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From YouTube: 2023.04.26 City Council Business Meeting
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CONTENTS
0:01:00 Call to Order
0:02:10 City Clerk Appointment
0:13:30 Public Comments - Shepard
0:23:00 Public Comments - 112 S. Washington St. Complaints
0:31:15 Public Comments - Narlaquin
0:33:30 Public Comments - Additional Messages
0:34:30 Reconsideration for RL23-100
0:36:00 Reconsideration for RL23-69
0:41:50 IO 23-70
0:51:10 IO 23-76
0:51:25 IO 23-27
0:52:20 IO 23-75
0:53:10 IO 23-77
0:54:00 IR 23-25
0:05:00 IR 23-26
0:55:50 IR 23-28
1:00:00 Communication from Council Members
A
A
A
It's
been,
it's
been
a
great
opportunity.
I
can
say
personally
to
have
this
ride
with
you,
brother,
I've,
known
Lee,
for
a
long
time,
and
in
light
of
professional
and
personal
choices
that
he's
made,
which
were
the
right
thing
to
do
right,
especially
when
you
have
a
family
and
Lee,
has
decided
to
go
back
into
the
private
sector,
and
he
has
an
amazing
opportunity.
That's
going
to
be
coming
before
him
and
I
can
tell
you
brother
from
one
person
to
another
in
this
building.
A
B
A
Raised
the
standard
for
that
seat,
so
on
behalf
of
the
body
we
will
miss
you
brother.
We
wish
you
and
your
wife
and
your
family
well
and
on
behalf
of
all
of
the
members
of
city
council.
So
this
is
on
behalf
of
District
Two
councilwoman,
resinetti
District,
three
councilwoman
Riley
District,
Four,
councilwoman,
Friedman,
District,
Five,
councilman,
Burns,
District,
Six,
councilman,
strong,
District,
Seven,
councilman,
Scanlon
and
me.
A
C
A
Do
I
have
a
second
motioned
by
councilwoman
resinetti
seconded
by
councilman
Scanlon,
all's
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
aye,
all
those
again
signify
by
saying
yay
the
opinion
of
the
chair,
the
eyes.
Have
it
moving
forward
on
the
agenda.
The
beauty
about
great
times
like
this
is
that
as
doors
close,
others
open
and
I
know,
I
speak
unanimously
on
behalf
of
my
colleagues
that
has
Lee
has
moved
through
the
city
clerk's
office
over
the
years.
A
We
have
someone,
I
can't
even
really
say
new
anymore.
Obviously,
but
new
were
maybe
might
be
the
best
word.
Our
Deputy
city
clerk,
Janine
Faulkner,
is
quite
frankly
a
godsend.
She's
amazing
she's,
Forward,
Thinking
she's
right
on
the
direction
of
things
and
she
has
humbly
humbly
expressed
a
passionate
interest
with
moving
forward
and
moving
into
the
role
of
Binghamton,
City
Clerk.
So
on
the
agenda
we
have
to
make
an
appointment
tonight
to
fill
the
vacancy
of
city
clerk.
A
A
That
being
said,
our
outstanding
Deputy
city
clerk,
Janine
Faulkner,
has
expressed
interest
in
taking
on
this
new
role
and
I
quite
bluntly.
I
am
so
excited
for
you,
Janine
we're
lucky
to
have
you
and
I
know
my
colleagues
feel
the
same
way.
So
this
is
a
rare
joy
for
me
to
be
able
to
say
in
well
I
shouldn't
say
the
middle,
but
almost
the
end
of
April
as
it
relates
to
the
vacancy
of
Binghamton
city
clerk.
Do
I
have
any
nominations.
A
Any
other
nominations,
any
other
nominations.
Seeing
none
I
will
close
the
nominations
and
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
take
the
role
at
this
time.
Please
be
cognizant
of
the
fact
that
your
vote
must
be
in
the
form
of
the
name
of
the
person
that
you
wish
to
fulfill.
The
vacancy
clerk
will
call
the
roll
Mr.
C
C
A
I
A
I
will
take
a
I.
Will
I
will
take
a
moment
here.
Janine,
congratulations,
we're
so
very
proud
of
you!
We're
excited
to
have
you
obviously
have
you
coming
into
this
important
role
at
this
time,
I'm
going
to
ask
Janine
Faulkner
to
please
come
down
to
the
Deus.
