WEBVTT

METADATA
Video-Count: 1
Video-1: youtube.com/watch?v=BphcEb8TIIM

NOTE
MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: BphcEb8TIIM):
- 00:00:12: Approval of Past Meeting Minutes and Financial Overview
- 00:02:59: Case Animal Shelter General Support Funding Discussion
- 00:04:06: Fire Chief Request: Public Building AED Replacements
- 00:07:09: Recreation Security Cameras at Fields and Beach
- 00:16:13: 300th Parade and Fireworks Funding Discussion
- 00:21:36: Silver Lake Regional CERT Team Introduction and Needs
- 00:29:58: Alternate Funding Plan and Financial Review
- 00:39:44: Motion to Fund Specific Projects and Adjournment


Part: 1

1
00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:27.840
Don't believe he asked her. All right. I'll take a motion, Eric, to approve the minutes from 21726. And we also didn't approve the meeting minutes from uh last year. So we can approve those

2
00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:44.640
two if you had a chance to read without meetings as in mentioned by last two meetings. >> Okay. Uh I'll second it. Uh Eric >> I can I All right. Uh minutes are

3
00:00:44.640 --> 00:01:01.199
approved. uh financial status of the expendable and non-expendable as of February 28th. The expendable portion was up

4
00:01:01.199 --> 00:01:20.320
substantially to 165,83026 with a non-expendable uh balance of 17406499 uh for ending market value of billion 339,825.

5
00:01:20.320 --> 00:01:37.200
I did speak to our investment group uh at offend trust IMG I believe they are and uh it was down as of the middle of March it was down about to 129 129,000

6
00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:54.320
that's important because with the applications I move that the applications we've already um approved which are the normal ones uh that we do every year. It's $30,000.

7
00:01:54.320 --> 00:02:10.000
We have some additional ones uh which I believe are all very um valid uh that we're going to bet tonight. And uh the balance of those requests are

8
00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:26.080
142,927. So total request from the Samson uh fund this year is 172,927. I'm no math genius, but it doesn't look like we're going to be able to fund everything, >> which basically means we have $99,000 to

9
00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:44.080
fund the $142,000 of additional request. >> Basically, that's what it means. >> And the market could go lower and could go higher, >> right? >> So, any of these could be subject to uh reduction. >> Yes. And I would here's what I would

10
00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:59.360
suggest is I've made an alternate uh well if we do we want to talk about these first and then I'll go over the financials or of what the alternate financial funding would be. Is that a good idea? Eric, you good with that? >> Yeah, I'm good.

11
00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:14.879
>> Okay. Uh we we'll tackle the first one, the uh case animal shelter general support. Um, to me, I I I tried to find a reason why not to fund this. Uh, but it's it's a really decent use of this

12
00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:31.920
money. Um, they just need it for general. Sometimes a dog gets brought in the middle of the night, they need a blanket, they need food, whatever. You know, they need money to survive. So, I think you should spend a 3,000.

13
00:03:31.920 --> 00:03:49.159
>> Yeah, I agree with that. Do do we want to take a vote on Do you want me to make a motion that we approve this one or you want to >> Can we go through them all first? >> Yeah, we we'll do them all. >> Yeah, that's okay. >> Yeah, totally. >> Sean Sean loves consent agendas, so we're just gonna >> Yeah,

14
00:03:49.440 --> 00:04:06.480
>> I'm good with that. >> All right, so I like that one. Um, we have Chief here. Chief's asking, uh, well, we have both chiefs here. Um the fire uh chief Mark Douglas is here and he's looking for $29,947

15
00:04:06.480 --> 00:04:23.680
for AEDs. And I believe these AEDs are for the public buildings, the town buildings. Um which surprisingly I don't remember seeing any AEDs in public buildings, but chief if uh if you want

16
00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:38.960
to speak to we do have um several AEDs in public buildings. Um the town owns 41 ADBs total left police fire in all public buildings. We've got to the point now where some of these are at or exceeding their replacement age of 8 to

17
00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:53.919
10 years. Um one of the challenges I faced this year normally that's something I just would have put in under capital and asked them to fund that. There's two issues there. One is we don't have free cash ad. So capital doesn't have the amount of money that they're going to be able to spend if

