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you are participating in public speak time or the public hearing thank you this meeting is now called to order Maryann ped coniff here Connie denim here Salem Derby present Felicia jazik here JP quiny Tom Peak here Brad Riley
here Tamara Smith JT Terrell here okay and I'm going to try something a little different tonight I'm going to invite people that would like to uh take a moment of silence to do that uh and if you would like to join us in the Pledge of Allegiance then you may do that now to the flag of the United States of
America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liberty and justice for all I will work today okay um so we do have some minutes um
from March 19th uh so I would entertain a motion to approve those minutes so move second okay we have a motion in second any further discussion seeing none all those in favor I any against or abstaining abstain okay motion passes
one exstension uh and now is the time for anybody from the public to address the Council on anything that is not related to our public hearing please come to the podium state your name and address for the record and uh 3
minutes um 22 Overlook Drive I wanted to talk to the council about um and battery storage proposal that is um being put forth for Westfield um not sure if anybody was aware of the Moss Landing fire in
January in California lithium battery storage facility that burned for 5 days because there's no way to put them up um in New York in 2023 they had eight lithium battery storage facilities four of them caught on fire and burnt for
several days uh the damage that would be done to our um aaer first of all but also the heavy metals that are in the smoke that are being found miles and miles away from the actual fire sit um would damage our are soils and Farms the
prediction because of the top the Topography of the Pioneer Valley is that what likely would be damaged is from the Westfield area down to Southwick but then all the way up to Greenfield and also including all the way over to quaven perhaps also um causing and
poisoning of the quaven reservoir likely our Barnes aror our only Water Resource would no longer be viable if there was a fire there the high the High rate of fires in these facilities um is concerning many towns um in New York
have stopped building them until alternatives for fire suppression can be made and there still is no clear indication of what would happen to some of these batteries in extreme freezing temperatures um given where we live it
is very likely to have some extreme freezing temperatures um we know with regular batteries if they're outside and they freeze they explode um and what would happen if they started leaking there just is not enough information about these batteries to put such a big
facility um and Westfield many of the city council are opposing it the state and the developer went around the city council city council didn't get a chance neither did any of their environmental um um boards get a chance to review this
these proposals um and this hearing for citing this is going to be on April 29th um so hopefully we can oppose this um because I don't think we want to risk our only water supply thank you thank
you anyone else I want to bring up 15 here apartment 413 and I've been wanting to see along with
there a Citywide tryed and I've been watching things out my windows and when I met Outdoors too and what in different times of the day and so on and so forth and we talked
twice before this and the last time we agreed to hold it off because we didn't think it was good well now that things are warmer it's different people are really moving fast on the stre right here out
here by the ark be between the hand you know the hand the uh Pond and and the building the house of course and I think that the better at to do is to pass it now and fix the prees
later because people are really traveling very fast I watch it today I almost saw a girl on a bike get hit Crossing one of the the P U righted by my
driveway I was in a car getting home from people who were taking me for grocery shopping I don't have a car and and we were both scared he was coming down from from the other part and he was just about to go over
her and going ride on a bike it's true that it's better to get off your bike and walk than she didn't but nonetheless I I just this kind of stuff is hard and and people are really doing things very
fast so I think you should put it in and and uh because the common is that 25% 25 ft miles hour is not much low lower than 30 and lots of the places
are 30 inide city others are 35 that too isn't very anyway so that's it enough I thank you hope you understand why I think it's better to bring it in and then fix it
later good evening counselors Chad Alexander uh resident of Fox Run also a member of the police department uh I just wanted to touch on the last statements about speeding uh one thing we recognize from the police department especially with the weather getting better now the snow
banks are uh gone and everything one thing uh as part of the leadership team of the police department we committed to traffic and one big thing uh is we're looking to get a full-time traffic car back it's going to take some moving around of uh Staffing but definitely
something once our staffing is full is one thing that's definitely on our agenda uh also just so you're aware um our shifts I think tonight we have four officers total working for the whole city uh when not on calls they are
