the
city
of
Beacon
he's
37
years
old
Trevor's
been
was
born
raised
here
in
the
city.
Trevor
has
an
associate's
degree
in
criminal
justice
from
the
Hudson
Valley
Community
College.
He
says
total
of
14
years
of
police
experience.
B
O
Trevor
transferred
to
the
Village
of
Wappingers
Police
Department,
while
working
the
village
of
Wappingers,
he
was
certified
as
a
New
York
State
field
trainer.
He
was
also
certified
as
a
New
York
state
instructor,
a
taser
instructor
and
a
Narcan
instructor
officer.
Woodrow
is
also
in
charge
of
the
anti-crime
unit
in
the
village
of
Wappingers,
concentrating
on
narcotics
and
prostitution
cases,
Trevor
was
hired
in
the
city
of
Beacon
Police
Department
on
March
14
2016.
O
he's
been
utilized
as
a
field
trainer
here
in
our
department
he's
also
one
of
our
departments,
taser
instructors
and
while
he's
here,
we
also
sent
him
to
OC
instructor,
which
is
pepper
spray
instructors.
One
of
our
Department's
pepper
spray
instructors
he's
also
attended.
Autism
awareness
training,
Trevor
was
assigned
to
detective
Bureau
on
January
10
2022.
It
was
promoted
to
the
rank
of
detective
on
May
8
2022..
O
He
has
completed
training
and
FBI
basic
photography,
FBI
crime
scene,
photography,
FBI
crime,
scene
investigation,
child
forensic
interview
and
basic
juvenile
investigation.
Trevor
is
his
experience.
His
training
he's
got
a
natural
ability
to
develop
with
poor
with
just
about
anyone.
He's
earned
a
lot
of
respect
amongst
the
members
of
the
department,
especially
the
junior
members
of
the
department.
Well,
all
that
he's
reachable
on
the
Civil
Service
Sergeant's
list.
We
have
a
sergeant
retiring
on
July,
7th,
Andrew
Dewey
and
requesting
to
promote
Trevor
on
starting
July
9th.
G
And
George,
if
I,
could
we
I
just
want
to
let
the
public
know
that
officer
wood
did
come
to
an
executive
session
as
we
do
with
department,
heads
and
police
officers
so
that
you
could
have
a
conversation,
and
then
we
also
did
talk
about
his
background
at
the
last
meeting
as
well.
So
this,
if,
if
you're
just
tuning
in
this,
wasn't
the
first
time
you
all
have
encountered
him.
E
A
A
A
A
A
O
Okay,
we're
recommending
I'm
recommending
Alyssa
right
into
the
propositional
detected
being
there
Trevor.
What
is
the
detective
being
promoted
to
Sergeant,
who
creates
a
vacuum
that
we
want
to
listen
to
Phil
she's,
currently,
a
police
officer
here
in
the
city
of
Beacon
she's,
33
years
of
age,
just
graduated
from
Mount
St
Mary's
College
in
2012,
with
a
bachelor's
in
sociology
with
a
concentration
in
criminology.
She
has
a
total
of
eight
years
of
police
experience.
O
she's
been
utilized
as
a
field.
Training
officer
here
in
the
city,
she's
also
certified
as
an
instructor
in
New
York
state,
and
she
does
the
department
of
sexual
harassment,
training,
workplace,
violence,
training,
disability
awareness
and
she's.
Our
second
taser
instructor
off
to
rotten
is
also
certified.
As
a
procedural
Justice
instructor
in
preparation
for
the
detective's
position,
we've
been
sending
to
officer
right
into
training,
she
is
now
has
FBI
basic
photography,
FBI
crime
scene,
photography,
sexual
assault,
training,
basic
juvenile
officers
course,
child
forensic
interview
and
crime
scene
investigation.
O
She
has
actually
been
assisting
in
the
detective
barrows
since
May
of
last
year,
we've
had
a
couple
injuries.
One
was
long-term
one
short-term
injury
in
the
detective
Bureau.
That
was
her
daughters,
keep
competing
with
me
and-
and
she
can
see
so
we
were
kind
of
short
in
detective
Bureau
and
she
helped
out
a
lot
on
that
and
so
again
recommending
Alyssa
for
the
for
the
position
of
detectives,
we'll.
