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B
C
B
B
D
Okay,
so
this
is
an
ordinance
to
amend
the
2023
general
fund
for
the
third
round
of
the
health
care
workers
bonus
program
for
the
fire
department.
The
ordinance
is
to
increase
Personnel
Services
by
eighteen
thousand
Social
Security
by
one
thousand
three
hundred
and
seventy
seven
dollars
that
I'll
be
transferred
into
this
state
aid.
Other
Public
Safety
line
for
a
total
of
19
377
dollars.
E
So
I
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I'm
understanding
this
correctly.
This
is
state
aid
that
is
coming
in.
Yes,.
A
D
D
The
vesting
periods,
what
these
are,
these
are
just
bonuses
for
health
care
workers,
right
for
the
retention
of
their
services
and
just
the
as
a
reward
for
and
I'm
going
to
attract
the
new
Personnel,
so
in
2023,
I,
think
the
state
executive
budget
allocated
1.2
billion
and
then
there's
five
investing
periods.
So
there's
several
rounds
coming
in
as
new
firefighters
become
eligible
and
they
can
be
mailed
eligible
for
this
bonus.
B
B
B
At
this
time,
ask
the
mayor's
office
to
join
us.
G
B
So
we
have
a
few
URLs
here.
This
is
23-177
178,
180,
176,
179
and
175.
B
Megan
I'll
I'll,
give
you
complete
latitude
on
whatever
you
feel
is
comfortable.
The
floor
is
yours.
G
Okay,
thank
you,
councilman
and
so
I
will
start
with
Pat
RL.
If
that's
okay,
please.
A
G
Way
today,
so
RL
23-177,
this
is
to
amend
the
2023
Parks
budget
to
Fund
emergency
repair
to
the
parks
garage
bids
for
this
work
came
in
higher
than
than
Parks
had
expected,
so
they
need
this
additional
funding
to
complete
the
repairs.
G
This
is
what
Pat
came
to
council
with
at
one
of
the
previous
meetings
to
address
the
rear,
retaining
law.
So
this
is
to
stabilize
the
the
foundation
and
the
structural
Integrity
of
the
building.
G
Okay,
RL
23-178:
this
is
to
amend
the
budgets
upon
the
emergency
demolition
of
33
Charlotte
Street.
There
was
a
fire
at
this
property.
Emergency
demolition
was
needed
that
work
has
already
been
completed,
so
this
is
to
cover
the
cross
of
the
work
and
we're
asking
it
to
be
expedited
because
invoiced
this
and
we're
looking
to
get
this
bill
paid.
G
Okay,
RL
23-180:
this
is
to
move
250
000
from
the
bldc
revolving
Loan
Fund,
into
cdbg
program
income.
This
is
for
the
Clinton
Street
Square
project
city
council
approved
use
of
this
funds
for
that
project
in
the
approval
of
the
prior
budget.
So
this
just
moves
the
money
into
the
proper
fund,
so
the
city
can
go
ahead
and
start
spending
that
down
we're
asking
for
this
to
be
expedited
because
the
cdb
cdbg
fiscal
year
ends
at
the
end
of
this
month.
So
this
will
help
us
with
timeliness.
G
So
this
is
a
project
for
it's
a
parking
and
event
space
on
Clinton
Street
to
support
some
of
the
businesses
over
there.
That's.
B
G
Southern
Tier
network
has
had
some
leadership
changes
since
then,
and
in
discussions
with
the
new
executive
director
and
with
the
county,
which
has
conducted
its
own
Broadband
study,
it's
been
determined
that
this
kind
of
investment
by
the
city
would
not
be
as
much
of
a
benefit
to
City
residents,
as
we
had
previously
anticipated
green
light
and
Empire
networks
are
already
building
out
much
of
this
Broadband
infrastructure.
So
this
investment
is
not
really
needed
any
longer.
E
Good,
how
are
you
good
has
any
of
this
money
been
spent
on.
E
H
G
No
no
plan
in
place
yet
for
the
1
million
and
then
the
Broadband
infrastructure
that
this
was
intended
for
is
already
being
built
out
by
those
two
private
entities
already.
So
there's
not
not
the
need
for
the
the
public
boost
that
we
had
thought
so
we'll
on
allocate
and
no
plans
at
this.
I
I
G
I,
don't
know
if
they
have.
We
have
a
map
online.