encouraged and uh told to be out doing traffic in neighborhoods while you don't always see them we have several square miles to cover we're all over uh with just the three or four officers working for shift but um we are out we do recognize the uh speeding and other
traffic issues and uh just rest assured once our staffing is back to full Staffing uh one thing we're looking at is a full-time permanent traffic officer uh for 8 hours a day that would be covering uh traffic complaints and car accidents anything traffic
related t on that thankk you thank you JS cinsky 47 hannam Brook Drive speaking as a private citizen uh I don't know if anybody of you noticed but there have been a few uh attempts to cut Social Security for a
few folks and to cut the services and the ability to be able to reach offices by cutting closing offices or cutting the phone lines to those offices that's essentially like saying let's take a you a 90y old person 95y old person and have
them travel 100 miles or 150 mil to get their social security straighten out absolutely ridiculous I could go on and on with veterans care veterans those who've asked to Bear the battle those who have served who expect
decency from us a few folks are outraged I happen to be one of this Saturday in Boston in hardford fact there five or six towns oh there's actually one in East ampton
right here right here at the rotary this Saturday from 12: to 1:30 I encourage everyone who has any compassion for another human being for who make care about themselves to show
up and let their voice be heard thank you thank you anybody else uh for public speak uh we don't have anybody online so I think we'll move on okay
um so we don't have any items for immediate attention tonight uh do I have any Communications from elected boards any uh announcements from any counselors I counselor Kinski and then if you have
I had one that I wanted to mention about Precinct one and that was about the intersection of East Street and Route 5 don't know if you've been there recently or have traveled that area I did have a conversation with the police department
about it and it was concerning because you couldn't figure out how to make the turn there were some improvements with the new uh Dunkin Donuts that was placed on the corner and the new traffic signal you can't figure out is is the
right lane a turning lane to come to into up go up East Street and into East Hampton or is the right lane a bike lane well fortunately in my conversations with the D and thank you to the very many citizens who wrote to the
do the dot went out and placed cones at that intersection the cones are there to tell people you don't make a right turn by going into the bike lane to make the right turn a sign was also placed at the entry
point to the area which warns people don't use the right lane to make a a turn using the bike lane so now folks who drive that area will understand listen I I went into the bike lane when I the first time I approached it and was
wondering how do you make I couldn't figure it out so I know I'm not alone in that regard now we know let's put everybody on notice let's figure it out I thank the do for coming through on that and I understand that they're considering and
may very well put in stanions as a permanent basis to keep the lanes separated from one another so that folks will understand how to how to utilize the intersection so thank you very much and I hope this message can get out to everybody
uh I also had another notice that I see someone in the audience and I'm going to take this opportunity because I should have said something last week but I see we have an audience
member who's no longer sitting here but this was a letter that I neglected to to to read at last our last meeting uh and it was from Melissa zansky and Melissa writes today we celebrate an
extraordinary milestone in the life of a remarkable individual whose dedication and service to the city of East Hampton has touched every corner of our community for over 40 years Barbara La bombard has been a Cornerstone of our local community exemplifying the highest
ideals of Civic service integrity and professionalism I'm going to get teary eyed as city clerk she's guided us through several transitions transforming from a town to a city adapting a new voting regulat to the new voting
regulations and managing numerous challenging local state and national elections always with quiet strength unwavering commitment and deep love for this community throughout her Decades of service Barbara has demonstrated her
authentic leadership leading with Grace standing strong in the face of adversity and consistently putting the needs of the Community First she is the kind of leader who does not seek the spotlight leading by example and proving time and
again that a community's true strength lies in the hearts of those who selflessly serve it Beyond her official roles Barbara has actively volunteered with numerous local organizations expanding her positive impact and inspiring others to do the
same Barbara has taught us the importance of patience attention to detail and perseverance she has played an integral role in shaping this city leaving behind a lasting Legacy of Public Service marked by a quiet yet powerful Grace that will resonate for
generations to come as you enter this well-deserved retirement Barbara we thank you not just for your exemplary professionalism and your contributions but also for the lasting impact you made on all of us for
the wisdom You' shared the guidance You' provided in the example you've set on behalf of everyone in East ampton residence visitors and passers by here's to you a trueu stamp tonian a model of civic duty a colleague and a friend we