To
please
join
me.
I
will
ask
her
fiance
parent
to
enjoy
us
join
us
as
well
as
well
as
New
York
State
administrative
law
judge,
The,
Honorable
Sharon
Sorkin
to
administer
the
oath
of
office.
A
A
A
At
this
time,
we'll
move
forward
with
public
comment.
Residents
wishing
to
submit
public
comment
may
do
so
electronically
by
emailing
their
comments
prior
to
1pm
on
the
day
of
the
meeting
to
clerk
at
cityofbinghamton.gov
or
in
person.
In
the
meeting.
As
we
begin
now,
The
Madam
clerk
will
account
for
five
minutes
for
each
speaker.
That
being
said,
are
there
any
individuals
who
would
like
to
speak
and
come
down
for
public
comment?
I'd
ask
before
your
five
minutes
begin.
B
J
My
name
is
Julian
Shepard
45,
more
Avenue
and
I'm,
a
constituent
of
Joe's
I
work
at
the
University
I'm,
a
biology
teacher.
There
I
want
to
talk
to
you
about
the
shade
tree
commission.
The
shades
recommission
is
a
voluntary
commission
that
was
instituted
in
2008
as
an
advisory
Council
to
commission
I
should
say
to
the
to
the
city.
J
I
did
write
to
the
new
mayor
or
relatively
new
mayor
cram.
I
wrote
to
him
last
January
a
year
ago,
January
and
asked
him
to
reinstate
the
shade
tree.
Commission
I
got
no
reply.
I
wrote
to
the
director
of
planning
something
like
six
months
later,
I
forget
exactly
when,
but
I
prayed
I
didn't
get
a
reply
to
that
either.
J
The
reason
I
think.
Well,
let
me
just
say
what
the
shade
tree
commission
does:
it's
a
collect,
it's
a
collection
of
volunteers
as
I
said,
but
who
have
some
expertise
or
great
interest
in
trees,
and
particularly
it's
directed
at
the
street
trees
and
the
what
they
call
the
public
trees,
the
trees
on
city
property
and
what
we
would
do
is,
and
actually
this
is
written
in
the
the
ordinances.
J
I
forget
the
exact
number,
but
it's
called
the
tree
ordinance
and
what
we
do
is
we
serve
or
what
we
did
and
let
me
say,
was
draw
up
a
list
of
suitable
trees
for
the
city,
which
requires
a
bit
of
expertise
in
terms
of
knowing
what
how
trees
grow,
what
do
best
in
City
conditions,
and
it
ends
up
being
a
little
bit
of
a
restricted
list.
But
we
we
drew
up
a
list
of
something
like
30
trees.
J
J
The
the
planning
department
would
present
us
with
site
plans,
development
site
plans
and
we
would
advise
on
the
best
plantings
of
trees
for
those
we
also
helped
bring
in
some
actually
pretty
big
from
the
Department
of
sorry
yeah,
the
Department
of
Environmental
Conservation
of
New
York,
and
what
that
accomplished
was
a
complete
inventory
of
the
Trees
of
the
city
and
a
fairly
detailed
plan.
This
was
by
outside
agencies,
but
a
plan
for
management
of
City
trees.
J
J
This
has
been
shown
actually
by
scientific
studies,
that
it
improves
the
value
of
properties
in
the
city
by
margins
of
something
like
10
20
percent
generally,
in
these
studies
so
and
I
think
perhaps
I
see
it
and
very
important
in
the
long
term
of
our
efforts
to
counter
the
effects
of
climate
change.
I
think
you
probably
all
have
heard
that
your
planting
trees
is
one
thing
that
we
want
to
do,
and
basically
it's
kind
of
a
no-brainer
in
a
way.
J
J
A
B
J
A
G
Is
it
on
now?
Okay,
we're
all
here,
because
we
have
some
concerns
about
112,
South
Washington
Street.
Last
year
there
was
a
lot
of
problems.
The
police
were
there
several
times
and
I
was
told
that
you
were
in
the
process
of
locking
the
locking
the
house
down
and
then
nothing
happened
and
the
police
have
been
there
again,
oh
two
or
three
times
again,
just
recently
and
so
I'm
trying
to
figure
out.
What's
going
on
with
the
house.
It's
it's
been
a
problem
for
quite
a
while.