18
00:04:53.919 --> 00:05:10.720
any. So given that these do need to be replaced and uh we did develop a plan which ones are going to be replaced first. So we'll be the ones in the the more frequently used public buildings uh town hall COA uh additional one in COA

19
00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:26.080
to replace an old one and we'll work our way around until we run out of of AEDs. Um, so that's that was the reason for this request. Like I said, primarily been normally it would have been under uh capital and come from free cash, but

20
00:05:26.080 --> 00:05:41.280
I don't think that that's going to work out this year. >> When is it their end of life? Is it like a year ago? >> Okay. >> Uh, so this 29 is 299 is Yeah. So we just can you do a five and then do five

21
00:05:41.280 --> 00:05:56.639
next year? I mean, it's simply, yeah, we can. Um, the challenge there is we and I have some that are updated. That's why I went with 10 is that put them in the buildings that the ones I was most concerned with being outdated. Okay.

22
00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:12.800
>> Um, that was the 10. It was really 11, but 10 was a nice round number. >> Um, and you you mentioned um something about free cash. Could that subject to change? Does it tell me gets closer? What numbers come up from that? >> It has to. Yeah. I mean precache has to

23
00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:28.560
there has to be some pre-cash number. I think all of us can able to attest to that. I have no idea what it is right now. Um and that's what typically phonics capital the the speculation has given us snow and ice budget and the money for free

24
00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:45.520
cash that will be needed to balance that out there very limited cash but I don't think anybody can speak to that clearly yet. >> So you anticipate something you just don't know how much. >> I have no idea. say it's going to be a challenge right now. I mean just generally it's probably

25
00:06:45.520 --> 00:07:09.599
about $300,000 deficit. So >> um >> and they're about $3,000 a piece. >> Yeah. >> Eric, any questions? >> None. No, I'm good. >> All right. So that will uh in the back

26
00:07:09.599 --> 00:07:25.759
burner. Um recreation security cameras. This has been something that's been kicked around um for a long time and uh some may or may not know my history, but I spent a lot of time on those fields and I've seen those buildings get broken into

27
00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:40.800
several times. So, I suggested this would be a good uh good spot to land this security system uh for the recreation um areas in Kingston, specifically the uh field complex, the Okinsky field complex. It's at the end

28
00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:57.599
of Street. Um it's it's a secluded area. It's it lends itself to things happening without uh you know, without being noticed for maybe sometimes a week, depending on the time of year. uh it could be a month before anybody notices

29
00:07:57.599 --> 00:08:15.120
what happens. So um I I asked for them to come forward with this to the Samson fund and I'd like to hear a little bit more. I mean I know we have security alarms

30
00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:31.039
around the buildings and cameras around the buildings and I'd like to see what we can do. So, so from what I understand, I've been working with Sue to try to get some numbers together for her. Um, and if I pars her thoughts a little broad just because I want I

31
00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:46.480
wanted, you know, not to put words in her mouth, but I think she's looking for cameras for two areas. The field and the beach, they both have the same problem. Um, the beach is a little less secluded, but gets a little more foot traffic. The field is absolutely secluded at night. You don't really know what's going on

32
00:08:46.480 --> 00:09:02.880
here. And the chief can talk a little bit more to that if if if it needs to be I'm sure um the thought process is this is a scalable request so you could do you know the thought is we do six and six or five five and seven or whatever that is you five at the beach settling

33
00:09:02.880 --> 00:09:18.399
up the field the field has a broader area you're looking at you know three football fields two baseball fields worth of space that you need to cover plus a snack bar plus a couple of old buildings >> do they see in the dark >> they do see in the dark so all all of

34
00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:33.839
the scalability ility includes some kind of night vision on all the cameras. Um, >> what does that mean? You could ident field when those lights go out, you can't see your hand in front of your face. So if if a bunch of kids want to go vandalize their snack shack is that

35
00:09:33.839 --> 00:09:49.040
camera >> I mean it's green. It's green black and white. It is >> pick up is it going to pick up a piece? >> It's not as high resolution in night vision mode, but it's definitely an investigative resource for us. We have solved. I have, you know, I I use I use

36
00:09:49.040 --> 00:10:05.040
my own uh security at my house. I got Arlo Pro, so it's rechargeable cameras. I plug them in uh you know, every three months, recharge them, and I got three on the house. Uh my son, he showed showed up from home yesterday and I could read books he was reading as he was walking and that high resolution.