are proud to know may your retirement be filled with the same peace joy and fulfillment you brought to our lives all these years best Melissa zany former city councelor city of East ston thank you thank you um councelor Den did you
have something you wanted to add well I had an announcement but I think we're we're at 6:15 if you if you want to do it after the public hearing fine I want to be respectful so um we do have our uh public hearing scheduled at 5 6:15 and it's now 6:16 open the public hearing
second thank you we have a motion the second all those in favor I I uh okay and it looks like this is supplemental appropriation councelor Peak thank you Mr President uh it's funny uh that you uh got you read this because I think what we have tonight uh Barb had
described to us as a little going away present to us um which is to say that uh she found a pretty good deal on something that is not an emergency but doing it seems smart and we'll probably uh be glad that we did it later uh so
right now we have a uh uh the these uh IM image cast Precinct tabulators so if you voted any as I certainly hope all of you have as city councilors um you you you know that we we upgraded them a few
years back uh and so you uh you know you go fill out your ballot and it feeds through this Optical scanner and then into the the bin um the ones we have right now work and they'll continue to work there there's one problem with them which is they take
just a little bit longer than the ones that we had before not enough that maybe the average voter would notice but if you are administering an election then during the busy times it it does add up a little bit and leads to uh maybe just slightly longer uh times on average um
so there is a newer one that's come out that is uh a bit faster uh and so you know again this it adds up over time and it should close it should lead to if if we adopt this if we if we trade in our current ones which is what's being
proposed uh for for the the new uh tabulators it should slightly speed up uh the time uh and it also you know the way that the U the Barb pitched this uh to us was kind of like trading in a car
while it still has some value um I mean that's that's essentially what we'd be doing is we we'd be returning hours and and then getting some brand new ones while they still have some value you know if we wait the the current ones will continue to work they'll be a little bit slower they'll continue to work but at some point we'll want to get
new ones and we'll have to pay a good deal more money than this because we won't necessarily get uh this deal so um what is proposing is uh it would end up costing us $118,000
$1,168 128 and um basically the idea is that we would be returning our uh 8 seven yeah we'll trade in one so yeah
we'd be trading in we'd be giving all of our uh tabulators and getting that that number minus one back um so we still will have some backups but we we probably have a little bit more in reserve than we need right now and then we'll get uh we we'll we'll have these
slightly faster ones for a a lot less than what it would usually take to just buy them on the market uh bar would you like to fill in on any of that yeah so right right now we have we have eight tabulators we have five precs I had originally purchased six and then in 202
we got a really good deal um to buy basically for $300 we got two more tabulators which is you know it was practically for free so um we don't really need eight but I do think it's good to have a couple extra so what I've
um talked to the company about is trading in one full box and brain um just giving that back so they're going to give us um a re you know they're going to give us a trade and value on that the rest we would just get the new
tops but they would retrofit the boxes so but they would they would take our our current gen 1es and they would give us the new generation 2 on so I mean they it was the manufacturer is giving a really good discount comes to over
$8,000 um I've got some money left from we get money for from the state for it's called extended polling hours money um and I kind of built that up a little bit so I had some of that left and now that we're
done with elections for this year I was able to free up so using those little bits and pieces of of money it brought it down to only 18 for for the project what did it start at Tom 207 27 so
so yeah it it seemed like the time to do it we you know we'd eventually have to do it anyway so might as well get it while we're getting kind of good rebates like a car rebate kind of thank you do any counselors have any questions
or comments of course I do Council con I don't have any questions but I just want to reiterate um as a person who has worked the election since I first retired from city council um they're slow and um they are also the brains or
the the screen that you look at really doesn't make any sense so I think that the verbiage on that is going to get better and it'll actually be user friendly maybe but what I think out of all this
that I think is the the best thing is the way Barb has very thoughtfully stored money away um from 22 24 and 25 uh extra voting hour money or whatever it's called polling hour money
some some money from her election budget excuse me and some other things that she has thoughtfully put together so that we went from 27,000 down to 18,000 and we are getting upgrades so it's fairly
painless um and I just appreciate that you have you really looked into this and you thoughtfully uh managed the money which is awesome any other counselors counselor jic um this does sound like a great deal so appreciative of all the work you're