B
For
it
and
I'll
send
it
to
you
if
I
can
find
it
thanks
it's
on
their
website,
yeah
and
I.
Just
I
want
to
add
to
that.
The
the
mayor's
plan
with
respect
to
this
infrastructure
project
is
incredible.
I
I
actually
got
a
knock
on
my
door
earlier
today.
I'll
just
say:
entities
and
businesses
that
are
there,
competition,
they're
starting
to
notice
so
yeah.
So
it's
it's
working
really
well.
B
Sure,
thank
you
Megan
very
much.
Thank
you
appreciate
you
at
this
time
really
quickly,
we'll
just
we'll
just
nudge
in
here
we'll
review,
RL
23-181
from
planning.
Ask
if
truly
up
Rowling
could
please
join
us.
B
J
All
right
so
as
part
of
the
contract
with
the
New,
York,
State,
opposite
parts
and
historic
preservation.
Can
you
hear
me
please?
J
We
have
to
I
guess,
agree
to
this
preservation
Covenant,
which
I've
attached
and
it's
it
is
a
25-year
Covenant.
It
runs
with
the
property,
so
it
goes
along
with
any
sale.
J
A
E
Thank
you,
president
sprinte
Hi
Dr
Burley.
How
are
you
fine?
How
are
you
good?
Can
you
help
me
understand
how
this
is
different
from
the
I
think
it
was
a
contract
that
we
previously
approved.
J
Contract
we
approved
is
that
I
think
was
for
the
contractor
to
do
the
work.
Okay,.
F
J
You're,
referring
to
we
have
a
separate
contract
from
the
state,
giving
us
the
money
and
deep
down
in
the
back
of
that
contract
was
a
little
quas.
Instead
must
have
preservation
and
conservation
agreement
in
place,
I'm
glitch,
they
have
notified
us,
so
we
haven't
done
so
so
this
is
just
part
of
the
state
contract
awarding
us
the
five
hundred
thousand
all
right
and
it's
between
the
state
and
the
city.
The
state
yeah.
I
Yeah
hi
doctor
does
this
have
something
to
do
with
the
the
carousel
being
moved,
because
we
have
to
do
this
before
we
can
move
the.
J
Character
before
we
can
do
anything
before
we
can
restore
the
horses,
we
move
the
structure.
I
A
A
I
J
J
I
A
B
This
time,
like
that's
the
the
mayor
to
join
us.
L
Evening,
hi
there
go
ahead
or
sir
sure
so
start
first
with
RL
23-179.
L
It
is
related
to
RL
23-175,
but
I'll
take
the
arpa
retention
incentive
first.
This
is
a
2023
update
to
what
city
council
approved
for
2022
following
discussions
with
the
police,
Union
and
members
of
the
department
on
retention
incentives
for
police
officers.
This
number
this
amount
is
slightly
higher
than
the
previous
year
to
account
for
costs
related
to
FICA
that
were
not
figured
out
as
part
of
the
first
allocation.
So
that's
the
difference,
but
the
application
of
the
funds
is
exactly
the
same.
L
It
is
providing
an
incentive
for
officers
who
are
on
the
four
says
of
December
1st
2023.
It's
the
same
process
as
last
year
for
basically
a
retention
incentive.
Excellent
we've
offered
similar
incentives
for
DPW,
which
I
think
went
to
a
previous
city
council
meeting,
it's
a
smaller
number
for
sure,
but
that
was
included
in
their
contract.
Thank.
E
You
president
scrungy
Hi
mayor,
good
I,
am
wondering
if
we
have
any
data
to
suggest
that
the
recentives,
the
the
the
retainment
incentives,
functioned
as
intended.
Do
we
know
that
this
extra
money
from
arpa
actually
contributed
to
an
increase
in
applicants
and
retained
officers?
I.
L
Will
say
in
terms
of
applicants,
we
did
receive
more
than
80
applications.
However,
the
retention
incentive
would
not
apply
to
those
officers
who
are
seeking
new
employment
and
it's
very
difficult
to
gauge
how
many
officers
chose
to
stick
around,
even
if
for
an
additional
six
months
or
a
year
to
get
this
incentive
versus
retiring
at
an
earlier
time.
L
It's
very
difficult
to
measure
that,
but
these
incentives
were
based
on
discussions
that
we
had
with
the
police
Union
regarding
the
need
to
help
incentivize
people
to
stick
around,
namely
in
those
officers
who
are
near
retirement
age
or
at
retirement
age
with
20
plus
years
getting
them
to
stick
around
for
an
additional
six
months.
