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From YouTube: 2022.03.07 City Council Work Session
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00:00:00 Call to Order
00:02:20 RL22-63
00:03:00 RL22-64
00:05:05 RL22-69
00:09:54 RL22-66 - RL22-71
00:29:35 RL22-73 - RL22-72
00:54:30 RL22-76
00:57:25 Pending Legislation
A
C
B
C
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Everyone,
as
we've
done
the
last
couple
meetings
before
we
do,
the
volk
call
I
will
announce
who
is
at
the
table
down
here,
so
you
can
see
it
from
your
screen
right
to
your
right
to
left.
We
have
councilwoman
of
friedman.
A
C
Yes,
it
looks
like
councilman:
scrungey
is
absent:
councilwoman
rasnetti.
D
A
Okay,
I
see
grace
on
the
thing
grace.
Are
you
here.
A
Okay,
grace
go
ahead
and
tell
us
about
rl
2263.
D
A
Okay,
mr
shaker
is
sitting
at
the
table
with
us
chuck
go
ahead
and
tell
us
about
rl
2264.
E
E
We
have
we're
self-insured
as
a
city
and
all
things
like
this.
F
F
F
Okay
and
and
then
the
safeguards
to
prevent
any
future
damage,
is
there
an
estimated
cost,
or
will
you
be
coming
back
with
that.
A
Okay,
any
other
questions
on
2264.
G
A
G
C
G
December
third
of
2021.
H
Our
program
assistant
in
the
office,
jamie
allen,
has
been
performing
the
primary
civil
service
administrator
work
that
was
priorly
performed
by
lyanna
testani,
our
assistant
director
of
personnel
and
safety.
This
goes
to
the
scheduling
of
exams,
preparation
of
exam
booklets,
ordering
tests,
reporting
requirements,
including
the
civil
service
annual
report
and
more.
H
I
cannot
stress
how
important
she
has
served
this
city
and
the
way
that
she
has
stepped
up
in
light
of
this
vacancy
she's,
an
employee
who
has
been
with
the
city,
including
in
the
office
of
corporation
council,
for
nearly
a
decade
and
her
competency
cannot
be
overstated.
Does
anybody
have
any
questions.
F
Hear,
okay,
you
don't
have
to
say
anything
lengthy.
We
definitely
believe
in
compensating
people
that
go
over
and
above
their
expected
duties.
How
was
this
number
calculated,
though,
so.
H
Right
now,
ms
allen,
I
should
say
miss
tastani
bakes
pro
or
made
approximately
55
thousand
dollars
a
year.
Ms
allen
made
approximately
43.
This
is
the
difference
in
those
two
salaries,
so
she
actually
the
city,
is
saving
money,
approximately
fifteen
hundred
dollars
a
pay
period
for
for
the
compensation,
it's
essentially
the
salary
differential
between
those
two
roles,
which
I
think
is
more
than
fair
under
the
circumstances
of
performing
two
different
jobs.
At
this
time,.
A
Okay,
we
will
move
on
councilwoman
yeah
go
ahead.
Thank.
F
You
again
go
ahead,
councilwoman,
no
problem.
I
know
it's
hard
to
see
us,
so
we're
not
retroactively
paying
since
she's
been
filling
in
what
is
our
start
date
with
this
request.
H
This
is
actually
retroactive
to
to
approximately
the
middle
of
december
of
2021,
so
not
the
full
period
of
time,
and
then
would
it
would
go
through
that
3
300
approximately
would
be
her
retro
and
then
the
616
per
pay
period
would
be
commencing
march
24th.
With
this
council's
approval,
I
will
say
that
I'm
grateful
to
both
the
mayor
and
the
comptroller
for
their
support
on
this,
and
I
would
beg
council
support
as
well.
H
This
is
somebody
who,
frankly,
we
would
not
be
able
to
function.
I
should
say
I
would
not
be
able
to
function
in
the
department
without
her
a
lot
of
times.
You
know,
program,
assistance
or
secretarial
functions.
Stepping
up
in
this
regard
or
performing
at
this
level
is
quite
rare
and
she's
proven
herself
to
be
a
manager,
and
I
would
hope
that
actually
she
she
continues
in
this
role
as
we
go
forward
and
recruit
we're
lucky
to
have
her.
A
Thank
you,
okay.
Thank
you!
Sharon,
okay,
megan's,
listening
on
the
next
10.
Are
you
guys
going
to
divvy
this
up,
or
is
she
going
to
do.
A
So
I'll,
just
let
you
guys,
however,
you
want
to
do
it
in
a
second,
so
megan,
megan
hyman
is
joining
us
at
the
desk
here
at
the.
E
A
For
any
of
you,
any
of
you
looking
in.
E
2266
is
to
approve
the
water
street
local
development
court
bylaws.
I
sent
you
out
an
email
earlier
today.
It's
basically
been
a
little
slow,
getting
it
all
done,
with
attorneys
being
on
vacation
ken
working
part-time
trying
to
get
everything
done.
E
A
Okay,
councilwoman
freeman
go
ahead.
I
Thank
you,
council
president
hi
jeff.
How
are
you
and
megan
and
mayor
sam
as
well
hello?
