council and notice was given as following. Notice was filed January 9th, 2025 with the record New York Sun ledger both official newspaper of the borrow. Notice was posted on the food court at the boral mall and the borrow website.
Copies preserved in the clerk's office. Pledge of allegiance and moment of silence is brought to you by Council Diance [Music] to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it
stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Roll call by uh park office. >> Mayor. >> Yes. Mayor came ab [Music]
>> here. >> Council me >> here. >> Councelor Shin >> here. >> Council vitri will be absent tonight. Council >> here. Bony >> here. administrator. >> Yeah. >> Uh before we start, right, a lot uh we
did actually talk about this last work session that they I think it's a great idea to bring a new uh member of the of the library board. Uh we have new director at the library. Uh Mr. Rub is
also here, the board president, library board president. So I think it's a good time to introduce Ella Lee. Uh she's a new director of the library. So, would you like to come up and say your word? >> Um, okay. Before I introduce her, uh,
you could come up here. >> You must speak louder. Uh thank you uh chairman and council man who wants to take time out to give us the opportunity to introduce a new interim director.
Um she's been working at the New York library over the decade which is a all active group for the patron in New York City as Pal. So she is a perfect fit in
Palisad the director's spot and uh thank especially thanks to the the council woman Christine Wu that's pretty active service to our uh library board that is
make my job much easier uh because she taking care all different issue and prepare for for so our boat moving I mean all the the meetings very smoothly
and uh I just want to explain to you why we have the middle of the year we have new the director because when I take the uh the chair chair person chairman in
the board Jan since January we have a a new u the uh attorney and be director to be hired genuinely but unfortunately last six months she wasn't uh she wasn't uh
good for our library par because she been unlawful uh management and operation and uh so we dominate end of the June
>> pro probably best that we not get into >> okay I'm sorry Long story short, >> that's why we have a new uh director uh sign July something. [Applause] >> Hi. Um
thank you. Thank you so much for having me tonight. My name is but you can call me Ella and I'm so honored um to serve as a library director of Pal Park Library. Um I mean
I mean I think this is a kind of first time to have the library director meeting. I mean so I promise I'm not here to check out your overdue book. Okay. Um I've been very um pleased
working my um staff and then it's not easy to sell any because I didn't have a chance to just meet the previous director but luckily we have a Google drive and then I can just find all the information I think I think I'm just
trying to find all the pieces together and then I've been um it's been kind of fun working at the state public library with singing all different um population and then I Um it's it's so happy to be
here with you guys and that I I'm um hoping to working with you um together to make our library um is a place for everyone. Uh I think it's a great idea to invite
uh the new hires not just the library uh maybe a school board uh any other uh department that we are working together with. I think it's a great idea to come here uh get to know each other and I mean usually once gets hired no one knows who who who's right unless you get
to introduce by the people right so uh we're starting with this we're going to continuously do the same thing with any other department so everybody's okay sounds good all right let's let's move forward uh let's move to adoption of the
minutes uh any question from the uh council I have a one >> question. It's in the first ordinance of 2025. It's a kind of button for the button.
This is something like come for 10 years and then u he says mayor king the almost last sentence I mean the one that before the last one mayor state that everyone would get that
which I think it is income for the 10 years for the parking and I wonder if not >> so Um on the records of the uh the
minute, Mayor Kim requests to send the info about the uh income for past 10 year of the parking meters to I guess that's the distribution to the council members. Um so she's questioning to see
if we have receive the uh the record. Well, first of all, Councilwoman is right now we are reviewing the the purpose of putting the minutes on the agenda are to review them for their content. So, are are you saying that
there's a problem with the content? >> No, I'm asking. >> Okay. This is not the form for discussion of what's in the the the agenda other than whether or not you agree or have any problem with the content. I mean, then do we have a time
to, you know, ask? >> Well, you you can you can send an email or or visit the the BA after the meeting anytime you want to ask that question. But for right now, for the public's purpose, we're we're just we're just approving these these agendas for what's written. That's it.
>> So, okay. So, for adoption of the minute, uh we're uh strictly talking about the record that has been written in the meeting. So, we're just going to go ahead and uh vote it on this uh on this matter. And then when it comes to the uh introduction of the ordinance, that's the question where we could
actually uh ask and get answers from the >> sounds. Okay. So uh adoption of the minute. If there's no question, can I ask for a motion? I make >> I'll second.