you're putting in even after you're well earned retirement I'm curious what the estimated lifespan of the new machines is going to be um it's a good question so our first machines that we had the ACU votes they lasted for 20 years um the ones that we have now we've had for
eight I think so you know technology changes really fast these days and um this is the best we can get here I mean I I would expect probably at least probably 10 more years um but you know things change and you never really know
but yeah another really good thing I meant um is that with along with this um it there's a year warranty which is really good and it also means that there will be um support from the vendor in the area on the first election so if
anything comes up there'll be somebody around so that's good too Council denim yeah thank you Mr President so uh again I just want to express my gratitude um for this I think it's um
really um a good thing that we're giving them back while there're still quality uh and there's there's funds within them I think we live in a very divisive time politically and I think it's really important that our
voters have confidence in in the process and whatnot and so I appreciate the fact that you know this is an upgrade and it can continue to to support the East ORD voter in terms of being able to participate um it's
accessible um and you know just want to you know once again thank you for the thoughtfulness in which you um and integrity that you brought to the election process in he CED great any other counselors before I
open up to the public any from anybody from the public have any comments on this step to the podium and state your name and address for the record hi Garder so I wish to talk about mostly just one
aspect of the proposed ordinance to allow short-term rentals in our city oh this I'm sorry this this particular time is just to address the voting machines oh I'm so public speak uh the other public speak was earlier oh it's earlier
yeah and um okay I'll do it another night sorry about that yeah thank you any anybody else from the public want to comment on the item of the voting machines
tabulators okay seeing none counc Pete all right I'll make the following request in the form of a motion a request is hereby made for approval of the following appropriation amount requested $1,168 128 to be transferred from
Capital stabilization 8,168 128 to be transferred 2 fy2 voting equipment $1,168 28 the amount requested will be used for the following purpose uh the funding would be used to upgrade the city's voting equipment image cast
Precinct tabulators gen one icps uh to the next generation of tabulators icp2 um the new equipment is faster than the current tabulators and the purchase includes a Year's warranty training and area coverage for the first election
that being the November 2025 city election second second okay we have a motion in the second any further discussion okay thank you Barbara appreciate this this is the final gift on the way out uh all those in favor I
any against or abstentions motion passes okay I would entertain a motion to close the public hearing Mo second we have a motion the second all those in favor I I any extensions no it's okay um so that brings us back to Communications councelor denim yeah actually just
before Mr President is it possible to suspend the rules since we have one individual one person I I don't have a problem with that so great if do we need to suspend the rules I I think we should vote on the suspension so we would just need a motion I'd like to make a motion
we have a motion in a second any further discussion all those in favor I uh public speak is now open again if you'd like to come up and very yeah you're very kind for being here I had to look at the agenda
before so again just say your name and address for the record and you have three minutes thank you Laurel Garder 13 plan Street I wish to talk about mostly just one aspect of the proposed ordinance to allow short-term rentals in our city I'm going to read a letter that
I've sent to both daily newspapers in our area and before I do full disclosure I am married to East Building Commissioner he sometimes has unenviable tasks but he has great integrity so here's my letter with a few
additions beyond the newspaper's 250w limit East Hampton City Council is poised to review an ordinance legalizing and regulating short-term rentals in the city EG airbnbs the current draft allows up to
50 properties for this use including whole house houses Apartments parts of houses and accessory dwelling units also called adus before the current moratorium on cease and desist orders was declared to
address this issue there was no provision in East hampson's Building Code that allowed short-term rentals so any entity renting to visitors for fewer than 29 days other than licensed bed and
breakfast establishments was operating illegally arguably each time a bedroom apartment house or accessory dwelling unit is used for short-term rather than long-term rental rental housing
diminishes for people who want to live here that's why many cities and towns have enacted highly restrictive regulations and others have outright prohibited short ter rentals to name a few locally Southampton Westampton
Hatfield ammer I am focusing this letter on just one aspect of the proposed ordinance adus both the Commonwealth and East Hampton's councilors have explicitly defined and promoted adus as a small
Earnest effort to increase rental housing and or allow aging residents to keep their homes not to create housing for itinerant tourists for the June 16th 2021 city council meeting of about