37
00:10:05.040 --> 00:10:21.040
>> No, it's just a big investment. I mean, I just want to make sure unless you're going to put some lights in. The deter cameras are deterrence, but it most of stuff happens when it's pitch black out. >> Yeah. >> So, I mean, I'm sure it's not put, you know, cars driving in. I'm sure it's mostly kids coming through the woods.

38
00:10:21.040 --> 00:10:37.120
>> It's a lot of cars driving in, too. They do a lot of donuts out there. And I mean, I was down there with one of the sl we were waiting for the the ISO to show up and someone was down. They blast the bias was doing donuts. She called police and that. So, they're they're there. I mean, it we've done some

39
00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:52.560
things. We put security shutters up to keep from breaking into some of the buildings. But um once again the cost the more you spend the better camera it picks up over a distance right so you have aros from home you're looking at something between you know 10 ft 10

40
00:10:52.560 --> 00:11:08.800
yards 25 ft something like that these cameras would be able to see better at distance. So, inside some of these there there's a short camera, there's a short distance cameras, a long distance camera, and then you have, you know, like the ultraviolet piece of the puzzle that lights it up at night.

41
00:11:08.800 --> 00:11:25.200
>> And who's going to handle the request when every parent is calling for my car got dinged or this or that? Who's going to handle all that? >> I'm gonna, you know, defer to wreck on that one. >> No, it's you put them in. Someone's gonna have to >> Yeah, they got to be monitoring issues

42
00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:40.240
>> and it takes a long time to monitor, too. I mean, you have 12 if you know 24 hours in the day and you put that on even if you put that on times two speed, you're still looking at 12 hours worth of watching video to find out where in the night or where in the you know it's a you know monitoring cameras is a lot

43
00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:56.800
of work but it's it's a better option than having none whatsoever. So if you can say you know between or you can split it up between people sometimes you can shorten that time but we've been lucky. I I'm like I said I'm not putting words into the chief's mouth of the police. We've been lucky. That's a real

44
00:11:56.800 --> 00:12:13.519
secluded spot down there. >> That's going to the security company would have to tell us. I mean, obviously there's some buildings that they do they would go on, but it would be what what poles are where we could get the broadest view. They also swivel and move, too. So, we could get them. I mean, there might be some motion

45
00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:30.079
tracking involved in here. It depends on what we get for money, obviously. Um, where it can pick up some motion, the car comes in, it automatically turns on. um you know once again it's it's scalable in both um depth and breath. So you know you put more in you get better

46
00:12:30.079 --> 00:12:45.440
quality they do more stuff cost more money right so you start you can start off smaller and put in a fewer cameras that are that are higher quality but you could be looking at like three or four cameras versus five or six covering you know the areas that you think are hot spots.

47
00:12:45.440 --> 00:13:02.079
>> Which area do you think needs more? The first thing I would do is protect the property first and then I would >> like the the fields or the beach. >> Fields. >> Yeah, I would say the fields. I mean, they drive by the they drive by the beach pretty regularly. And I have one

48
00:13:02.079 --> 00:13:18.800
camera up there. It's a It's a bad camera, but it's a working camera that, you know, does something. And I don't think I don't know what your frequency is, but >> So, the 50,000 covers how many cameras? um between uh 11 and 13 cameras

49
00:13:18.800 --> 00:13:34.959
>> depending on quality and what we decide to do with them. >> You could split them between the two locations. >> Yeah, >> we we split them. So maybe the beach only needs four and the rest would go on the field. I mean the field is a big area and and you you have the option the more you put down there are picking up

50
00:13:34.959 --> 00:13:50.720
dead spots in the corners, places where people enter and exit through the woods. So, you know, the first obviously you want to make sure that the buildings are are looked after. You want to make sure that anything that um can get damaged equipment wise is looked after, but then there's there's traffic, you know,

51
00:13:50.720 --> 00:14:05.519
there's there's places where people would traverse into the field and out of the field. Um and then you identify those areas and put cameras on those, too. Hopefully, that have some kind of onoff technology or swivel technology, but you you kind of know like there's the train track, there's the hole in the