A
N
F
G
F
A
G
G
H
L
K
A
L
K
G
So,
as
we
discussed
at
last
week's
Workshop
when
our
Recreation
director
Mark
price
came,
this
is
a
grant
program
that
the
city
created
in
2022
and
funded
with
twenty
thousand
dollars
a
year
to
help
support
Community
organizations
and
providing
services
or
expanding
what
they
do
in
Beacon
last
year.
The
city
council
scored
this
and
then
asked
that
we
reconstitute
the
recreation
advisory
committee
and
that
they
could
take
on
the
scoring
this
year
earlier,
maybe
about
six
weeks
ago.
We
we
added
people
to
that
committee.
G
They
met
and
they
considered
the
14
proposals
that
were
submitted
under
the
grant
program.
They
came
up
with
a
list
of
the
top
four
which
were
Cornell,
Cooperative,
Extension,
Dutchess,
County,
Beacon,
volunteer
ambulance,
company
I,
think
it
is
bevac
compass,
arts
and
American
Legion
Post
203..
So
tonight
you
have
the
recommendation
and
this
would
award
each
of
them
a
recommended
Grand
amount,
and
we
would
then
go
into
contract
with
them
and
assign
the
grant.
A
G
American
Legion
is
a
separate
entity
from
the
city
of
Beacon.
We
own
the
building.
However,
they
do
a
lot
of
programming
at
the
building
that
we
don't
pay
anything
for
so
they
have,
for
instance,
they've
put
in
their
own
kitchen
to
serve
some
of
the
events
that
they
do
there.
The
city
didn't
pay
anything
for
that
equipment.
They
just
redid
the
whole
front
of
the
building,
with
new
Landscaping
in
part
with
a
a
member
item
from
the
state
senate.
So
again
they
came
to
us
and
they
said
you
know
we.
G
K
It
is
an
interesting
question,
though,
and
you
know
we
have
a
particular
relationship
with
American
Legion.
We
also
have
a
particular
relationship
with
be
that
wherein
they
provide
services
to
the
city
in
the
city
in
turn,
Provide
support
for
them,
and
this
grant
lies
outside
of
the
sort
of
regular
agreement
that
we
have
with
both
of
these
entities
and-
and
it
would
be
curious-
perhaps
to
have
the
recreation
committee
before
we
go
out
for
applications
next
year
and
to
sort
of
clarify
that
criteria
moving
forward.
K
If
there
is
a
any
any
sort
of
guidelines
that
we
want
to
make
around
these
sort
of
special
relationships
that
we
have
with
certain
entities
in
the
city,
I,
don't
see
any
conflict
personally
with
either
of
these
grants
to
either
of
these
entities,
which
are
obviously
incredible
assets
to
the
city.
But
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
clarify
next
year
for
everybody's
edification.
L
One
other
thing:
I'll
add
for
those
who
are
listening
to
our
conversation
last
week
about
asking
for
those
recipients
to
come
to
talk
to
us
publicly.
That
I
think
the
approach
that
we're
hoping
to
take
is
roughly
this
time
next
year,
when
they
would
do
a
report
from
us
on
their
funding
that
we
would
invite
them
to
come
back.
L
It
wouldn't
be
a
requirement,
but
something
that
hopefully
they
will
get
a
chance
both
to
talk
about
how
they
spent
these
City
dollars
and
also,
hopefully,
talk
about
the
program
and
the
services
opportunities
they're
offering
to
our
residents.
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
in
for
those
who
might
be
curious
about
any
resolution
to
that
conversation.
A
G
So
we
have
three
amendments
to
the
2023
operating
budget.
The
first
is
to
transfer
25
000
from
the
contingency
fund
to
repair
of
equipment.
This
was
for
emergency
repairs
to
our
ladder.
Truck
at
last
week's
meeting,
I
was
asked
what
the
age
of
that
truck
was
and
I
confirmed
it's
a
2015,
so
it's
eight
years
old.
G
You
have
also
asked
me
in
the
past
for
a
tracking
of
contingency
and
we
this
would
bring
our
contingency
down
to
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars
so
we're
halfway
through
the
year
and
we're
42
through
our
contingency,
so
we're
doing.