B
K
K
K
He
had
a
machete,
Michelle
yeah,
it's
been
this
we've
been
begging
and
Reporting
and
doing
our
effort,
but
we
should
be
doing
such
taxpayers
and
we
just
seem
to
hit
the
wall
all
the
time
and
we
were
happy
when
we
heard
about
the
lockdown
was
coming.
We
were
all
in
no
good.
We
gave
it
a
few
months.
I
called
the
mayor's
office,
the
other
day
I
got
put
through
to
a
corporate
attorney,
and
she
said
she
really.
K
K
It's
dangerous
I've
lived
in
that
neighborhood
for
63
years,
John's
been
there
probably
50
some
years.
Maureen
thank
God,
moved
in
15
years,
ten
years
and
robbed
or
Ryan
has
come
recently
knew
about
four
or
five
years
so
and
there's
other
neighbors
that
wanted
to
come,
but
they
couldn't
we're.
Just
really
scared.
We're
tired
the
garbage
in
the
backyard
is
as
big
as
this.
Your
tables
are,
and
it's
piled.
B
H
And
we
had
Greg
last
year,
we
had
you,
remember
him
when
he
had
all
the
garbage
out
front
on
the
side.
So
we
did
have
the
city
go
over
there
and
issue
several
summonses
until
they
finally
cleaned
up
the
whole
front,
and
the
side
now
I
see
now
that
it's
gotten
worse,
so
Mary
called
me
the
other
day
and
we
are
working
on
the.
K
The
city
has
several
times
come
and
clean
the
property
up.
Yeah
they
pay.
Would
they
get
three
numbers?
However,
they
do
and
then
next
thing
you
know,
there's
more
garbage
in
the
driveway
and
everything
the
city,
one
of
the
neighbors
was
able
to
talk
to
Bill
Welch.
That
was
his
family's
house
and
the
information
she
got
that
it's
behind
in
taxes
in
two
years
that
Broome
County
is
going
to
foreclose
in
July
and.
K
The
what
somebody
had
called
from
I
think
the
corporate
office
and
attorney
and
asked
Billy
to
if
he
could
somehow
get
the
Corvette
that's
been
in
the
driveway
out
of
the
driveway
been
there
for
since
his
father
died,
I
think
going
on
three
or
four
years
now.
I
know
if
I
had
a
Corvette
or
car
in
my
driveway,
the
driveway
I'd
be
getting
calls.
Somebody
would
make
me
take
that
stuff
away.
L
L
Other
events
have
taken
place,
but
now
my
daughter's
two
looking
out
the
windows
and
asking
me
just
starting
to
talk,
you
know
what's
going
on
over
there.
I
don't
really
want
to
have
to
explain
that
every
single
week
and
it's
not
an
exaggeration
to
say
that
the
authorities
are
there
every
week,
sometimes
multiple
times
a
week,
which
seems
to
me
like
a
huge
waste
of
the
city's
resources
and
the
authorities
time
to
be
dealing
with
the
same
place
over
and
over
and
over
again.
L
The
garbage
thing
that's
out
back,
I
can't
see
it,
but
I
can't
imagine
who
lives
behind
them
or
to
either
side
of
them.
Seeing
that
there's
there
has
to
be
rodents
coming
out
of
that.
There's
no
way,
there's
not
rat
infestations
or
raccoons
skunks
going
on
back
there,
but
there's
a
lot
of
events.
I
could
go
on
and
on
about
the
events
because,
like
I
said
it's
weekly,
it
just
seems
as
if
this
is
something
that
would
want
to
be
acknowledge.
As
you
say,
it's
already
being
acknowledged.
L
But
it's
something
needs
to
be
done
about
it
and
if
I
mean
I
guess
if
it's
getting
foreclosed
on
with
because
of
taxes.
So
be
it
that's
a
solution
to
the
problem,
but
I
guess
we're
just
here
to
make
it
very
well
known
that
that's
a
pretty
horrible
place
in
a
very
nice
neighborhood
with
great
people.
L
Yeah,
the
on
Monday,
there
seemed
to
be
some
kind
of
an
operation
that
took
place.
It
was
unmarked
police
vehicles
in
street
clothes.
The
officers
were
entry,
clothes
just
wearing
vests,
and
two
people
were
put
into
the
SUV
that
was
Monday
but
I.