accessory dwelling units you can go to the city's website I believe it is disingenuous for East Hampton's first law permitting short-term rentals to include adus I do hope there will be more
dialogue around whether to allow apartments or whole homes for this use or how many but at least start by removing adus from the mix let's work toward an ordinance that better balance B es the Privileges of
property ownership of everyone's need for housing other towns including South Hadley which is capped at 25 no adus allowed have already done this thank you that's a good
timing okay thank you um so then we'll go back to council Communications perfect thank you so much uh first I just want to acknowledge to all the counselors that I am working on um resolution regarding the lithium
battery uh storage proposal in Westfield so if anyone would like to work on that uh please let me know um also the bees committee um there are uh a few people on the committee uh and it's being sponsored by the bees committee who are
organizing a plan year Garden um event which is a co-working event and Seed swap to uh um kind of design and work on your garden for the for the coming um season so that will be um April 16th
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and it'll be in the East Hampton Library Annex um and no registration is required so that's a I think a great opport great Community uh building opportunity also supports
um um uh pollinator Garden but also just uh food Gardens for those people who uh might be food insecure Etc so or people who want to support um Victory Gardens or anything like that to be able to um
uh just promote food security within the within the city thank you and again thank you for being our uh member on the bees committee uh so anybody else okay um I don't have anything Council
kazinski do you have anything Madame mayor thank president um somewhat uh appropriate uh to uh Stan McCoy uh came to me a couple of weeks ago he was he and Joe McCoy
were major forces about the creation and cultivation of our Farmers Market um and they uh through the board and started transitioning um off of the board uh bar is not the president um I mean
the treasurer of the board of of the farmers market uh a part of that transition included uh Julie uh tuman who you may know is crooked pops uh owner and
entrepreneur uh and Julie stepped into that role right before of it and um just did an amazing job in a very difficult uh period so um Stan approach me about recognizing that um because she was on
the board and a lot of folks didn't realize um her work so I'd like to um present this certificate of recognition um to Julie that states in
honor of your outstanding leadership and dedication to the east tempton Farmer Market and the local community your tireless efforts during the covid-19 pandemic your role in growing the market and your commitment to supporting local
farmers Artisans and those facing food and security have made a profound impact through your vision and hard work you have helped create a sustainable resource for the community ensuring its growth in success ESS for years to come
thank you for your exceptional contributions to eastampton given the second day of April 2025 by the fellator of East hampon um just to add and and it's come up in the meeting um the sustainability and the
growth um while amazing and and definitely amazing and whatnot has given or has a secondary positive uh uh confidence that or I don't know what the word it is um given we are coming
into another period of extreme food insecurity and connections through Federal programs to get fresh food to folks and and sta benefits and uh J's work with the board as well as the
farmer market uh manager has put that structure together for us that will need to be um uh defined differently because of funding sources but we have it in place and also the market is now consistently um structured where we have
a Winter Market that's consistent as well as summer markets which uh start not too far from uh today so uh if I could amend that uh certificate this certificate of recognition it would include like what we're going into so
thank thank you for the time and we will be mailing this to to uh uh Julie in the coming days great thank you uh and that brings us to Communications from boards or committees uh Finance councilor Peak
thank you Mr President um so uh we met last week to discuss uh the uh tabulators that we just voted on uh we'll be beinging next week uh to discuss a couple Appropriations that I'll uh do a first reading of in just a minute
before I do that I just want to make one announcement um because at our last meeting uh we uh did uh discuss uh dates for upcoming uh budget meetings and those dates uh have changed due to some
uh factors with the city leadership so uh if anybody I mean these will all be on the city website so no need to you know uh memorize this but just for the benefit of of the public um as as of right now and this could change again
our uh schedule for our budget meetings is going to be we're going to be meeting on uh May 12th to discuss Revenue General government and the CPA uh May 13th to discuss Public Safety and Human Services May 19th uh to discuss
uh uh Public Works Enterprise culture and recreation uh May 20th to discuss education debt and interest and May 28th for the final vote so that is our current uh schedule and we were going to
meet uh for some of the stuff a bit earlier and uh but we that earlier was so that if something got complicated we'd have the ability to move it back and things got complicated so we moved it back so uh yeah that's I I just