Okay.
We
also
have
some
unanticipated
revenues
that
you'll
see
later
on,
like
from
the
film
permits
to
cover
some
of
the
other
things.
G
The
second
one
is
another
part
of
Gary
Chief
van
vors,
Legacy
Gary,
found
out
that
there
was
a
health
care
bonus
for
emergency,
First,
Responders
and
related
to
covet.
That
was
in
the
state
budget.
He
was
able
to
submit
for
this
and
get
approximately
three
thousand
dollars
per
employee
to
cover
our
firefighters,
all
of
whom
are
EMTs
emergency
medical
technicians
and
who
are
often
the
first
ones
at
a
medical
emergency.
This
isn't
an
exact
number
because
they're
they
also
prorated
it
based
on
certain
new
members
vesting.
G
G
G
So
we
are
transferring
fifteen
thousand
fifteen
hundred
dollars
from
film
permits
that
we
didn't
budget,
and
that
is
now
covering
these
improvements
in
the
park
and
one
of
the
things
I'm
trying
to
do
is
directly
link
things
that,
like
the
film
permits,
do
in
theory,
inconvenience
people
in
the
community
and
I'm
trying
to
put
those
funds
right
back
into
quality
of
life
improvements.
So
this
is
part
of
that
and
that
that
work
is
going
to
be
done
very
shortly.
If
this
is
approved.
J
I
just
want
to
take
a
second
to
thank
Chris
for
the
work
that
he
and
Mickey
and
his
team
have
done
at
Green,
Street
Park,
fitting
in
the
paving
of
the
Court
last
time
last
fall
with
milling
and
Paving
and
moving
so
quickly
with
the
striping
I.
Just
really
appreciate
it.
It's
really
exciting.
Thanks.
E
A
G
It
actually
monitors
50
different
sites,
we
that
was
set
up
so
that
they
could
identify
from
whom
to
collect
the
bed
tax,
but
it
also
was
going
to
help
us
identify
apartments
that
were
in
houses
that
were
listed
that
were
not
licensed
and
also
identify
ones
that
couldn't
be
licensed
because
they
don't
fit
within
the
parameters
of
our
law.
So
we
asked
Bruce
who
came
on
about
four
months
ago.
Is
it
it's.
G
Flies
when
we're
having
fun
Bruce
has
been
doing
the
the
enforcement
of
that
and
we
asked
him
to
come
to
eight
eight
months,
really
yeah
wow
and
he's
going
to
give
you
an
update
on
some
of
the
numbers
so
far
and
it's
a
work
in
progress.
So
we
will,
from
time
to
time
bring
Bruce
back
for
updates
on
this.
P
Okay,
so,
as
Chris
had
mentioned
through
granicus,
that
that's
the
company
that
basically
checks
the
internet
to
look
at
all
these
different
venues
for
people
who
post
the
short-term
rentals
we've
had
quite
a
bit
of
activity.
Actually
they
keep
checking
on
a
regular
basis
at
any
time.
We
can
go,
look
and
see
and
get
a
basically
an
update
off
of
their
dashboard
to
kind
of
give
us
a
an
idea
of
where
things
are.
P
P
P
Actually
20
of
them
were
prior
to
this
year,
32
of
them
in
total.
So
we
had
sorry
I
got
my
numbers
confused
here,
there's
32
in
total,
there's
12
that
were
prior
to
this
year
and
then
20,
which
we
just
approved
this
this
year
so
and
again
that
that
number
is
going
to
hopefully
continually
change
as
we
have
more
people
coming
in
and
actually
answering
the
notices
over
the
last
few
months.
It's
gotten
very
busy
downstairs.
P
Obviously
you
know
Amanda
was
filling
in
upstairs
with
the
city
clerk's
office,
so
some
of
the
things
that
happened
downstairs
kind
of
got
pushed
aside.
Hopefully,
within
the
next
couple
of
months,
you
know
we'll
be
back
up
with
a
full
staff
in
the
office,
and
then
we
can
get
back
to
kind
of
following
up
on
a
lot
of
these,
as
we
have
discussion
with
granicus
we're
trying
to
understand
their
contract
a
little
better
as
well.