12
months
would
really
assist
numbers
and
it's
it's
something
that
we
had
received.
A
lot
of
good
feedback
from
the
Union
and
you
know
I
can
get
into
kind
of
more
detail
with
RL
23-175,
just
kind
of
some.
L
If
you
don't
mind,
if
I
can
switch
the
courses
I
think
it's
very
much
related
sure.
So
you
know
right
now,
in
the
police
department
we're
down
with
those
who
are
leaving
choosing
to
retire
going
to
be
down
27
positions
in
just
a
few
weeks.
L
It
represents
roughly
a
19
Staffing
shortage
within
the
department
and
when
you
strip
out
a
lot
of
the
administrative
offices
or
folks
who
are
not
on
patrol
you're,
talking
about
a
severely
a
severe
Personnel
issue
with
the
police
department
in
October
of
last
year,
I
had
a
broad,
ranging
discussion
with
the
police
Union
about
ways
that
we
can
modernize
and
improve
working
conditions
for
police.
L
Some
of
them
have
to
do
with
pay,
which
I
know
that
we're
talking
a
little
bit
about
tonight,
but
others
had
to
do
with
things
that
you
know
you
don't
necessarily
think
of
when
we
think
about
workplace
environments.
Number
one
was
upgrades
to
the
city's
Fleet
of
police
cars,
which
city
council
has
been
very
supportive
of.
These.
Are
the
offices
that
our
officers
sit
in
eight
to
sometimes
12
hours
a
day
they
were
getting
old.
They
were
getting
a
lot
of
miles
on
them.
L
L
You
know
not
having
such
sort
of
20th
century
rules
on
that,
as
well
as
an
update
to
how
we
schedule
and
I
think
that
there
are
some
short-term
wins
that
we've
had
in
terms
of
scheduling
going
to
a
new
mobile
based
scheduling
software
for
our
officers,
but
I
think
in
the
long
term
the
city
has
to
look
at
and
the
union
is
certainly
interested
in
where
talking
with
the
administration.
L
On
this
a
more
a
modern
21st
century
scheduling
of
shifts,
many
departments
have
gone
to
a
four
ten
hour
day,
shift
type
as
opposed
to
the
5
8,
as
we
have
right
now.
In
addition
to
the
flexibilities,
it
allows
for
training
again
a
lot
of
the
larger
metropolitans.
Have
that
type
of
scheduling
that's
going
to
take
some
time
and
some
working
with
the
Union.
If
and
when
we
would
ever
want
to
go
to
that,
and
certainly
would
have
to
be
part
of
contract
negotiations.
L
But
Above
All
In
in
kind
of
the
prevailing
sentiment
that
I
received
from
not
just
meeting
with
the
Union
as
a
whole,
but
talking
to
officers
who
are
choosing
to
leave
the
department
through
retirement
or
choosing
to
go
to
other
agencies
across
the
Southern,
Tier
or
state
police
was
the
pay.
The
fact
that
Binghamton
is
the
largest
police
agency
in
the
Southern
Tier.
It
responds
to
the
highest
number
of
calls,
but
is
not
necessarily
competitive
as
it
relates
to
annual
salary.
L
Suburban
police
departments
such
as
Vestal
are
making
more
than
the
Binghamton
Police
Department,
so
it
was
drawing
top
talent
away
from
BPD
and
having
them
go
to
sheriff's
office
or
store,
or
the
state
police
to
to
to
make
more
money,
essentially,
and
obviously
that
the
style
of
policing
is
different
in
those
municipalities
as
well.
L
L
As
of
you
know,
in
a
couple
weeks,
when
some
retirements
get
finalized
and
knowing
that
we
could
continue
to
lose
positions
in
the
future,
I
I,
just
you
know,
we
looked
at
it
as
an
opportunity
to
update
our
our
pay
scale,
extend
our
pay
contract
out
from
a
compensation
only
standpoint
for
another
two
years,
which
is
advantageous
to
the
city
and
make
sure
that
we
are
competitive
compared
to
Suburban
municipalities
or
the
sheriff's
department,
as
it
relates
to
pay.
L
It
won't
allow
us
to
fill
all
27
positions
tomorrow,
certainly
not,
but
we
have
to
make
an
effort
to
go
and
become
more
competitive.