52
00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:21.199
fence. There's no hole in the fence whether proverbally that's where people would come from and you'd want to put a camera on that. >> Is it cost effective to do it all at once or if you did half the share and half this year? >> Oh no. Um I wish I had a better answer for that. Ultimately systems work better

53
00:14:21.199 --> 00:14:37.920
when you put them all in at one time. So if you if all your cameras are the same make model and they're the same time period, you have kind of a window of a couple years in there. But I would say that you wait too long, technology changes really quick and they don't play well. couple years down the road. So, if

54
00:14:37.920 --> 00:14:53.120
you are looking to scale this, you'd be looking at doing this in the next three to four years. >> I wouldn't ask all these questions, but we're gonna have to cut somewhere. So, >> this and like I said, I'm trying to I'm trying to parse this is so fine because once again, I'm not exactly sure on Sue's

55
00:14:53.120 --> 00:15:09.519
total overall picture. I like I was working on the fact on the front end to try to get her numbers, but I think this we've talked enough where I have an idea. Okay. um you have a window where the technology is still appropriate, you can get it. Once you start getting past that and the technology changes or

56
00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:26.720
doesn't play nice with your server or whatever it is and then you're looking at either kind of Frankensteining something together or golf something together. >> My final question is if you put one up at the entrance so a car is coming in it's night time is there a way to send it so the police notice on a camera at

57
00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:42.079
the station or something like that in dispatch? I mean, it could be remote access, but that's something that we have to work out between the departments. >> Yeah, that is I don't think that's okay. I I didn't know if it was Okay, so just more it's not it's only there to have to

58
00:15:42.079 --> 00:15:59.440
refer back to if there's a crime that's >> um so all right, Eric, any questions on that? >> No, not a thing. I think um you know, this is something that that we could easily come back to and and talk about after we listen to everything else.

59
00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:13.600
I mean, they lost several thousand dollars blind. >> Yeah. And we put in security, we put in the security shows because of that last year, which keeps people from breaking windows. I mean, they they that worked out pretty well. I'm just waiting for someone to spray paint something on us.

60
00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:29.199
So, any ideas? and and some something that I find important that you know sometimes a lot of people don't know uh how that the how that place progressed but um KSO has raised and spent hundreds

61
00:16:29.199 --> 00:16:46.880
of thousands of dollars private funds down that field complex and the town has very graciously accepted their do their donations and um I think this is one of those things that if if we left it up to KYso to put these

62
00:16:46.880 --> 00:17:03.279
in. I'm not quite sure they would be able to get it at the scale that we could as a municipality, if that makes sense. So, >> you just I'm going to I'll stop a question. Have we reached out to see if they'd contribute if they're going to get this >> um

63
00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:20.240
>> throw 10,000 in if system? >> I I I could approach that. I could ask that, but I I think they're pretty well strapped right now. >> Okay. Uh, all right. Let's go to the 300th parade slashfire with us.

64
00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:35.679
Anybody want to speak to that? >> Sure. >> Oh, good. >> How are you? Good. >> Um, so um when I put in the request, um, we and currently now we're still not sure exactly what we'll have to use for funding. We got delayed with our parade

65
00:17:35.679 --> 00:17:52.559
filing for permits for the state about a month because of the blizzard. Um just an example is um just two bands and one service group for March cost $5,000. So um parades are kind of expensive. We do have um approximately $50,000 in funding

66
00:17:52.559 --> 00:18:06.880
right now. Our biggest concern is going to be the fireworks cost which is estimated at $35,000. Then we would have um a fire department detail there which is going to be anywhere in the beans of three to $4,000. And then u we'd have

67
00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:24.160
some police details as well. Um so get over >> so we um our biggest concern I said was trying to get the funding for the fireworks. Um the other stuff was just in case we didn't have the money. Um since I put in this request we did

68
00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:40.880
receive $9,000 in money from our gala and we also received a $6,000 donation. So that's going to be on top of the uh $243,000 that we have right now. So, we're hoping to be able to fund a lot of this, but we don't know yet because of the cost of what the braid is going to be. We'll have a better idea in about a

69
00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:59.760
month. And then we don't know what our costs going to be for the old home date as well. >> You have how much funding now? >> 43,000 uh from the is it 275th anniversary that moved over?