I
have
a
few
questions
about
the
the
specifics
and
the
bylaws.
So
on
page
six
g
of
the
packet,
which
is
three
of
the
bylaws
section,
six
subsection
c,
it
reads
to
the
extent
permitted
by
law,
any
one
or
more
members
of
the
board
of
directors
may
participate
essentially
virtually
permitted
by
law.
Is
that
specifically,
the
temporary
laws
about
covered
virtual
meetings,
or
is
this
going
forward?
I
If
we
ever
make
it
to
a
post
covent
era?
Are
they
allowed
to
continue
to
meet
virtually
or
by
teleconferencing.
J
Yeah,
I
can
address
that.
I
think
it's
if
you
just
kind
of
read
it
as
is,
is
that,
if
permitted
by
law,
the
ldc
could
allow
for
digital
participation
in
meetings,
if
it's
not
allowable
by
law,
for
example,
if
the
state
does
not
continue
to
extend
the
open
meetings
law,
I
would
imagine
that
the
participation
would
have
to
be
in
person.
I
Okay,
so
my
next
question
is
on
that
same
page,
so
article
five
section,
two,
the
annual
report
so
again-
and
I
don't
know
how
much
of
this
is
like
legally,
you
know
legally
required
just
to
have,
but
so
it
says
the
annual
report,
I'm
looking
the
third
line
down,
showing
the
whole
amount
of
real
and
personal
property
owned
by
the
corporation,
where
located
where
and
how
invested
the
amount
and
nature
of
the
property
acquired
during
the
year
immediately
preceding
such
a
date
and
the
manner
of
acquisition.
J
It
would
not.
This
is
a
the
language
of
this
is
taken
a
lot
from
either
public
authorities
or
local
development
boards.
So
you're
on
the
board
of
bureau,
for
example-
and
you
can
recall
at
our
annual
meeting,
they
basically
list
a
series
of
you
know
what
investments,
if
any,
what
is
the
cash
on
hand
for
the
entity?
What
real
property
does
it
own
for
this
one?
It
is
a
single
entity
or
single
purpose
development
corporation.
I
J
Again,
without
getting
into
the
legalese
of
it,
I
think,
as
it's
been
operating,
it's
been
operating
in
adherence
with
the
open
meetings
law
with
the
posting
of
meetings.
It
would
follow
the
same
protocols
as
the
bldc
and
bureau
in
terms
of
being
on
the
city's
website
notice
to
the
media,
et
cetera,.
I
H
I'm
sorry
this
is
sharon,
so
just
to
be
clear.
There's
no
provision
in
this
contract
that
could
contravene
the
provisions
of
open
meetings,
law
or
other
requirements
of
new
york
state
law.
There's
also
a
provision
in
there
you'll
see
for
separability
I.e.
If
there's
anything,
that's
unenforceable
under
the
agreement,
it
can't
be-
or
I
should
say,
under
the
creation
it
can't
be
based
on
state
law.
It
can't
be
enforced.
H
H
So
you,
the
notice
provision
is,
by
its
own
terms,
with
regards
to
scheduling,
meeting
compliance
with
open
meetings
law.
The
language
that
says
you
know.
Essentially
such
notice
does
not
necessarily
have
to
be
given,
does
not
supersede
new
york
state
law.
It
is
by
definition,
compliant
with
it.
So
no
in
no
event
can
notice
be
given
on
less
than
24
hours,
as
required
by
the
state.
H
It's
not
necessary
in
various
ldc
creations
or
really
in
any
contract
to
spell
out
what
the
requirements
of
new
york
state
law
are.
That
is
the
standard
right,
so
when
you're
saying
notice,
you're
saying
notice
compliant
with
that
24-hour
standard
regardless,
I.
I
J
J
My
reading
of
it
is
that
if
there
is
a
a
regular
meeting,
that's
set,
for
example,
the
first
monday
of
every
month
there's
a
meeting
of
this
board,
then
specific
notice
does
not
have
to
be
given
to
members
of
the
meeting,
but
nowhere
in
this
would
would
supersede
new
york
state
law
as
it
relates
to
open
meetings
sheriff.
My
reading
is
incorrect.
Please
let
me
know.
H
No,
that's
that's
my
reading.
That's
my
reading
as
well
and
if
you'd
like
this
is
a
work
session,
so
councilman
friedman,
I'm
happy
to
put
that
in
writing
and
explain.
In
my
mind
this
is
regular
board
language
that
essentially
means
that
emergency
meetings
of
the
board
can
be
called
and
that's
the
authorizing
provision.
But
in
no
event
can
a
meeting
contravene
the
requirements
at
new
york
state.
H
Now
there
are
requirements
that
meetings
be
posted
right
within
and
information
about
them.
No
earlier
than
no
later
than
24
hours
notice,
supposedly
the
state,
let's
say,
could
turn
around
tomorrow
and
say:
nope.
We
don't
mean
that
anymore
right
and
then
and
then
it
wouldn't
have
to
be
provided
on
24
hours
notice.
So
generally,
this
provision
can't
be
seen
to
supersede
new
york
state
law.
You
know
with
that
said,
I'm
happy
to
take
a
look
at
it.