The
other
thing
with
that
number
of
positions
down
is
that
we're
not
talking
about
a
severe
Financial
hit
to
the
city,
you're,
really
a
hit
of
any
kind
with
that
number
of
positions
down
and
given
the
realities
of
how
many
officers
you're
able
to
hire
per
year,
given
who
takes
the
test,
we're
still
going
to
hire,
be
able
to
hire
10
12
officers
in
the
next
year
and
absorb
these.
L
Next
year,
as
I
said
before,
just
a
couple,
a
quick
notes
again
down
27
positions,
roughly
19
I,
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I
hit
all
on
kind
of
all
the
notes
Here
that
I
had
I've
got
a
couple
more,
but
if
folks
have
questions
first,
I
can
go
from
there.
Yep.
I
Yeah
thanks
for
coming
down
mayor,
my
question
would
be
is:
if
we
have
that
many
empty
positions,
then
there
must
be
a
lot
of
funds
available.
I
L
We're
using
arpa
funds
for
the
retention
in
seven
incentive
for
2023,
but
for
the
new
contract
we
would
use
non-arpa
funds
to
your
point.
The
money
that's
not
being
spent
as
part
of
that
that
Personnel
when.
L
In
24.,
that's
what
RL,
okay
23-175
is:
okay,
20.
B
L
So
I
would
say
you
know
right
now.
The
number
is
around
24
and
we've
got
three
officers
who
are
one
person
is
moving
out
of
town
getting
out
of
law
enforcement.
Another
officer
is
transferring
to
a
position
in
the
Broome
County
correctional
facility,
and
another
officer
is
going
to
work
as
an
SRO
in
the
Broome
County
SRO
program.
E
L
That's
correct:
it's
essentially
how
you
would
approve
any
sort
of
contract,
so
just
like
we've
come
down
with
and
council
member
I'm,
not
sure
what
contracts
have
come
down
during
your
tenure,
but
I
think
Teamsters
did
last
year.
So
it's
basically
adoption
of
a
a
contract.
In
this
case
it's
just
limited
to
compensation
and
not
other
elements,
but
it's
essentially
authorizing
a
extension
of
the
Union
contract
and
in
funding
these
these
basically
these
rates.
L
Now
the
number
of
positions
is
subject
to
the
budget
process,
certainly,
but
the
the
wages
of
those
positions
that
are
budgeted
would
be
Guided
by
the
collective
bargaining
agreement,
like
any
other
City
Union.
L
Yes,
the
term
any
other
terms
that
it's
included
in
the
Union
contract,
whether
that
deals
with
discipline,
retirement
health,
insurance
all
remains
as
status
quo,
and
the
only
change
is
the
wage
schedule
change,
and
you
know
if,
if
you
talk
to,
if
you
dig
into
the
details
having
an
extension,
that
is
a
wage
only
extension
while
we're
providing
these
raises.
Having
those
other
variables
stay,
as
is,
is
advantageous
to
the
city.
L
E
L
So
some
there's
an
article
in
the
New
York
Times
over
the
weekend
that
some
police
agencies
are
asking
for
stipends
to
wear
body
cameras.
Some
unions
are
certainly
not.
L
I
I
L
An
addition,
so
what
was
approved
before
was
the
2022
retirement
or
excuse
me
retention
incentive.
This
would
be
the
2023
retention
incentive,
it's
slightly
more
because
when
we
last
brought
it
down
to
council,
we
did
not
include
some
FICA
costs
that
would
be
for
both
years.
So.
I
L
E
Thank
you,
I
lied,
I,
have
another
question:
is
this
coming
from
the
Lost
revenue
of
arpa,
or
this
is
the
unallocated
arpa?
This.
L
You
have
to
remember
bonuses
you
have
to
remember
is
that
arpa
in
of
itself
was
a
certainly
a
relief
package
in
the
era
of
covid,
but
it
was
a
economic
stimulus
from
the
Biden
Administration.
It
was
not
at
any
point
ever
tied
specifically
to
response
from
covid
the
economics
response
from
covet,
certainly,
but
it
was
never
specifically
to
a
health
or
Human
Services
response.
L
For
example,
you
know
Water
and
Sewer
infrastructure
was
always
involved
in
arpa.
That
was
never
a
specific
to
the
covet
pandemic.
Well,.
L
That
were
eligible
responses,
but
it
was
never
limited
strictly
to
responding
to
that
pandemic
or
any
pandemic.