70
00:18:59.760 --> 00:19:15.280
Yeah, it was as of the end >> as of the end of last month, it was 478. >> Okay. >> So, should you have the >> Yeah, this is like you just said. >> Yeah. So, we have a couple of thousand I think for merchandise sales as well.

71
00:19:15.280 --> 00:19:33.760
>> Okay. >> So, if you just got the 35,000, could you >> I think we could make that work if that was a possibility. >> Does that include the um the detail? That does not include the details. That's just the estimate for the showman's office >> and that's about three or four,000.

72
00:19:33.760 --> 00:19:50.480
>> Depends on the time of fireworks. So we need two to three people for the duration with fireworks on site. Okay. >> So that fluctuates depending on the amount of time the fireworks on site and that's by state um so um that will fluctuate a little bit.

73
00:19:50.480 --> 00:20:06.919
>> I estimated three people. >> Yeah. Captain. >> Okay. Yeah. There's a little bit of flexibility. >> And where did the fireworks going to be? >> Uh street film the same day as they we'll have the old >> the new

74
00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:23.600
and then the fireworks have the old home. >> Is there a police detail as well? >> Uh there'll be police details for the old home. Yes. >> Fireworks. to get them to the traffic and >> um they'll be used to uh monitor the field and then um I believe Jeep we're

75
00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:48.000
talking with after we have the end of the end of the night till we need the traffic >> uh yes it is um is it September 19th the there's a rainy date as well. Okay.

76
00:20:48.000 --> 00:21:15.280
>> Yeah. 19th November 26th date is delightful. >> Has that already been funded? >> Um not yet. We have we haven't finalized all in it. So, uh, we believe we'll be able to fund that with the current monies

77
00:21:15.280 --> 00:21:36.960
that we have. >> Okay. >> But then I don't know if that would leave anything for the, uh, old home day and the, um, fireworks. So, that's what I make. >> Eric, >> no, I'm good.

78
00:21:36.960 --> 00:22:00.720
all the green. All righty. That's perfect. The last one on this is this uh Silver Lake Regional Surf team. We have who here to speak to that? I wasn't prepared, but I delayed. All right.

79
00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:17.520
>> Uh just a brief. This is the first time I'm hearing of this. Well, in this cycle, I've had this in front of me for probably two two and a half months and I've read it and I've done a little bit of asking around. Uh, >> did Captain Shad give you a breakdown?

80
00:22:17.520 --> 00:22:34.400
>> Yeah, we had a uh Yeah, we had a uh a letter of support. Um, so first of all, I would say just tell us and the public what is the Silver Lake Regional Cert Certain?

81
00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:48.480
um >> and what folks we do. >> So CERN stands for community emergency response team. Um they are basically volunteers of the community with one goal which is to help police fire any

82
00:22:48.480 --> 00:23:05.520
natural events uh disasters light search and rescue um fire safety team organization duties anything that can alleviate a situation where the first responders may be overwhelmed or understaffed. Uh you

83
00:23:05.520 --> 00:23:22.799
now have community members that volunteer. We actually go out get trained on first aid fire safety search and rescue. We've already put in the time and effort to get the get ready if you will. What we're looking forward asking for from the Samson fund is um

84
00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:38.559
some equipment to help us do this equipment. I invited a list tonight. Give me one second. The police should be consisted of team members, uh, flashlights, uh,

85
00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:54.000
tourniquets, first aid kits, basic necessities needed in the event of an emergency. So, we're also prepared and not relying on the first responder to provide us with that. Have this stuff ready and available. we

86
00:23:54.000 --> 00:24:10.799
could begin right away with whatever the first responders needed us to do. God forbid we had like a train accident for example, if they have x amount of police and fire on staff, they we would be ready called into active duty and we

87
00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:26.480
would be able to assist with minor scrapes, bruises, getting people set up at a station, putting them aside so that the more serious ones could be by first responders. We are not buying men and we are not >> police.

88
00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:42.480
>> We're completely volunteer based. We're completely relying on funding from donations, grants, stuff like that from supplies, training, whatever. >> Your parade, your fireworks, those are all areas that we could step in and help

89
00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:57.520
out. >> Yeah, we got a discussion on that. >> Kingston night out. Yeah, I've done that like three years now. >> Mhm. >> So, what is your structure right now? Do you what how many people are involved?