H
You
know
with
brian
tomorrow
and
get
you
something
kind
of
more
concrete
on
that,
but
none
of
our
local
development
corporation
language,
because
they
are
a
public
entity-
can
super
seed.
Those
other
public
sector
requirements.
I
Right,
okay,
so
if
I'm
understanding
this
correctly,
this
is
saying
notice
of
a
special
meeting
or
a
like.
A
sudden
meeting
does
not
need
to
be
given
to
the
members
of
the
board,
but
it
would
still
theoretically
need
to
be
given
to
the
public
in
order
to
be
compliant
with
open
meetings
law.
Am
I
understanding
that
correctly
yeah.
H
A
Okay,
go
on
to
2267.
K
President,
it's
okay.
The
mayor
is
down
here
tonight
to
present
on
the
specifically
rl
7275.
This
is
all
part
of
the
code
reform
package
our
office
announced
last
week.
Is
it
okay?
If
we
go
out
of
voter
and
have
him
tackle
those,
and
then
I
can
do
the
rest
of
my
name
on
them,.
K
This
is
to
permanent
ordnance.
So
city
council
passed
this
back
in
june
2020..
This
was
in
response
and
essentially
it's
the
legislation
that
makes
it
easier
for
restaurants
to
apply
for
an
extension
of
premises
to
expand
their
outdoor
seating.
I
Thank
you,
council
president
stron.
Is
this
only
as
long
as
there's
covid
considerations,
or
are
we
looking
at
this,
maybe
as
more
of
a
permanent
change
so.
A
Megan,
can
I
ask
you
the?
Is
there
like
a
width,
because
some
of
them
seem
like
just
sidewalk
like
on
main
on
court
street,
but
some
of
them
over
by
the
lost
dog
seem
like
they're
out
even
farther
into
the,
because
I've
had
some
people.
I
don't
know
if
you've
had
any
from
downtown
say
something
that
it's
different
like
over.
There
that's
way
out.
K
D
Megan,
can
I
just
interrupt
your.
We
can't
hear
you
you're
breaking
up.
J
I
can
well
megan
is
dealing
with
the
microphone
issue.
The
new
york
state
liquor
authority
adopted
an
extension
of
premises
changes
during
coven
in
the
past.
You
were,
they
were
very
strict
about
the
boundary
of
your
actual
business
and,
if
you
can
imagine
you
know
they
were,
they
were
worried
about
the
square
footage
and
they
worry
about
it.
Extending
beyond.
J
Maybe
the
four
walls
of
where
you
are
in
terms
of
your
sidewalk
due
to
covid.
They
extended
that
and
got
very
creative,
and
that's
why
you
see
lost
dog
having
the
ability
to
have
the
the
seating
you
know
in
the
parking
spaces
which
the
city
allowed
or
with
craft
that
goes.
You
know,
beyond
their
frontage
and
onto
the
salvation
army
on
busy
nights.
That
type
of
thing
that's
all
allowed
for
under
the
state,
liquor
authority
law
and
the
state
is
considering,
and
we
we
believe
they
will
extend
that.
J
What
we
want
to
do
with
the
city
is
make
sure
that
we're
consistent
with
that
we're
not
more
restrictive,
so
whatever
the
state
is
allowing
we
are
allowing-
and
I
think
that
as
it
relates
to
you,
know
next
year's
budget
process
and
looking
at
permits
and
fees
that,
hopefully
we
get
some
guidance
from
the
state
before
the
end
of
june
on.
If
this
is
going
to
be
a
permanent
type
of
thing
and
we
can
adopt
permits
and
fees
that
are
inconsistent
with
that.
A
Any
other
questions
on
2267.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Go
on
to
2265.
K
Okay,
please
let
me
know
if
you
continue
to
have
issues
hearing
me
I'll,
relocate,
but
hopefully
this
new
mic
helps
okay
22.65.
So
this
is
related
to
the
youth
and
community
center
project
at
columbus
park.
K
As
we
all
know,
by
now,
the
bids
for
that
project
came
back
significantly
higher
than
we
anticipated
about
30
percent
higher,
so
that
leaves
the
city
unable
to
move
forward
with
the
project.
So
this
rl
is
essentially
to
return
the
funds
that
have
been
allocated
for
the
columbus
park
project
to
where
they
were
taken
from
and,
as
chuck
said
in
an
email
this
morning.
We're
asking
for
this
to
be
expedited
to
assist
his
office,
the
comptroller's
office
and
closing
the
books
for
2021.
K
Okay,
22.68
is
to
allocate
250
000
in
our
funds
to
demolish
vacant
embladement
properties
in
the
city,
as
the
mayor
mentioned
in
his
email
to
council
this
morning.
We're
asking
for
this
to
be
expedited,
so
the
city
can
move
forward
quickly
on
high
priority
demolitions,
one
that
the
mayor
mentioned
is
186
henry
street.
This
is
in
council
member
friedman's
district,
it's
near
morabito,
stadium
of
lighted
city,
owned
property
and
we're
working
with
the
rumble
ponies
to
try
to
get
that
torn
down
before
the
start
of
the
season.
K
So
this
is
for
funding
to
put
a
place,
we're
able
to
move
forward.