>> All in favor? >> I am. >> No, we have to vote. >> Sure. of meeting session of a mayor council July 22nd at July 21st 2025 and the
regular meeting of council July 28 2025 motion made by the >> and the second >> council Lee Yes, >> council me. >> Yes, >> council. >> Yes,
>> absent. Council, >> I'm absent for the work session minute. I wasn't here. And then regular meeting one. Uh there is a couple of I think it's a typo. So that correction
and then I I can vote for Yes. >> Can you just page In the middle it says W92 after that it says council woman
it's a council one that's one second is page number four it says in the first line it says councilman states that he had a question about the number three which says 50%. I think
that is a 15%. >> Okay, let me just double check like this. >> Anything else? That's it. >> So when you made a vote for the absent meeting and then she made a situation
with a regular meeting and then the voted yes. >> Well yeah the the uh the only issue from that procedurally is that the the the rest of the council would really need to be told on whether or not requested to that motion are acceptable or not. So if
you could read >> the >> Okay. So I'm just going to call recall to voted on this uh minute. Can I get a roll call with the stipulation made by uh Christine?
Council Kim. Council Kim. >> Yes. >> Council Lee. >> Yes. Council >> man. >> Yes. >> Council. >> Yes. >> Petri is absent. And council.
>> Yes. >> Okay. Let me go to the introduction of the ordinance. Ordinance number 2025-24 amending ordinance 2025-15 establishment of salary for the year 2025.
Okay. Any question from the council side uh regards to the uh the ordinance 2025-24. council. No. Okay. Can I get a motion to open to the public? I make a motion. >> I'll second.
All >> in favor? >> I >> public. We have uh you have an opportunity to uh ask a question regards to the uh the ordinance 2025-24. uh establishment of salary for 2025.
It is reintroduction. >> Any question? No. Okay. Uh may I close public section uh and bring it back to the uh mayor council. Can I get a motion? >> Before make motion, can I have one suggestion?
>> Sure. Okay. This is the salary of 2025 right? >> So in the future like in the in 2026 is there any comparison chart okay for the 25 and 26 so showing the difference and
like how much percent it was increased like that okay for me I started like 2025 from 2025 right so I don't know what the salary was 2024 so I I don't even know how much percent increase push
salary this is right >> so for the next year we'll have two the new the council man right so for them to help understand okay is there anyway the make some kind of comparison between 25
and 26 show >> I think to understand that for going forward this one is a range >> and the range generally doesn't change that much. Yeah. >> What also and maybe next year we'll
manage to do this a little bit earlier in the year. It is a little bit late but then we have a separate ordinance that lists everyone's salary. On that one we would have a comparison between the two years would be helpful to every
not so much in this one but in the other one. But it's there's no reason that we can't do that with this. just that because it's a range, it very rarely changes considerably unless there's some crazy thing that happens. >> Yeah, that's what I told a suggestion.
Okay. For the next year, >> as far as the other one, we'll definitely do for the actual salary or that addresses them individually and you know specifies what it is. have one again because we will not have
>> there should be still okay some kind of change okay even decrease or increase so that effect like the tax minds right increase or decrease or whatever but so I'd like the people know >> yes >> the what kind of change we are making so
that my suggestion >> so I'm sorry >> for for the for the public edification then for your information and the council's information there were only three salary ranges that were revised on this. If the council recalls, I think it was in February or March that that the
original 2025 salary ordinance was passed. Um the the three changes were first of all the the base salary range for the mayor and council had to be reduced because we were actually paying mayor and council less than the ordinance uh envisioned. So So we needed
to actually reduce the bottom end to enable the the lower payments to you guys. Uh Secondly, the salaries for the I think it was lifeguard or the assistant manager one had to be increased a dollar
>> for this year's salary 173 >> more money than the 17 >> a few more dollars for that one >> municipal housing liaison her salary had to be reduced to $1,000 at the base because there's a resolution that will
be coming up next month which will will address that issue but that that was the only change. So the bottom of the municipal housing leazison was brought down to a thousand the mayor and council was was lowered and the pool employee was raised a few but those are the only
changes in this uh already approved. So I guess uh uh the point that the council shin is trying to make is that you know this is salary uh range. It's really hard to tell how much is being actually increased uh in terms of uh each
department or the employee. You are every council member are welcome to ask that question to the finance department. Roy will glad to help you with the file or the document the record showing that how much has been increased from the
past year in the Excel file uh Exo file right that will definitely tell you what percentage has been actually increased so um you guys are all welcome to ask that question every council member has a right to ask that question so I think that's the whole point right
>> yes still yeah I know okay how much increased okay myself okay but I want to show somebody Okay. Anybody because like let's say there there was no increase. Okay. Still the people the taxpayers should know there was no increase and
they are not paying more for the salary. Okay. They should know. That's what I saw the intent to >> also for the public actually we already put the website the last three years all the ordinance and then resolution. So if anybody has a question and then you can
guide to them to go to the our town website they can see the all the last year and then even two years before ordinance they can see it through the website. >> Okay. >> All right. Can we uh uh rollot
>> there wasn't a motion? I thought there was a motion just get a motion to uh bring it back to the uh mayor and council. Yeah, I made it. >> I I'll second. >> No, you can't.