90
00:24:57.520 --> 00:25:13.200
How many people >> It's very new for this silver lake team. >> We're all trained. We have a total of 18 currently >> and we have since then we've had more that are requesting to get in the program, but okay. >> We're limited by because our training

91
00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:33.120
can only take place when volunteers from police, fire do it. So, >> okay, >> they'll probably have to sit on hold until we have more training coming up, but right now we have 18 that are fully trained and ready. >> And so we just just a question we

92
00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:50.080
currently have Kingston Emergency Management K or something. What's the difference? >> I'm not familiar with that. forecast. >> So, Kingston Emergency Management team, Kingston Emergency Management Agency originally formed a transition from the

93
00:25:50.080 --> 00:26:07.279
old original civil defense group. >> Okay. Um, you know, that used to teach you how to call a desk in the event of a nuclear attack and all that stuff. Okay. >> So, uh, that transition to Kingston Emergency Management, the power plant, uh, public nuclear power station came on board in the

94
00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:24.640
7071ish area. um some version of that developed grew in the 80s and then when they shut it down um that went away. that used to be a group that would uh support us not only for the nuclear power um component but they'd support us

95
00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:42.080
like old civil defense did you people that would get together an emergency you open an EOC and everybody would have a different role um's a little bit different than that uh C is more a community- based organization where they're out in the community they'll help us direct traffic area search uh

96
00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:58.960
assist us in rehab um or fire scenes things like that. Um, god forbid a train accident, they'd probably be the the labor that helped carries carry people, stuff like that. Um, it's the light end of the first responder duties, if you

97
00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:14.720
will, and stuff that they don't hold a ton of liability for if we have them do. >> So, definitely bodies and labor. >> So, you have a proposed budget summary. What are your top three? If you could only have three of them, what would you

98
00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:37.039
want? >> I can tell you that one of the biggest expense the CPR training we requested uh we were able to get through a donation um a lot of the staff members CPR certified just recently. So we could

99
00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:53.200
take that pretty much off the list at this point. What would you say our biggest >> communications? We need some form of communication. Yeah. >> Right now what we're doing is we're just texting which >> I don't I don't know. Although Captain

100
00:27:53.200 --> 00:28:09.440
John worked on I am responding today. Although I am responding >> that's our communication. I would say radios hand to hand radios for some of our onsite screen. >> Um that would help us search and rescue

101
00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:27.760
uh just basic needs weather blankets. Um >> you know and just to follow if there was something like a train does the fire department have excess materials that would be on site. What I would do for them is I'd probably try to use the townwide frequency because we we developed a few years ago in a frequency

102
00:28:27.760 --> 00:28:43.200
that's for the municipal side rather than the the first responder side. I'd usually try to put them on that. Um I've got probably three or four extra portable ones there, but um not stuff that would be >> No, the medical supplies, blankets. Oh, that's a

103
00:28:43.200 --> 00:29:00.480
>> we have we have um a c trailer that contains a lot of we have carts, we have blankets. We already have a lot of that. It's >> important stuff. It's located over in Halifax.

104
00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:19.360
>> So, radios, what would be the second one? >> I'd say protection for the 18 members that we have. Stuff like jackets, gloves, safety, hes to know who we are. Okay. Okay. Eric, >> I don't have any other questions. They

105
00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:36.159
um uh we talked to them once before in the selectman meeting. >> And just the radio that we're referring to would be more the 18 people. We'd only have one that we could actually communicate.

106
00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:58.000
We don't want everyone talking to No, I get it. Okay. So, we've uh gone through these five items. Eric, do you have any I mean um Sean, I'm sorry. I've used all my questions.