C
K
Okay,
2270
and
2271
go
together,
they're
to
support
a
community
food
pantry
run
by
outreach
ministries
out
of
st
cyril's.
Our
office
worked
with
council
councilman
burns
on
this,
and
it
would
essentially
fund
thirty
thousand
dollars
in
arpa
money
to
help
the
program
purchase.
Some
new
equipment
they're,
looking
at
a
new
walk-in
freezer,
a
refrigerator
and
shelfing
outreach
ministries.
The
program
there
works
with
broome
bounty
to
distribute
groceries
to
residents
in
need
and
they're
up
to
serving
about
4
400
individuals
on
average
per
month.
L
Yeah,
this
is
the
the
pantry
that
was
at
st
pats
and
moved
to
st
cyril's
that
we
were
all.
We
all
went
on
a
tour
most
of
city
council
members,
and
I
believe
that
we
were
all
in
favor
of
going
ahead
with
that.
F
Yes,
thank
you,
council
president.
I
want
to
just
also
echo
councilman
byrne's
sentiment.
Originally,
it
was
at
st
pat
over
here
in
the
third
and
doing
tremendously
in
regards
to
serving
the
needs
of
the
community
and
those
outside
of
the
community.
Those
that
did
visit
saw
the
lines
of
people
and
the
number
of
people
that
were
served
by
this
outreach
initiative
and
now
that
it's
moving
over
into
scrungey's
district
they're
going
to
be
able
to
impact
even
more
people
with
the
city's
help.
So
I'm
excited
about
this.
A
B
A
Okay,
I
guess
mayor
you're,
going
to
take
20,
2273
and
and
and
through
22.72
yeah.
J
Sure
so
likely,
we'll
kind
of
all
look
at
each
of
these
kind
of
as
part
of
one
package,
there's
a
little
bit
of
a
nuance
with
22-72
in
terms
of
the
process
which
I
can
get
into
a
little
bit.
J
But
you
know,
as
we
announced
last
week,
we
want
to
build
the
resources
of
the
city's
code
enforcement
and
enforcement
that
you
know,
if
you
think
about
the
code
enforcement
office,
it's
really
a
code
inspection
office,
the
enforcement
happens
when
the
city
takes
legal
action
in
city
court
against
property
owners
slumlords
for
a
variety
of
of
issues.
The
the
kind
of
core
of
this
is
to
create
a
new
prosecutor
position
to
bring
to
justice
individuals
that
are
in
violation
of
the
city's
code
of
ordinances.
J
This
can
include
habitual
landlords
that
are
in
code
court
habitually
for
violations
that
are
affecting
families.
This
can
be
for
issues
that
may
require
some
cross-departmental
or
enterprise
level
investigations,
which
include
referrals
to
the
district
attorney's
office
or
attorney
general's
office.
J
You
know
more
trips
around
in
their
vehicle,
more
interaction
with
residents
and
property
owners,
and
also
to
address
kind
of
an
issue
that
I
heard
from
some
council
members
is
on
the
high
grass
and
in
refuse
that
that
happens
on
some
properties,
we're
going
to
create
a
two
new
labor
positions
in
the
parks
department
that
will
serve
as
the
core
of
a
new
park
subdivision
that
will
be
solely
focused
on
maintaining
properties.
You
know
too
often
code
cites
a
property
owner
for
high
grass
because
of
the
sheer
volume
of
work.
J
So
I
think
this
will
allow
code
not
to
more
effectively
go
after
a
single
family
homeowner,
who
may
be
just
coming
back
from
vacation
and
laps
on
cutting
their
lawn,
but
the
habitual
and
regular
offenders
that
do
not
take
any
pride
in
their
properties
and
are
continually
allowing
their
grass
to
grow
high.
This
will
allow
code
to
cite
them
more
quickly.
It
will
allow
them
to
be
cited
more
times
in
a
given
growth
period
and
you
know
was
was
based
on
a
lot
of
the
conversations
that
I
had
going
door-to-door.
J
J
J
But
you
know
when
we're
talking
about
neighborhood
quality
of
life
and
we're
talking
about
protecting,
maybe
families
that
are
living
paycheck
to
paycheck
in
the
in
the
properties
that
they're
currently
living
in.
It's
really
important
that
we
have
these
resources
in
place
to
improve
the
housing
stock
in
our
city.
Slowly,
but
surely
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
We
have
some
information.
That's
attached
to
the
rls
detailing
some
of
the
more
specific
details.
I
Thank
you,
council
president.
I
was
excited
to
see
this
as
a
package
of
legislation,
because
I
think
when
we,
you
know
we're
kind
of
like
playing
whack-a-mole
sometimes
so
I
like
that
there
are
of
a
package
of
rls
that
will
hopefully
help
us
with
the
code
enforcement.
So
I
do
I'm
going
to
start
off
with
my
specific
question,
which
was
in
the
language
on
rl
72.
I
M
Actually,
mayor,
I'm,
as
you
all
know,
I
am
not
feeling
a
hundred
percent
today,
so
special
conditions
has
to
do
with
one
of
the
requirements
of
our
burden
for
the
state
when
we
put
forward
our
application
to
make
our
law
more
strict,
restrictive
than
the
states
right
now,
our
law
is
the
same.