wanted to say that um can I can I ask a question um on 528 when you say final vote that's for the fin committe final vote the counsel correct uh yes thank you for the clarification yes the final vote for the finance committee's recommendation of the budget and then it
will go to the full Council for an actually binding vote because all the votes that we take in committee are just suggestions um so uh I have these two items that that I'll uh do a first reading in the form
of a motion uh for both of the I would like to move them to finance committee and also to set a public hearing for what would that be the 16th April 16th at 6:15 in these Chambers um so uh here
we go uh here's the first one request is hereby made for the approval of the following appropriation amount requested $4,500 to be transferred from Treasurer salary $4,500 to be transferred to Central purchase in bulk paper
$1,500 USPS postage $2,500 other supplies $500 for a total of $4,500 the amount requested will be used for the following purpose one bulk paper purchases two postage for up USPS Postal
machine and three other office supplies second okay we have a motion in the second any further discussion to send this item to finance and set the public hearing okay all those in favor I any abstentions or NOS motion passes okay uh the second one
um same deal uh request is hereby made for approval of the following appropriation amount requested $20,000 to be transferred from General stabilization $20,000 to be transferred to Legal $20,000 the amount request will be used for the following purposes uh
legal cost build for fy2 okay we have a motion the second any further discussion uh see none all those in favor any abstention or NOS motion passes uh thank you councelor p uh Public Safety councelor trell thank you
Mr President uh we met shortly after our last council meeting um and we had a very Lively discussion regarding uh daily field traffic and the proposed change to the flow of traffic regarding daily field road uh we had a lot of Resident show up which I which was great
voicing their concern um after some research it was found out however that daily field road is a private road and city council and or Public Safety commiss Committee have no jurisdiction over said private road so that is a
topic that's we are going to send back to the park and W Commission because of said fact that we do not have jurisdiction over that um if the park and wreck would like to propose that that become a public road well then we
could they could send that back to us and we could begin that process um but as it stands now that traffic issue will be going back to park and W because it is a private road um and one other update our next meeting is going to be
next Tuesday April 8th at 6 pm and one of the main topics to discuss is the Citywide speed limit will be the one one of the main issues on the agenda so anybody who would like to attend that meeting it will be next Tuesday evening at 6:00 what time 6:00 downstairs in
conference room one preferably um and one other thing councelor TR it looks like we have three items on here uh the review of traffic um rules and orders uh Citywide speed limit and the daily field that one is
gone so we don't need to do that but uh they're coming up on expiration so we' need an extension request an extension of 90 days sounds good second okay we have a motion in a second to uh have a 90-day extension on those two items any further discussion all those in favor
any Obion of nose motion passes oh sorry uh I just a Qui question so you said it was a I just want to oh I wasn't able to make the meeting so uh when you say Private Road um who who owns the road the park the the park park
does so the park owns the road does does the city own the park so the way that it works is um the road is Park property so the council if we chose to could override the park
but it that decision is within their perview and it doesn't necessarily make sense for us to override them at this point so they can make the decision for their property that is managed by them is kind of the way that we felt it to be appropriate right I thought maybe
someone on the road no it it is under the control because it's not an accepted it's not an accepted Street throughway because it's closed for a good majority of the year it's like their driveway and not kept up by the by City great thank you uh and I think does that conclude
does concludes okay uh that brings us to appointments Council jet thank you Mr President um so appointments committee met on Monday we had six positions to review uh they were for East Hampton Housing Authority which was for
Christopher noer with an expiration term date of December 31st 2029 Samantha Mater Board of Health December 31st 2027 expiration date um Marlene machony for parks and rec commission with an expiration date of December 31st
2025 uh Marlene as well for charity funds committee with an expiration date of December 31st 2027 and then uh Maran Giza for City Clerk and clerk to the city council the city clerk position has an expiration date of April 1st 2028 not enable full
stroke and then same for clerk to the city council April 1st 2027 is the expiration dat also not a joke um we had one um appointment that we rescinded without bias which was that of Samantha Mater because she is unable to take on his position at this time so we voted
Anonymous or unanimously to resend that without not anous um and then all of the other positions were voted in unanimously to approve them all we do not have another meeting coming up because we do not have any other appointments on the docket at this