107
00:29:58.000 --> 00:30:19.600
>> All right. I've put together um an alternate here. We've already approved 30,000 and I'm thinking that based on the market, based on the the going on in the Middle East at the

108
00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:36.159
moment, we've seen a a tremendous dip in our fund, our expendable fund. But I do I'm very optimistic that it can go up. Uh I'm not going to push it too far. So, I'm going to have a conversation with the town's uh

109
00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:52.159
uh my finance guys uh probably tomorrow or maybe Friday. Uh I'm going to ask them what we can do. But what I can with what I can do immediately is pull out the expendable

110
00:30:52.159 --> 00:31:09.600
portion out of the uh ball of the market and put it into a cash uh cash uh market where it's not going to lose the value. So let's say that's going to be 125. With that in mind, uh,

111
00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:24.960
I put the keeping the KPD animal control at 30,000, uh, moving the AEDs to 155, moving the recreation security cameras

112
00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:40.159
to 25, leaving the 300th at 50,000, and dropping SER to25. 500. I'd like to see them get uh some seed money. This is

113
00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:57.120
just my This is one vote. Get some seed money. Get their uh structure together, their uh I don't know, maybe your leadership get a you know, get that all together and then um

114
00:31:57.120 --> 00:32:13.039
come back next year for the for the rest and maybe more. >> Very fair. Um, we don't want to see you go away, I think it's a great idea. Uh, but with that, and if Excel is right,

115
00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:31.440
uh, that brings us to $126,000, which is right kind of right where we are. So, um, >> what did you say that the total that we we had available to spend for this year

116
00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:50.320
was? >> It was at the the end of last month, which I have to officially report because that's what >> it is. So, it was 165830 >> 26.

117
00:32:50.320 --> 00:33:09.519
I spoke to um our team at Rockland and it was 129 uh on the 15th of March. >> Oh, so it so our amount lost value.

118
00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:25.039
>> It did quite a bit as of today with the we'd have 99,000 based on what we've already spent. >> Right. I got you. >> So, I I I believe now this doesn't mean

119
00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:42.240
I we could we could get together one more time if everything magically goes uh completely opposite in the Middle East. >> Yeah. >> And the market just tears and we can reconvene because we could, you know,

120
00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:57.279
pull more out of that expandable portion. >> Yeah. I mean, it tanked yesterday and then it it went way back up again today. So, >> right, >> it's all over the place, >> right? Um, but I have to say it's this is this

121
00:33:57.279 --> 00:34:15.040
is been one of the biggest uh balances I've seen. >> Yeah. So if we if we did the 155 for the AEDs, the 3,000 for the animal control, 2500 for the search, that comes out to

122
00:34:15.040 --> 00:34:31.879
$21,000. That would leave us for the other two projects of both 50,000 that would leave us $78,000. So the it seems like the 300th parade

123
00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:51.440
could get by with 40,000 uh the fireworks. That would cover their fireworks and their details. >> Um and then they'll leave us $38,000 to put towards the cameras or spread it

124
00:34:51.440 --> 00:35:06.480
another way. And that keeps us in the funding. And then if more money if we want to meet again next month >> to see if the markets changed we could do a final vote >> I mean if I I want to fund everything >> right and we can take this right up to

125
00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:21.920
July 1 till the end of the fiscal >> year can't meeting >> so we have till May second >> well could be amended on the floor meeting but I don't think we go past meeting

126
00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:37.040
that's approved I Oh, wait. Wait. Yeah. What? Yeah, you're right. >> So, the the market could go down more tomorrow and then our amount's going to be lower. Correct. >> Correct. >> Yeah. >> But what I'm going to do is I'm going to pull that I'm going to pull that

127
00:35:37.040 --> 00:35:54.079
expandable portion which is still in the market. >> Yeah. >> And put put into cash. >> Oh. >> So, a money market account. >> I I now I understand what you said earlier. I got it. >> Okay. Yeah. What? What? We don't have to. We can

128
00:35:54.079 --> 00:36:11.280
obviously we'll vote on final numbers. We're not too far off. I don't know what else is, but we could come back >> in 30 days. If there's more, we could get a reset. >> Absolutely. >> Um what what are your thoughts, Eric? >> No, it it makes sense, but but um it if

129
00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:26.960
he's going to pull money out and put it into cash, um then it's not going to go up anymore. I mean it won't also won't go down anymore but but >> no that that's that's that's the this year's profit. So the market if the market switches then more money would come in that would be withdrawn again.