H
As
the
state,
so
the
city
needs
to
show
special
conditions
in
order
to
meet
that
requirement.
M
J
Yes,
so
local
law
process
anytime,
the
city
adopts
a
new
local
law.
We
are
required
to
file
that
local
law
with
the
department
of
state.
We
have
to
wait
for
a
receipt
that
that
has
been
filed.
Our
clerk
has
received
those
for
previous
local
laws
before
that
local
alchemy,
enforced
or
enacted.
J
This
has
a
special
provision
because
it
is
a
part
of
new
york
state
building,
property
and
maintenance
law
that
we
have
to
go
through
a
secondary
process
to
put
them
on
notice,
basically
and
on
the
department
of
state
website.
You'll,
see
municipalities
all
across
new
york
state
that
have
more
stringent
rules
on
a
variety
of
different
issues.
It
could
be
their
plumbing
permits
or
it
could
be
grass
site.
J
For
example,
there
are
many
municipalities
in
broome
county
that
have
an
eight
inch,
the
one
that
I'm
aware
of
is
the
village
of
port
dickinson,
for
example.
So
there's
some
that
in
new
york,
state
that
are
down
to
six
inches
but
talking
to
our
parks
department,
our
co-department,
they
thought
that
that
was
probably
a
bridge
too
far,
so
we
settled
on
eight.
What
corporation
council
is
reviewing
right
now
is
what
process
we
have
to
do.
Certainly
we
have
to
vote
on
a
local
law
here
in
binghamton.
J
Do
we
then
take
it
to
the
department
of
state
to
file
the
local
law
and
receive
back
the
certification,
or
do
we
go
to
the
special
circumstances,
division
which
I
think
based
out
of
syracuse
and
do
that?
First?
You
know,
we
don't
know
the
answer,
but
we
will
know
before
this
is
hopefully
voted
on
into
business
phoenix
and
I
believe
a
local
law
requires
a
public
hearing
as
well.
I'm
not
sure
if
that's
correct.
I
Okay,
so
to
make
sure
I'm
understanding
correctly,
the
due
to
city
special
conditions
is
a
pre-emptive
declaration.
I
suppose
so
that
we
might
be
prepared
to
take
whichever
process
the
state
requires
for
us
to
pass
a
local
law.
Am
I
understanding
that
correctly.
J
D
I
Okay,
great
so
now,
my
other
question
are
with
regard
to
the
new
positions
that
are
being
created
and
well.
I
think
that
these
are
important.
Obviously
I
wonder
if
we're
using
arpa
funding
for
these
for
one
year,
how
will
they
be
funded,
going
forward.
J
That's
a
great
question,
so
you
know
I
can
only
speak
for
the
budgets
between
now
and
2026..
J
J
Do
we
have
a
situation
where
we
fund
it
fully
in
the
year
one
and
then
begin
to
wean
the
city
off
the
arpa
funding,
so
it
becomes
more
sustainable
if
there's
cost
savings
in
other
areas,
that's
to
be
determined
the
legislation,
that's
currently
before
city
councils,
just
for
the
remainder
of
2022.,
I
will
fund
these
in
the
2023
budget
as
well,
so
either
a
combination
of
arpa
and
general
fund
or
fully
arpa.
A
I
just
added
attack
on
question.
Collection
might
be
a
different
story,
but
wouldn't
there
be
theoretically
more
revenues
because
of
the
increased
we're
not
increased,
don't
we
charge
when
we
send
parks
out
to
do
these
types
of
mowing?
We
do.
J
I
would
say
that
I
don't
know,
but
the
city's
goal
would
not
be
to
maximize
the
amount
of
fines.
We
want
to
maximize
the
compliance
right
so
that.
J
Maybe
in
the
short
term,
that's
possible:
it's
like
when
the
city
adopted
its
vacant
property
registry
in
the
first
few
years.
There
were
a
lot
of
revenue,
then,
as
the
program
kind
of
matured,
the
amount
of
revenue
went
down
and
it's
a
good
thing
because
we
have
less
vacant
properties.
But
that's
a
question.
I
don't
want
to
predict.
A
Okay,
okay,
questions
on;
let's
just
let's
just
keep
grouping
these
together
as
the
code,
so
any
questions
on.
I.
A
Any
questions
on,
I
guess
it's
73,
through
72.
councilwoman
riley.
F
F
That's
a
discussion
for
later,
but
can
we
have?
I
see
mr
sugar?
There
I'm
wondering
if
we
can
have
an
update
to
the
spreadsheet
regarding
the
opera
funds
and
what
we
had
a
list
of
things
that
we
were
targeting
for
this
budget
year,
which
now
have
significantly
changed
and
based
upon
what
we
had
previously.
F
E
E
J
F
But-
and
my
question
is,
though,
because
we
talked
about
prioritizing
the
use
of
the
arpa
funds,
and
this
was
not
part
of
that
discussion,
which
is
where
I
was
going.
Ultimately,
if
we
remember
the
eight,
oh
wait,
the
seven
page,
eight
page
document
with
seven
bullets
on
how
to
prioritize
the
needs
of
the
community
and
the
the
very
lengthy
commentary
we
received
during
public
comment.