It
was
more
of
an
economic
stimulus
and
and,
as
we've
seen,
the
U.S
treasury
has
expanded
the
eligible
uses
over
time
of
of
arpa
funds
to
include
now
surface
transportation
and
any
eligible
use
of
cdbg
is
now
eligible
for
arpa
as
well.
So
they've
continued
to
and
really
based
on,
the
advocacy
of
groups
like
the
U.S
Conference
of
Mayors
expand
the
number
of
eligible
uses
to
to
impact.
L
You
know
economics
and
more
Community
Development
sort
of
operations.
Certainly
the
cdbg
cares.
The
money
that
we
got
was
certainly
related
to
coronavirus
response
and
we
are
very
limited
in
how
we
can
spend
those
funds
and
even
have
not
spent
funds
in
support
of
non-profits
or
other
entities,
because
they
were
unable
to
prove
an
impact
from
covet.
B
Thank
you,
councilman
any
other
discussion
mayor.
One
thing
I
was
thinking
about
that
I
you
touched
on
the
touched
on
the
stabbing
shortages
and
you
had
mentioned
that
one
of
our
officers
is
actually
going
to
the
SRO
program.
A
B
I
know
that's
that
we've
engaged
it
file
as
it
relates
to
how
we're
obviously
bargaining
with
the
collective
marketing
unit
the
police
Union.
L
So
the
SRO
program,
through
the
Broome
County
District
Attorney's
office
and
the
one
with
deposit
with
the
Broome
County
Sheriff's
Office,
that
that
is
separate
than
what
we
do
with
the
city
school
district,
where
we
contract
with
them,
but
the
biggest
impact
that
the
city
has
been
from
a
Personnel
standpoint.
There
has
been
a
number
over
the
years
of
officers
who
have
chose
to
retire
and
because
my
understanding
is
there's
no
waiver
requirement
for
retired
police
officers
who
are
getting
SRO
jobs.
L
The
economics
of
it
make
it
very
difficult,
if
not
impossible,
for
the
city
to
compete.
If
you're
a
20-year
officer
making,
you
know
eighty
eight
thousand
dollars
a
year,
you're
able
to
or
81
000
or
whatever
you
know,
number
you're
able
to
retire
receive.
You
know
generally
fifty
percent
of
your
salary
and
then
go
make
a
full
salary
without
the
requirement
for
a
waiver
or
any
limits
on
your
retirement
income
by
being
an
SRO.
So
that
program
being
as
robust
as
it
is
in
Broome
County
has
led
to
many.
L
And
you
know
you
can't
really
blame
them.
Officers
choosing
to
retire
and
and
maximize
their
earning
potential,
and
certainly
the
job
of
an
SRO
is,
is
not
as
rigorous
as
a
patrolman
for
the
Binghamton
Police
Department.
So
that
has
contributed
to
whether
SRO
DA's
office,
investigator
or
other
positions
that
are
able
to
get
waivers
or
are
not
subject
to
waivers.
We've
been
really
trying
to
retain
officers
with
one
hand
tie
behind
our
back.
B
Thank
you
yeah.
That's
that's
really
interesting,
because
we
obviously
we
think
we
think
a
lot
about.
You
know
the
the
positive
impact
for
our
children
and
our
schools
and
the
community
at
large,
but
I
think
we
tend
to
forget
that
you
know
it
can
it
can
pull
away
from
the
current
pool
of
officers
that
we
have
and
that
that
can
be
an
impact.
That's
correct
appreciate
that
man,
any
other
discussion
saying
none.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
very
much
appreciate
you.
B
This
time
at
this
time,
forgive
me
we
will
review
RL,
23,
Dash,
182
and
Corporation
Council
four
is
yours:.
K
We
are
asking
to
amend
the
2023
budget
for
the
office
of
Corporation
count
Council
by
200
000.
This
is
for
outstanding
legal
bills,
partly
from
the
eminent
domain
proceedings
as
well
as
proceedings
involving
officer
discipline,
we
will
be
doing
a
separate
RL
for
office
supplies.
K
E
You,
president
sperangie,
where
is
this
money
coming
from.
K
We
believe
that
it's
supposed
to
be
coming
out
of
the
police
budget.
Okay,.
C
B
Thank
you
councilwoman.
Thank
you,
Madam
clerk,
can
you
can
you
send
me
that
in
an
email
I'll
make
sure
that
cuts
to
the
body?
Thank
you
very
much.