Don't
know
what
was
going
on
there,
but
it
seemed
to
me
like
more
of
an
operation
than
just
the
daily
drive-by
for
a
nuisance
call
so
I'm
unaware
of
what
took
place,
but.
K
I
M
M
Good
evening
my
name
is
Vincent
Harlequin
I
am
a
resident
of
the
city
of
England
over
on
the
west
side,
I
go
to
Seton
Catholic
Central,
High,
School
and
I
am
also
a
student
in
the
New
Visions
law,
government,
Academy
and
I'm.
Talking
to
you
or
speaking
to
you
today
about
education
in
the
city's
support
for
it.
M
I
am
an
intern
right
now
in
the
Binghamton
mayor's
office
and
with
my
new
Visions
Academy,
where
it
takes
me
all
over
the
area
with
local
legal
and
government
placements
in
the
community
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
city
of
Binghamton,
both
the
mayor's
office,
all
the
different
departments,
Corporation
Council
I'll,
show
you
guys.
I
know
you
have
had
placements
before
with
us.
M
I
want
to
thank
thank
everybody
involved
with
this.
We
have
two
wonderful
high
schools
in
the
city.
We
have
many
other
educational
institutions
in
the
city
and
I
think
that
it's
a
great
thing
for
our
city
to
be
known
for
education
and
great,
to
be
known
for
a
good
place
to
live,
and
it's
a
great
pla.
It's
a
great
feeling
to
have
like
I've
noticed.
While
you
guys
are
watching
public
speakers,
you
actively
focus
on
what
they're
saying
versus
other
government
bodies,
which
may
not
do
that
like
say
Federal,
Congress
or
other
bodies.
M
It's
really
a
great
thing
to
see
in
your
local
government
that
they
actually
care
about
what
you
have
to
say
and
with
that
I'd
like
to
also
congratulate
the
new
city
clerk,
I,
think
the
previous
city
clerk
for
all
that
he's
done
for
the
residents
of
Broome
County.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
At
this
time
we
had
a
piece
of
legislation
that
was
held
over
from
the
last
meeting
as
well
as
a
as
well
as
the
funding
mechanism
behind
it.
Yes,
thank
you
very
much,
I
miss
that
that
is
correct.
Going
back
to
public
comment
for
a
second
for
purposes
of
time.
Obviously,
I'll
make
these
available
to
all
of
my
colleagues
and
they'll
be
submitted
into
the
record.
A
We
did
receive
18
letters
speaking
in
the
positive
in
relation
to
the
Rehabilitation
of
the
downtown
area
and
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
work
with
the
commercial
facade
program,
so
I'm
going
to
have
all
18
of
these
put
into
the
record,
and
if
anyone
would
like
to
read
them
at
their
Leisure,
I
will
obviously
Madam
clerk.
If
you
could
have
these
placed
officially
under
the
public
record
and
I
have
copies
here.
If
anybody
would
like
to
read
them.
Thank
you.
A
Moving
on
to
thank
you
for
that,
moving
on
for
second
read
legislation
with
respect
to
those
18
affirmations,
as
well
as
all
the
discussion
that
we've
had
in
my
capacity,
not
as
city
council
president,
but
as
councilman
of
the
first
district
per
our
city,
Charter
subsection
26-5
part
w
oting,
with
the
prevailing
majority.
I
am
going
to
make
a
motion
for
reconsideration
of
introductory
ordinance,
23-69.
A
F
F
F
D
H
B
A
D
A
F
F
The
the
idea
that
we've
had
we
have
had
12
and
a
half
million
dollars
of
lost
Revenue
due
to
covid
is
frankly
just
ludicrous
to
me.
We
did
not
arrive
at
these
amounts
based
on
actual
data.
We
arrived
at
these
amounts
from
an
equation
that
allowed
us
to
use
the
maximum
amount
of
money
allowable
in
order
to
create.
Essentially
what
is
a
slush
fund
it.
In
doing
this,
we
have
removed
the
guidelines
for
appropriate
use
of
arpa
funds.
F
F
Just
I
would
say
it's
unethical
to
be
honest
with
you,
I
I,
don't
support,
moving
arpa
money
to
account
for
lost
Revenue,
because
it's
clear.
The
only
reason
why
we're
doing
this
is
to
remove
the
stipulations
of
the
requirements
of
these
funds.