There
were
needs
to
that
were
asked
of
this
council
and
the
previous
administration
regarding
arpa
funds.
F
Now
I
will
say
I
support
some
of
the
changes
in
code
code
has
always
said
they
needed
additional
health
parks
that
they
need
additional
help.
But
again
when
it
comes
to
using
arpa
funds,
which
I
say
over
and
over,
we
receive
this
money
because
of
the
large
subset
of
our
population
that
make
us
qualify
for
that
amount
of
money.
It
would
behoove
us
to
focus
on
those
needs
in
those
communities.
And,
yes,
you
can
say
hiring
someone
to
go.
F
So
my
question
is
because
we
rolled
over
so
much
money
because
of
our
lost
revenue,
calculation
and
because
we
know
there
are
still
needs
to
be
addressed.
Yes,
we
did
support
several
agencies
and
housing,
and
a
number
of
things
is
it
time
that
we
reconvene
to
discuss
a
strategy
for
the
rest
of
the
arpa
funds,
particularly
since
we
are
rolling
back
the
3.1
million
that
was
previously
allocated
to
the
youth
center,
which
prioritized
youth
in
one
of
our
target
communities.
J
So
a
couple
things
I
think,
number
one,
the
binghamton's
you
know
poorest
residents
in
the
poorest
neighborhoods
are
exactly
the
type
of
people
that
will
be
impacted
by
this
effort.
J
The
families
that
are
subject
to
substandard
housing
conditions
that
are
owned
by
slumlords
salem
lords
that
for
years,
have
not
been
held
accountable.
The
way
that
I
think
that
they
should
be
will
be
held
accountable
to
a
higher
extent.
That
will
be
the
charge
of
this
housing
prosecutor
first
and
foremost.
J
Secondly,
the
the
arpa
funds,
the
there
were
some
interim
rules
that
came
out
through
the
u.s
treasury
department,
and
then
there
was
some
final
rules
that
came
out
and
the
arpa
allocation.
The
way
it's
been
brought
in
significantly
is
very
much
in
line
with
president
biden's
buildback
better
agenda,
but
if
you
look
at
the
actual
expenditures
that
are
allowable
or
encourage,
many
of
them
have
nothing
to
do
with
covid
related
expenditures.
J
You
know,
I
think
just
I.
I
think
that
this
is
a
good
start.
I
always
think
that
there
should
be
additional
discussions
with
council
about
priorities.
Projects
non-profits
that
we'd
like
to
fund
through
arpa
councilman
burns,
did
a
great
job
with
the
research
that
he
did
in
working
with
the
food
pantry.
If
there
are
other
projects
like
that,
then
you
know
we
should
bring
them
to
the
table
and
discuss,
and
you
know
potentially
make
them
a
priority
and
and
have
them
move
forward.
I
Thank
you.
I
have
a,
I
guess,
a
follow-up
to
what
councilman
constable
riley
was
just
talking
about
that
one.
One
thing
that
has
been
helpful,
of
course,
is
the
spreadsheet
to
see
how
we
have
spent
our
arp
of
funds
already,
but
another
thing
that
I
think
we
would
really
like,
and
I
think
that
we've
asked
for
is
kind
of
a
plan
of
what
what's
the
big
picture
of
the
future
spending
and
obviously
that's
a
living
document.
That
might
not.
I
You
know
it
might
change
over
time,
but
I
think
one
of
the
frustrations
with
the
arpa
money
is
that
things
keep
coming
to
us
piecemeal
and
individually.
There's
a
lot
of
things
that
we're
happy
to
to
approve
and
vote
yes
on,
but
it
becomes
frustrating
when
we
don't
see
kind
of
like
what
what's
the
big
plan
like
how
does
all
of
this
fit
in
so,
if
possible.
I
Even
just
like
you
know,
if
we
are
going
to
continue
these
conversations
with
our
constituents
about
what
what
is
the
highest
priority
and
then
we
can
come
up
with
some
kind
of
ideally
public
document
with
sort
of
rough
numbers
of
the
maybe
the
percentage
or
some
dollar
amount.
I
You
know
this
amount
is
going
to
go
to
or
we're
planning
to
allocate
this
amount
toward
code
or
this
amount
toward
you
know
I
don't
know
essential
worker
premium
pay
or
you
know
whatever
it
is
so
that
we
can
kind
of
it'll
help
us
be
able
to
see
okay,
yeah
sure
I
would
love
to
fund.
You
know
I'd
love
to
give
200
000
to
this,
because
I
know
that
there's
a
million
dollars
going
to
this
place,
where
you
know
etc.
Is
that
something
realistic
that
we
could
potentially
see.
J
So
a
couple
things
on
that
the
difficulty
is
that
there's
a
couple
okay,
so
that,
if
adopted
or
agreed
to
would
still
not
have
any
legal
binding,
because
what
you'd
describe
is
describing
is
something
they
ran
into
in
syracuse
or
onondaga
county,
where
the
county
executive
was
granted
kind
of
authority
to
spend-
and
I
don't
think
it's
prudent,
I
don't
think
city
council
would
ever
want
to
do
that,
where
kind
of
carte
blanche
to
the
mayor
to
spend
as
long
as
they
fit
into
a
couple
categories,
everything
has
to
go
back
to
city
council,
so
the
other
important
thing
to
think
about
on
our
funding
is,
if
we're
thinking
about
the
time
we
have
to
spend
arpa
funding
is
as
a
football
game
we're
still
in
the
first
quarter.