P
It
was
our
understanding
that
they're
supposed
to
send
out
a
notice
every
30
days
until
the
property
becomes
compliant.
Apparently
that
hasn't
been
taking
place
at
this
point.
So
we
have
a
request
into
granicus
to
have
them
follow
up
to
find
out
why
this
isn't
happening
number
one
or
if
it's
something
that
we
need
to
do
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
we
get
it
done
so
that
we
can
have
them
continually
notice.
P
The
people
that
you
know
that
haven't
responded
as
of
yet
at
some
point,
probably
after
a
third
notice
is
given
we're
probably
going
to
have
to
start
bringing
some
people
to
court,
because
if
they
just
keep
ignoring
the
notices
yeah,
it's
pretty
much.
Our
last
Resort
we'll
have
to
bring
you
know,
we'll
have
to
issue
them.
Appearance,
tickets
and
they'll
have
to
come.
You
know
come
to
court
and
I
guess
basically
explain
why
they
haven't
responded
to
anything.
P
J
P
J
J
P
E
J
P
Well
again,
once
it
gets
to
that
point
where
we
actually
issue
an
appearance
ticket
that
fine
then
would
come
into
play,
we
would
have
to
basically
provide
some
type
of
documentation
to
report.
You
know
every
day
that
they
haven't
come
into
compliance,
so
it's
basically
just
adding
information
to
our
to
our
documents
that
we
we
we
prepare
for
the
court
and
then
it's
up
to
the
judge
how
they
want
to
proceed.
J
Thanks
Bruce
and
I
just
have
one
more
one.
Last
question:
there's
a
you
know.
Obviously
we
want
to
have
the
short-term
rentals
registered.
We
want.
We
want
to
have
them
owner
occupied,
but
we
do
have
a
provision
in
the
law
that
a
family
can
loan
can
put
their
home
up
as
a
short-term
rental
for
100
days
or
less
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that's
being
enforced
as
well.
Do
you
know
that
granicus
is
picking
those
up
somehow
yeah.
J
P
Is
some
documentation
that
one
those
transactions
go
through
Airbnb,
sometimes
the
vendor
that
that's
checking
on
them
for
us
they're
able
to
supply
us
with
that
information
as
well,
but
it's
not
on
every
one
of
them.
You
know.
Another
problem
is
too
is
we
have
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
put
the
they'll
post
it
on
the
website
and
then
they'll
take
it
down
and
then
they'll
repost
it
as
like.
P
J
A
G
So
we're
in
the
process
of
hiring
two
staff
I
had
hoped
to
bring
one
of
them
tonight
and
we're
just
not
there.
So
I
don't
want
to
wait
till
the
hotel
tax,
because
you
have
to
go
through
the
creation
of
a
local
law
to
impose
that
and
there's
a
lag
time.
We
think
we
can
come
up
with
a
scenario
that
allows
us
to
add
a
deputy
building
inspector
that
I
hope
to
bring
to
you
in
July
and
then
back
Phil,
Amanda's,
Municipal
secretary
position.
G
So
we
have
at
least
two
new
hires
that
we
want
to
bring
into
the
department
and
Susan
and
I
think
we
figured
out
how
to
fund
the
building.
You
know
at
least
the
part-time
Deputy
building
inspector
for
the
rest
of
the
year.
She's
done
a
good
job
of
investing
our
cash,
so
we
have
some
interests
that
can
cover
that
position.
G
M
P
Unfortunately,
right
now
building
has
you
know,
been
booming
and
Beacon
Scott,
who
also
works
in
the
office.
He's
been
dealing
with
some
of
the
short-term
rental
inspections
and
you
know
vetting
out
some
of
the
applications
as
well,
but
I
haven't
had
a
lot
of
time
to
really
you
know,
spend
it
would
spend
on
the
on
the
program
itself.
M
P
I
mean
it's
good,
it's
it's!
It's
serving
its
purpose.
It's
providing
us
the
information,
we're
able
to
download
data
from
them
and
then
kind
of
merge
it
into
forms.
If
we
need
to,
we
actually
did
that
with
some
of
the
denial
letters
that
I
had
put
together
when
we
had
gotten
the
first
batch
of
applications
and
Jamie
had
downloaded
the
data
for
everybody
that
had
been
identified.