I,
it's
yeah,
I,
say
this
so
many
times
just
because
we
can
doesn't
mean
we
should
sure
we
could
say
that
we've
lost
half
a
million
dollars,
but
again
in
conjunction
with
the
next
piece
of
legislation.
F
O
Thank
you,
council,
president,
very
similar
to
what
my
fellow
council
member
said
and
what
I
said
the
last
time
this
legislation
came
before
the
body.
I
am
highly
opposed
to
the
calculation
and,
as
was
recently
mentioned,
for
use
for
purposes
for
which
our
profunding
was
not
designated,
so
we
have
been
allowed,
as
was
shared
earlier,
to
adjust
for
losses
and
again,
I
won't
rehash
the
entire
belief,
but
we
were
eligible
for
this
level
and
this
amount
of
funding
because
of
the
critical
needs
and
the
poverty
rates
of
our
residents.
O
A
O
H
B
B
A
D
H
However,
you
know
we
still
have
three
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
the
in
the
law
in
the
original
lost
Revenue
out
of
the
12
or
13
million
dollars
that
we
took
out
before
we
could
have
used
that,
and
we
also
have
a
fund
balance
that
the
mayor,
David
and
and
mayor
cram
brag
about
that
I
think
we
could
have
used
that
money
and
be
well
spent
now
I
mean
so
not
liking.
That
I
still
have
to
vote
Yes
on
the
Passat
program,
because
it's
vitally
important
to
the
city
of
Binghamton.
H
It
helps
people
throughout
the
entire
city,
not
just
one
section,
and
it's
almost
as
if
I
mean
if
we
didn't
have
to
go
through
this
jump
through
the
hoop
saying
that
it
was
lost
Revenue.
It's
it's
a
shame.
We
couldn't
have
found
a
way
to
just
make
it
arpapungs
because
of
the
fact
that
businesses
in
the
city
suffered
severely
because
of
coven
and
to
help
them
out
in
any
way
I
I'm,
I'm
happy
to
do
and
I
think
that
we
should
do
it
I
just
wish.
We
didn't
play
this
game
of
this
equation.
H
F
Thank
you.
President
karunji
I
have
similar
sentiments
to
my
colleague,
councilman
Burns
I.
It
has
become
apparent
that
this
is
a
much
needed
pot
of
money
based
on
all
of
the
comments
we
received
in
favor
of
this
program,
and
so
I'm
I'm
happy
to
you
know,
work
with
the
office
of
Economic
Development
the
mayor
to
find
this
money
in
an
appropriate
place.
F
I
F
To
benefit
the
residents
of
the
city,
especially
small
business
owners
and
in
particular,
business
owners
whose
storefronts
are
in
highly
visible
locations,
I
think
that's
a
wonderful
use
of
money,
especially
for
historic
buildings
as
well,
but
the
fact
that
we
needed
to
do
a
little
dance
here
to
get
this
money
from
Lost
Revenue
first
just
shows
that
this
is
not
an
appropriate
place
to
get
this
money
from
and
as
as
it
is
written
here.
I
cannot
support
this
legislation
because
the
money
is
not
coming
from
an
ethical
place.
In
my
opinion,
thank
you.
I
O
Said
we
can
amend
the
legislation
and
pull
money
directly
from
our
Surplus
I
said
that
and
we
said
we
can
bring
it
back
and
discuss
it.
That
was
what
we
left
saying.
However,
now
we're
still
moving
in
the
same
direction,
which
we
knew
was
going
to
occur.
The
way
the
votes
were
cast
again.
The
money
was
given
and
I'll
even
go
back
and
quote
my
fellow
council
member
who
said
the
money
was
given
by
a
subset
of
the
government
leaders
and
almost
opposed
by
another
subset
of
the
government
leaders.
O
Yet
our
government,
our
local
party
members,
are
ready
to
spend
this
just
as
they
see
fit
without
again
looking
at
the
intended
purpose
for
arpa
funds,
it's
amazing
that
we
did
a
lost
Revenue
calculation
that
equaled
the
exact
amount
of
a
subsequent
resolution
legislation
to
match
something.
Someone
else
wanted
and
we
won't
go
into
the
particulars
that
were
highlighted
in
the
conference
and
LA.
It's
just
amazing
who
gets
the
ear
and
who
we
have
people
in
need,
but
certain
people
are
prioritized.