J
So
we're
still
in
the
data
collection.
We're
still
in
the
identification
of
community
needs.
Part
of
this
and
the
conversations
are
still
ongoing.
I'm
talking
to
affordable
housing
providers
about
upcoming
projects,
we're
talking
to
non-profits
talking
to
council
members
about
their
priorities,
so
that
we
will
have
a
better
idea
once
you
know
we
learn
more.
J
The
other
thing,
too,
is
the
u.s
treasury,
also
updated
its
guidance
on
lost
revenue,
so
we're
able
to
even
adjust
calculations
there
going
back
and
that's
on
the
the
final
rule
that
was
issued
so
again.
This
is
very
early
on
in
the
discussions
in
again,
it's
just
difficult
to
to
do
that
that
this
early
on.
I
I
A
a
very
rough
breakdown
you
know
because
you've
said
you've
been
in
contact
with
nonprofits
and
other
agencies
and
just
saying,
like
okay,
we're
we're
planning
on
spending
we're
planning
on
allocating
roughly,
let's
say
three
million
dollars
toward
you
know
new,
affordable
housing
project.
I
There's
not
you
know,
I'm
just
making
up
that
number,
but
I
did
you
know
it's
like
you
said
we're
still
in
the
data
collection
phase,
we're
still
in
the
first
quarter,
and
yet
here
we
are
at
city
council
and
we've
been
asked
to
allocate
to
approve
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
of
this
money
already,
and
so
I
I
would
agree
with
you
that
we
there's
no
need
to
rush
here,
but
also
you
know,
a
football
team
would
go
into
a
game
with
kind
of
a
general
plan
of
action
and
that
you
know
may
switch
depending
on
what
the
other
team
does
or
changing
conditions,
but
even
for
the
public
too,
it
might
be
easier.
I
You
know,
I
think,
if
let's
say,
if
I'm
like
a
random
constituent-
and
I
have
ideas
about
what
I
think
is
important,
it
might
be
easier
for
me
to
have
a
document
that
I
can
say.
Okay,
I
like
this-
or
I
don't
like
this
rather
than
I
don't
think
an
average
constituent
who's,
not
spending
a
lot
of
time,
doing
this
kind
of
research
and
doesn't
have
as
much
know-how
as
someone
who's
working
in
city
hall
might
be
able
to
like
come
up
up
off
the
top
of
their
head
with
okay.
I
This
is
how
I
would
spend
the
money.
I
think
it
would
be
easier
to
say
this
is
what
we're
thinking.
What
do
you
think
about
this?
How
how
might
you
change
it?
You
know,
but
an
unofficial
kind
of
vague
document
to
help
us
us
and
our
constituents
more.
You
know
better
see
the
big
picture
of
what's
going
on
and
what's
potentially
coming
down
the
pipeline.
A
Any
other
questions
for
the
mayor
or
chuck
or
megan
on
any
of
these
items
that
they've
been
down
to
present
for
us.
A
Okay
looks
like
we
got
one
more
rl2276.
J
Yeah-
and
this
could
have
megan's
name
on
it,
but
it's
got
mine,
but
that's
okay,
the
we
had
a
individual
retire
in
the
mayor's
office
who
served
as
secretary
to
the
mayor
in
february.
We
have
a
new
person
coming
into
that
role
who
comes
from
the
public
works
administration
side
of
things,
the
individual,
because
they
had
been
there
for
a
number
of
years
had
kind
of
a
number
of
different
roles
and
had
an
eight-hour
work
schedule.
J
Their
replacement
will
not
have
that
experience
and
so
would
wouldn't
have
as
much
of
the
duties
on
their
plate.
So
as
a
cost
saving
measure
measure
excuse
me,
we
wanted
to
drop
that
administrative
assistant
position
in
dpw
from
eight
hours
to
seven
hours
and
and
put
that
in
contingency.
J
Do
you
want
me
to
address
joint
sewage,
real,
fast
sure
sure,
so,
at
the
last
work
session?
I
I
said
that
you
know
you
can
provide
some
update.
I
want
to
be
prudent
and
careful
in
terms
of
what
you
know.
I
say
on
the
public
record,
but,
generally
speaking,
we
believe
that
insurance
will
likely
cover
a
lion's
share
of
any
of
the
replacement
or
damage
there.
J
Clean
up
continues.
The
area
has
been
de-watered,
but
there
is
extensive
cleanup,
as
you
can
imagine,
with
the
media
and
the
walls
and
equipment
et
cetera.
What
I
would
want
for
council
to
get
a
full
understanding
of
the
intersection
of
the
insurance.
Some
of
the
engineering
analysis
has
been
done
on
the
the
issue
that
that
caused
this
in
the
first
place
as
well
as
kind
of
next
steps,
I
would
recommend
an
attorney
that
we've
been
working
with
that's
been
representing.