P
You
know
whittled
out
all
the
people
that
didn't
respond,
but
then
all
the
people
that
were
there,
she
kind
of
worked
it
out
so
that
you
know
she
can
fill
out
the
form
letters
with
a
violation
you
know
of
whichever
sections
of
the
code
and
basically
either
it
was
a
denial
or
it
was.
You
know,
just
asking
them
for
more
information,
yeah,
more
documentation,
just
to
prove
the
things
that
we
needed
to
do
to
be
compliant,
so
it
is
serving
its
purpose.
It's
not
an
automatic
process,
it's
not
like!
M
A
Bruce
I've
met
a
couple
of
people
that
were
denied
the
application
and
and
I'm
sure
it's
not
always
the
case,
but
those
that
I
did
meet
and
speak
to.
They
were
obviously
disappointed
that
they've
got
into
the
habit
of
this,
but
all
of
them
recognize
the
value
of
it
and
why
we're
trying
to
do
it
and
why
we
establish
this
law.
So
I
appreciate
the
reasoning,
even
though
it
might
change
people's.
A
P
E
P
Allow
certain
things,
but
right
now
it's
it's!
You
know
it's
pretty!
Well,
it's
a
hosting
law
more
or
less.
It's
only
allowing
people
to
allow
people
to
you
know
rent
rooms
within
their
own
personal
dwelling
unit.
So
it's
not
like
they
could
take
apartments
and
accessory
dwellings
and
use
those
for
strs.
L
P
Been
there
was
a
couple
that
that
did
come
up
because
it's
basically
we
look
at
it
as
a
dwelling
unit
as
having
its
own
separate
kitchen.
You
know
its
own
separate
facilities
to
to
provide
housing
for
somebody,
independent
of
the
other
house,
and
sometimes
we've
come
across
some
that
you
know
that
the
kitchens
are
kind
of
very
vague.
It's
not
like.
P
They
have
a
some,
have
had
ovens
and
stoves,
and
you
know
refrigerators,
microwaves,
others,
just
they
don't
have
any
real
cooking
equipment
other
than
a
microwave
and
possibly
a
you
know,
a
small
refrigerator,
but
it's
directly
connected
to
the
other
dwelling
unit.
So
it's
not
like
it's
a
separate
apartment,
so
we
we've
had
some.
They
said:
we've
had
all
different
kinds
of
conditions,
but
as
long
as
I
don't
have
that
separate,
you
know
that
separate
kitchen
we're
pretty
much.
You
know
allowing
it
to
go
through
to
be
used.
P
Sorry
go
ahead.
Okay,
now,
the
other.
The
other
one's
tough,
too,
is
some
of
the
some
of
the
multi-family
properties,
because
it's
usually
it's
when
we
get
the
applications,
usually
it's
a
tenant,
so
the
tenants
making
application
with
a
letter
from
the
from
the
owner
of
the
building,
you
know
giving
them
authorization
to
go
ahead
and
rent
it,
and
sometimes
it's
hard
to
get
documentation
from
the
tenant
to
prove
that
they
live
there.
So
you
know
leases.
P
Sometimes
there
are
people
who
are
reluctant
to
give
us
copies
of
their
lease
or
copies
of
utility
bills,
showing
that
they're
paying
you
know
either
a
cable
bill
or
some
type
of
electric
bill
and
showing
the
address
as
being
the
apartment
that
they're
looking
to
rent
out.
So
sometimes
those
get
a
little
awkward
too.
For
us,
I.
L
A
A
P
G
Eight
months,
but
he's
been
doing
a
fantastic
job,
I
just
want
to
say
the
amount
of
work
that
I
see
that
office
doing
is
incredible
and
Bruce
sits
through
the
very
long
planning
board
meetings.
The
zoning
board
meetings,
our
prior
building
inspector,
didn't
go
to
those
meetings
and
it's
really
helpful
to
have
that
cross
communication
and
participation
in
those
meetings.
So
he's
put
in
a
lot
of
long
days
days
that
we
have
holidays
here,
I
know
he's
been
in
his
office
Reading
plans,
so
we'll
get.