O
O
A
O
H
B
B
A
N
D
P
A
A
D
A
P
B
A
A
D
D
A
O
A
P
A
G
B
A
D
F
Services
like
this
and
I
would
suggest
that,
maybe
in
the
future,
instead
of
using
cdbg
funds,
this
could
actually
come
out
of
the
police
budget.
Since
this
is
a
a
program
where
the
Mental
Health
Association
is
working
in
tandem
with
the
police
department,
and
there
are
many
situations
where
police
responding
to
a
situation
that
is
someone
who's,
not
dangerous
to
themselves
or
others.
It
asks
it
actually
escalates.
The
situation
I
mean
not
too
far
from
us.
F
Daniel
prude
was
experiencing
a
mental
health
crisis
and
his
brother
called
the
police
to
assist
because
he
had
run
away
and
he
was
killed.
He
was
naked
in
this
in
the
freezing
cold
on
the
street,
with
a
bag
over
his
head
in
handcuffs
and
he
died
because
the
Rochester
Police
did
not
respond
appropriately,
the
in
Rochester.
They
have
a
very
successful
person
in
crisis
program
that
was
implemented
in
the
wake
of
Daniel
prude's
murder
at
the
hands
of
Rochester,
Police
and
I.
F
Believe
that
we
should
look
at
implementing
something
similar
in
this
city.
It
I
know
that
we
love
the
police
here,
they're
some
of
our
best
paid
employees.
They
make
almost
double
what,
for
example,
the
code
Inspectors
make
and
we're
you
know.
At
our
work
session,
we
were
asked
to
move
money
around
for
to
increase
the
code
inspector's
salary
because
they
don't
make
enough
money
to
retain.
You
know
we're
at
we're
beyond
our
capacity.
F
They
don't
make
enough
money,
and
yet
we
have
police
officers,
many
of
whom
do
not
live
in
the
city
of
Binghamton,
who
are
making
double
that.
So
the
money
is
there,
the
the
Rochester
person
in
crisis
program
has
saved
them
a
lot
of
money,
and
it
also
is
a
Kinder,
gentler,
more
compassionate
way
to
deal
with
people
who
are
clearly
in
need.
So
yes,
I
support
this
and
I
think
it's
a
yes
and
situation.
Yes,
this
is
so
important.
We
have
to
do
this
and
we
also
should
be
expanding.
F
This
and
I
I
think
that
we
don't
necessarily
need
to
dip
into
the
cdbg
funds.
I
believe
that
these
funds
are
appropriately
located
elsewhere
in
our
budget,
so
I
will
vote
in
support
of
this,
and
maybe
the
police
reimagination
collaborative,
can
discuss
this
at
their.
You
know
recurring
meetings
that
are
theoretically
happening,
so
that's
all
I
have
to
say.
Thank
you.
Thank.
G
N
A
O
We
have
something
for
everyone,
but
we
have
to
make
sure
these
opportunities
are
are
marketed
well,
so
that
everyone
one
has
access
and
is
able
to
opt
in
when
these
programs
are
offered.
So
there's
much
more
work
to
be
done,
but
I
wanted
to
highlight
that
and
again,
thank
you
for
doing
that.
Now,
I'm
going
to
show
my
daughter
and
say
you
need
to
come
next
council
meeting
and
say
something:
she's
gonna
be
mad,
but
thank
you
nevertheless,
what's
happening
in
our
district.
O
I
want
to
also
just
go
back
a
little
bit
and
tell
everyone
we
celebrated
workers.
Excuse
me,
workers,
Memorial
Day,
this
past
weekend,
where
we
joined
with
our
unions,
because
we
as
vocal
members
in
the
community
must
unite
to
ensure
safe
work
environments
for
all
employees,
regardless
of
the
setting,
and
so
that
was
a
great
event
and
I
encourage
everyone
to
continue
to
legislate
and
Advocate.
O
As
these
contracts
move
forward
make
sure
our
employees
are
safeguarded,
we
have
steps
to
make
sure
they
are
protected
as
they
do
the
work
to
fulfill
city
of
Binghamton
contracts
and
services.
Coming
up
on
this
weekend,
there
will
be
a
cleanup
in
the
Third
District
again.
I
incur
urge
any
and
everyone
to
continue
to
look
at
my
social
media
Pages,
because
there
are
so
many
things
going
on.