The
owners
in
this
matter
do
talk
to
city
council.
J
So
we
can
work
and
assist
on
that
front
to
to
sort
of
set
that
up,
but
the
cleanup
continues,
but
the
broad
strokes
are
that
we
believe
insurance
will
be
taken
care,
certainly
a
process,
and
certainly
one
we're
monitoring
very
closely.
A
Okay,
mr
clerk,
anything
noteworthy
on
pending
legislation,
any
changes,
anything
we
should
be
aware
of.
That's
different
from
things
we
discussed
at
the
last
work
session.
F
Yes,
thank
you
councilwoman
reza
knitty.
Before
we
move
forward.
If
we
are
going
to
have
said
meeting,
it
would
be
prudent
not
to
wait
two
weeks
until
the
next
work
session.
For
this
briefing,
seeing
that
things
are
progressing
and
catching
wave
in
terms
of
media
attention.
Are
we
planning
a
special
session
for
this
executive?
A
Yeah,
I
was
I
apologize.
I
didn't
speak
to
that.
I
just
figured
we'd
wait
to
see
what
what
that
looked
like
or
what
the
the
bear
recommended
or
the
attorney's
recommended
then
we'll
go
from
there,
but
certainly
that
would
make
sense
to
do
it
relatively
quickly.
Once
we
have
the
attorney
in
place
or
no
or
have
an
agenda,
and
that's
something
that's
concrete
that
we
can
discuss
and.
J
We
should
weather
as
soon
as
we
can
and
whether
it
includes
johnson
city
trustees
or
is
just
subject
to
our
binghamton
city
council.
That's
a
question
mark
that
I
have
okay.
A
A
F
J
I
will
talk
to
the
board.
I
mean
part
of
this,
too,
is
historically,
how
did
since
city
council's
representative
operate
in
terms
of
the
board?
If
they're,
not,
I
don't
think
an
ex-official
member.
I
think
they
were
just
selected
by
the
president
to
report
back
on
happenings
plan.
Is
that
correct?
A
A
Mega,
do
we
heard
anything
from
the
governors
on
that?
I
think
we
could
do
it.
If
we
wanted
to.
My
understanding
is
that
we
could.
I
me
I
us,
I'm
sure,
could
call
everybody
back
in
here.
If
we
wanted
to
that's
my
understanding,
is
it's
still
discretionary?
I.
A
That's
my
understanding.
My
understanding
is
that
it's
discretionary.
We
could
do
that.
So
we
could
have
a
discussion
next
time
on
that.
If
you
want
to
that,
we
could
but
it's
it's
not.
It
can't
be
my
understanding
is,
it
cannot
be
a
hybrid
meaning
we're
either
like
I
couldn't
have
all
of
you
come
in
here
then
the
public
be
on
zoom.
It's
either
everybody
here
or
everybody
has
the
option
to
participate,
be
a
zoom.
So
my
under
that's
my
understanding,
but
let
me
get
a
clarification
on
that.
A
Okay,
I'll
have
all
the
clerk's
office
work
with
the
mayor's
office
to
see,
if
there's
anything
official,
but
I
think
that
that
my
understanding
is
correct,
but
let's
get
a
clarification
and
then
I
can
ask
you
all,
just
at
least
for
your
your
take
on
it.
If
it's,
if
it's,
if
you
want
to
come
back
or
you
think
that
it's
a
good
idea
to
bring
everybody
back
in
here,
if
we
have
that
option,
I'm
not
opposed
to
talking
about
that.
I
And
it
cannot
be
well,
I
know
you
said
it
can't
be
a
hybrid
with
well
a
council
back
and
no
public.
Can
it
be
a
hybrid
in
terms
of
allowing
the
public
back
in,
but
also
having
the
availability
to
telecom
yeah,
because
I'm
just
thinking
in
terms
of
I
know
some.
Some
of
my
constituents
have
said
that
the
virtual
meetings
have
allowed
them
more
accessibility,
so
they
have
been
able
to
participate
in
the
meetings
for
the
first
time
in
a
long
time
because
they
are
available
virtually
but
also.
I
I
know
we
spent
almost
700
000
of
our
money
to
fix
the
ceiling
under
the
pretense
that
this
was
the
room
that
would
allow
the
largest
availability
for
people
to
social
distance
has
covered
mitigation.
So
I
think
it
would
be.
You
know
I
also
don't
want
to
have
spent
that
money
under
that
pretense
and
then
not
allow
people
to
come
back
in,
and
I
know
people
have
been
upset
that
they
haven't
been
able
to
come
back.
I
And
also
as
a
counsel
person,
I
will
say
that
the
it's
been
amazing
to
be
able
to
reference
the
meetings
like
on
youtube,
for
example,
if
I
want
to
go
back
and
look
at
something
that
happened
or
hear
what
someone
had
had
to
say,
that's
also
been
like
super
helpful
and
the
first
time
in
history
that
we've
been
able
to
do
something
like
that.
You
know.
A
F
C
Well,
we
have
10
items
here
for
pending
legislation.
Rl
22-56
modify
the
bond
ordinance
that
is
that'll
have
the
public
hearing
on
wednesday.