moment okay and so we're going to to move those ones tonight um so I would just need a motion to to move those um yes appointments when you say move approve approve okay that's what I meant thanks
C move them motion to approve those position okay we have a motion in a second I hear a second okay we have a motion in a second for the aformentioned uh appointments any further discussion Council Riley yes um so I just wanted to
take a moment to congratulate Maryann on her new position within the city um I was fortunate enough to be a part of the hiring process and while there were many wonderful applicants Maryanne has Decades of experience and an Institutional knowledge about the
people the culture and the history of East Hampton that nobody else in the workforce can currently match I also want to emphasize that as a value this Council respects our city employees and are more than happy to promote people from within City Hall when we are
afforded the opportunity to do so a transition in the clerk's office is one such opportunity and it's important to demonstrate what cultivating employees can look like for overall organizational health and well-being I'm proud to have supported hiring Maryann and I look
forward to seeing the clerk's office under her leadership I call on all of us as supervisors of the clerk's office to do our part to ensure her success because her success is the city's success so the first step in that journey is to confirm
her appointment tonight thank you thank you okay any other discussion before we vote on the motion okay all those in favor any extensions or NOS motion passes and I believe congratulations congratulations close
V and I believe councelor jic that um we moved all the ones that were expiring so I don't think we need extensions on those so um and does that conclude that concludes okay uh ordinance councel denim uh thank you Mr President um we've
had a couple of items um that we've uh the uh review of the affordable and Fair Housing Partnership zoning ordinance recommendations um as well as the request review zoning ordinance amendments regarding short-term rentals uh both of those have been um really
good conversations that we've had with um particularly the short-term rental with hosts we've had good conversations about um their experience um as well as um conversation just about what are the needs of the
city given the fact that we don't have any hotels and and things of that nature um and so those both have been um both uh good conversations to kind of think about um East Hampton both as a welcoming
Community but also in regards to the um the zoning ordinance recommendations what does East Hampton look like as an accessible um housing uh community and so
um uh we are going to uh continue the conversation regarding the um the short-term rentals on April 14th at 600 p.m. in conference room 1 and we're going to continue the conversation regarding the zoning ordinance
recommendations from the affordable uh affordable and Fair Housing Partnership on April 28th at 6 PM in conference room 1 um so just want to encourage anyone who um wants to participate in those
conversations to please come and to um um to let your thoughts be known um again so waiting for the um comments from the um agricultural commission regarding
the moratorium on use of sewage ludge and fertilizer um but also just continue to do research around that and impact um and um regarding and then the amendment to chapter 8 to add a new section 8-26
eastampton Trevy ordinance um we have had input from our DPW um Department um uh and from the city solicitor so we'd like to set a public hearing for
April 16th at 6:15 in these Chambers um to present the um amended um ordinance to to council okay that's in the form of a motion we have a motion in a second um
any further discussion all those in favor I great we'll have that April 16th here and that's um everything that the committee has to offer council at this time Mr President I just have a quick
question coun can you again tell me what or all of us uh April 14th at 6 p.m what is the topic on that meeting so April 14th at 6 p.m is going to be the shortterm rental okay and the other one is affordable housing and the April 28th
is the zoning ordinance recommendations from the affortable and Fair Housing Partnership gotcha thank you okay thank you councelor D um property councelor Peak thank you Mr President uh we met
last week to uh elect uh myself as chair of the property committee and uh councelor coni as Clerk of the property committee um the only item that we have is uh an ordinance request regarding flags on public property including over
ponds um this is a topic that I I I just want to say for the public like as a member as a member of the property committee I apologize that it's taken this long to get to this um it's it's something that we intend to address soon
so uh I'm talking to the other members and we're going to set up a time uh to hold a meeting on this and probably get some public comment and uh then work to actually resolve this in a timely manner and this concludes thank you Council
Peak and there have been some extenda circumstances so there's been a few things uh rules in government relations councelor Kinski no report this evening Mr President okay and uh we don't have any old business or panning business we took care of our interdepartmental transfer and our supplemental
appropriation I would entertain a motion to adjourn move to adjourn second we have a motion the second all those in favor I okay thank you everybody wow e e