I
I
run
through
the
list
and
then
I
know
you're
not
able
to
remember
them.
All
the
address
again
will
be
posted
on
social
media.
O
The
next
thing
I'd
like
to
highlight
is
New
York
State's,
cannabis
Association
is
hosting
a.
Why
buy
legal
event
here
in
the
city
of
Binghamton,
on
May
3rd,
at
6
pm
at
Phelps?
Mansion?
Again
it's
to
provide
information
to
dispel
any
rumors
or
myths
and
also
support
those
that
are
generating
Revenue
in
our
city,
as
we
have
licenses
here
so
that
again
our
anyone.
We
can
eliminate
and
reduce
stigma,
bias
and
then
also
answer
questions
and
support
some
of
the
initiatives
that
will
create
jobs
and
develop
new
skills
and
resources
for
our
our
residents.
O
That's
amazing
that
they've
been
here
serving
the
community
for
over
a
hundred
and
fifty
years
and
I
think
there's
another
cleanup,
you're,
gonna,
I'm,
okay,
so
I'm
going
to
not
talk
about
all
the
things
we've
been
invited
to,
but
just
again
encourage
everyone
to
continue
to
look
at
our
social
media
because,
as
the
weather
gets
better,
we're
outside
we're
doing
things
and
we're
building
community
and
getting
to
know
our
neighbor,
which
makes
it
a
safer
place
and
a
place
people
desire
to
live
in.
Thank
you.
Thank.
F
F
So,
like
councilwoman
Riley
said
I,
you
know
obviously
I'm
not
going
to
repeat
that
because
you
heard
the
the
promotion,
but
it's
I
think
one.
One
thing
that
I
wanted
to
add
was
it.
The
event
is:
is
highlighting
the
benefits
of
purchasing
legal,
regulated
cannabis
rather
than
you
know,
unregulated
mystery
products.
F
There
is
also
a
cleanup
on
Saturday
May
6
at
a
Satish
report,
Park
also
known
as
Columbus
Park,
that's
going
to
be
from
11
to
2
o'clock
and
those
are
all
the
upcoming
events
we
were
able
to
attend
yesterday.
The
cvac
event
that
was
also
in
the
fourth
district
at
Sherry
Lindsay
Park,
the
tribute
of
Hope
for
the
the
memorial
for
victims
of
violent
crime,
I
think
there.
F
So
that
was
a
lovely
event.
Councilwoman
Riley
also
wanted
me
to
mention
that
porch
Fest
planning
has
begun.
Porch
Fest
is
one
of
my
favorite.
It's
in
the
Third
District
I
will
have
you
know
it's.
It's
truly
one
of
my
favorite
days
of
the
year.
I
I,
look
forward
to
it.
I
have
friends
who
used
to
live
in
Binghamton
come
back
every
year
to
they
look
forward
to
it
too
they're
from
all
over
from
New
York
City
from
Philadelphia.
F
They
all
come
back
for
porch
Fest
and
it
was
really
lovely,
seeing
the
gallery
relatively
full
of
engaged
citizens
and
constituents.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
coming
and
speaking
I
know,
even
as
an
adult.
My
first
time,
speaking
in
front
of
council
I,
was
very,
very
nervous,
so
Kudos
and
I
hope
that
yeah
we
can
have
more
meetings
like
this
in
the
future.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
H
H
H
I
drive
past
it
every
day,
I,
look
in
it
and
if
they're
it's
true
I
mean
we,
we
had
the
front
cleaned
up.
We
had
the
side
cleaned
up,
but
the
back
now
does
look
like
it's
it's
a
junkyard.
You
know
it
looks.
It
looks
like
the
county
dump,
you
know,
and
people
shouldn't
have
to
to
put
up
with
that.
You
know
so
I'll
call
tomorrow
and
we'll
start
working
on
this
again.
Thank
you.
Thank.
P
P
That's
the
lab!
There's
some
other
areas
in
that
area
that
that
really
really
need
some
attention
and
thank
you
to
to
DPW
for
the
continued
good
work
of
around
the
area
in
the
city.
We
appreciate
everything
that
they
do
and
just
a
personal
thanks
to
you
know
mentioned
in
depth
earlier,
but
personal
things
to
delete
for
helping
me
as
I
started
in
a
series
of
probably
seemingly
dumb
process,
questions
and
never-ending
questions.