130
00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:44.720
>> So right now I got it. I got it. >> Right now the money sits in a basket all all is one night. Okay. At 1.339895. >> Okay. They have they have a a mathematical configuration

131
00:36:44.720 --> 00:37:02.240
at as a matter of fact they all sit in one giant uh pool of like $3 million. >> Yeah. >> And they have their calculations where they say well this amount of money made acts based on their it's it's a it's a it's a long convoluted convoluted

132
00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:21.839
process. But um when I first became treasurer, I asked them to do it this way versus the way they were doing it. Um so, uh I think we're getting way more bang for our buck. >> I mean, it's a calculated risk. We know

133
00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:38.400
what we have now, right? And why >> and we're only talking 30 days and it could continue to drop and then >> we're making more cuts. >> Yep. And so likewise it could go up tomorrow and if it goes up we we win but if it goes down loses right

134
00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:57.440
>> all right >> if I don't pull if I don't pull that expendable off. >> So I I would propose um the funding as requested. My my sense is the $2,500 for the um sir, the $3,000

135
00:37:57.440 --> 00:38:21.440
for the animal control, the um and then the $15,500 for the uh AEDs. If I math is correct, that gives us $21,000. And then that would leave us $78,000 for

136
00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:38.240
the other two projects, which would be the security cameras and the fireworks. If we propose $40,000 for the um this is just we're not voting. I'm just throwing numbers out there. $40,000 for the um

137
00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:55.680
300. That would leave $38,000 for cameras. Mhm. >> And Eric, if you want to play with those numbers one way or the other, but I think we could come back and >> when does the warrant Well, we could always amend it on the floor. So that's no, >> but if we vote,

138
00:38:55.680 --> 00:39:11.760
>> we could come back the last week of April and just take a look at this or you could take a look at the market. We just call for another meeting, right? We could do it. >> So if you want to vote today, we could vote today or if you want to wait. Um, but I I guess the first question is, do we want to vote on removing the money

139
00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:28.880
now or I don't even know if we should vote on that. I think that's the call. >> That's my call. So, >> um, >> I'm okay either way. If you guys want to wait a month to vote or, you know, or to the end of this month and vote, that's fine. If you want, whatever you guys

140
00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:44.800
>> I'd like to give the people here some, you know, ideas on what where we're thinking. um you know, chief has a budget and if he has to try to move things around or um planning for everything. So, >> all right. I'm going to I I'll make the motion.

141
00:39:44.800 --> 00:40:01.760
>> Yeah. Go ahead. >> To to fund projects starting with the the fire department's a 15,500. Um the KPD animal control at 3,000. The Kingston Recreation Security cameras at

142
00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:18.800
35,000. I just want to keep it even the 300th parade fireworks at 40,000 and our friends at Silver Lake, I would like to fund them 2500 and call that seed money to put their organization to get their

143
00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:35.480
organizational uh ranking together. Um and total of that was that would be a little less than because I was at uh so it would be $3,000. So I think that'd be 96,000. So $96,000

144
00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:51.839
is that >> cuz I had 30 I had 78 left. So I was doing okay cameras. >> Okay. >> I'll trust your math there. >> So if you want to do 35, we we have that other 3,000. If more comes up, we can always >> I kind of wanted to because I don't know

145
00:40:51.839 --> 00:41:08.000
how change. >> I don't know what the market did today. That's a lot of money. When you when you're talking this kind of money, it just goes up and down real real hard. All right. So, uh, anybody want to second that? I >> I'll second it. And the market did go up

146
00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:22.720
a lot today. >> Okay. Good. Good. Uh, all right. I Ken I John I. >> Eric I. >> All right. So, that's what we're going to do. >> It's but this is a unique this this

147
00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:38.640
funding. Obviously, we're confident that we'll be able to fund what we have, but I'd like to come back in 30 days and if we can offer additional funding to to projects and if if it goes up, we can fund them all, then we will. But anything we can add, um be more than

148
00:41:38.640 --> 00:41:55.520
welcome to attend the meeting. >> If if we if we can if we can add to it, you certainly, you know, the cameras, life saving equipment at the side of the town hall and all that stuff. That work for you, Eric?

149
00:41:55.520 --> 00:42:11.440
>> Yeah, that works for me. >> It works for me. I think it's a great idea. Appreciate it. All right. Uh well, then um Chief, I'll let us turn the lights on in here. So, uh before the sun goes down, we're going to have to uh entertain a

150
00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:25.240
motion to return. >> So moved. >> All in favor? I >> I >> I >> All right. Yes. Thank you everybody.