P
D
Thank
you,
Mr
President,
congratulations,
Lee
and
your
future
endeavors.
Thank
you
for
all.
You've
done
for
us.
Just
serve
your
position.
Well
and
congratulations.
Janine.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
you.
Things
will
be
good,
I'm
sure
of
it.
So
let's
go
back
to
the
people
that
talked
from
the
south
side.
D
I've
got
a
same
situation,
a
house
on
my
side.
It's
the
unfortunately,
the
owner
left
it
to
three
different
people.
One
of
the
people
lived
there.
They
throw
garbage
out
back
DPW
cleans
it
up
sends
them
a
bill
which
nobody
will
pay
anyways
ever
because
they
didn't
pay
tax
on
the
house
of
two
years.
So
I
tell
the
Neighbors
which
isn't
good.
You
have
one
more
year
to
live
with
it
because
most
likely
they're
not
going
to
pay
the
taxes
and
they'll
be
out,
but
unfortunately
there's
not
much.
D
E
On
your
upcoming
graduation,
a
couple
things
that
we
already
mentioned,
really
the
tribute
of
the
hope
that
crime
Victim
Assistance
Center,
was
yesterday
and
it
was
such
a
wonderful
event.
It
was
really
nice
to
see
some.
You
know
my
fellow
council
members
there
and
you
know
it's
just
one
opportunity
to
be.
Oh,
no.
E
So
those
are
some
of
the
reflections
that
you
know.
I
was
certainly
having,
as
I've
heard,
the
speakers
yesterday.
So
anyway,
it
was
a
really
nice
event,
and
so
there
was
a
city
council
Proclamation
that
was
presented
there
also
to
the
Lindsay
family
and
I
want
to
thank
you,
member
of
Friedman
particularly
initiative
to
to
do
this.
So
that
was
really
nice
up
here.
E
So
a
lot
of
cleanups
have
been
going
on
because
it's
the
time
of
year
and
last
Saturday
I.
We
had
a
cleanup
in
the
west
side,
second
district
by
Thomas
Jefferson,
where
we
like
to
do
a
little
kickoff
cleanups
and
that
was
on
Earth
Day
I
want
to
thank
everybody
that
that
came
out
and
supported
that
it
was
kind
of
tied
into
the
Binghamton
University
University
alumni
volunteer
day.
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So
that
was
a
wonderful
event
and
I
think
my
nieces
for
always
coming
out
and
supporting
me
with
that,
so
to
just
tie
it
in
to
clean
to
the
the
trees
like
the
shade
trees.
The
gentleman
talked
about
and
the
environment,
and
most
of
you
know
that
I'm,
a
beekeeper
so
I
have
to
put
it
out
there,
don't
all
go
out
there
and
kill
your
dandelions
on
the
lawn
please
they
are
very
important
for
bees.
This
is
that
kind
of
season
taking
his
head.
We
need
to
support
her.
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E
Mean
on
your
lawn
on
your
lawn
so
anyway,
I
had
to
say
that,
but
outside
of
that
Lee
I
can't
say
enough.
I
can
ask
thank
you
and
all
for
all
the
support
that
you've
given
me
for
the
times
that
I
have
been
completely
just.
You
know,
unsure
about
certain
things
than
how
you
supported
me.
You've
been
a
friend
you've.
Given
me,
you
know
a
good.
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All
right,
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
came
down
and
spoke
lee
well
done
my
friend
best
of
luck
on
your
future
endeavors
to
you,
your
family,
always
in
our
thoughts
and
prayers.
Thank
you
for
the
support
to
the
body
to
the
clerk's
office
that
you've
made
over
the
last
seven
and
a
half
years
about
it's
been
and
equally
as
such.
Obviously
no
introduction
is
necessary.
Janine.
We
are
very,
very
proud
of
you.
Congratulations.
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There
is
no
one
better
that
can
be
in
this
role
and
we
know
you're
just
going
to
be
amazing
to
work
with
moving
forward.
So
thank
you
to
you
and
and
your
fiance
and
your
family
for
the
sacrifice
of
your
time,
because
probably
the
only
other
person
that
knows
that
sacrifice
is
well
late.
So
so
thank
you
to
you
both
and
thank
you
to
all
of
my
colleagues
and
with
that
being
said,
best
of
luck
to
the
bees
and
is
there
a
motion
to
adjourn.