>> And you're the you're you're running, so it needs to be one of the council. You're acting as mayor. >> Yeah. I'd like to myself. >> All right. Motion to to close the public session. >> Motion to close the public session. Bring it back to the mayor. I need a
motion and second >> motion by second. >> Okay. Roll call. >> Yes. >> Yeah. All in favor. >> All in favor? >> I Okay. >> All right. Let's let's uh vote.
Ordinance 2025-24. Uh can I get a motion to pass? >> I'll make a motion. Council Kim. >> Council Lee. >> Yes. >> Council me. >> Yes. >> Council Shin. >> Yes.
>> Petri is absent. Council. >> Yes. >> Order 2025 this 24. Establishments of the salary for year 2025 was introduced and then passed on the first reading at a regular meeting of the min council held on August 25th, 2025. An order
published in accordance with the law. Said ordinance will be considered for the first reading adoption at a meeting held on September 22nd, 2025 at 6 pm in the council chamber at which time all persons interest may appear for or against the passage of the said
ordinance. A copy of ordinance will be posted on the welcome board in the borrow hall and it will be available at the office of the bor club. >> Okay. Uh all right. Next, next ordinance.
>> Introduction of ordinance 2025-2 amending chapter 282 entitle vehicle and traffic section 24 municipal parking area to include the EV parking rules. >> Okay. Any question from council?
No question. All right. Can I get a motion to open to the public for question? >> I'll make a motion. All right. Any questions from this come up?
I would like to get more detail. What does that mean? That's for the speaker. What is that? >> No, this this ordinance um what what it is is we are adding uh violations for
people that park in electronic vehicle designated spaces when either they don't have an electric vehicle or their car isn't being charged. So, it enables the to issue uh violations, parking tickets, and even
potentially tow these vehicles if they're if they're there and they're occupying space. Sort of like a handicap space. But our ordinance has nothing regarding electronic vehicles and we're in the process of opening a municipal lot on. So, we're going to need this
because we it's a green lot and we will have EV charging stations there. So, we need this to be able to enforce that. >> Are we going to have char. >> Yes, we are looking to put a EV charging by the uh the >> two two EVs.
>> Two EVs. >> We're just preparing before the uh you know everything gets >> any other questions? >> No. All right, I'm going to close the uh the public session and we're going to bring it back to the hearing council.
Can I get a motion, please? >> I second. >> All in favor? >> I >> Okay. All right. Uh let's move forward. Uh we have to vote on ordinance 2025-25.
>> Council was there. session. Can I get a motion to approve? >> A second. >> Second. >> Kim,
>> council Kim, >> council Lee, >> yes. >> Council Min, >> yes. >> Council Shin, >> yes. >> Council V is absent. Council, >> yes. >> Okay. Audience 2025. 25 amending chapter 282 entitled vehicle and traffic section
24 municipal parking area to improve the EV parking rules was introduced and then passed on the first reading at a regular meeting of the main council held on August 25th, 2025 and order published in accordance with the law. Said ordinance will be considered for a first reading
and adoption at a meeting held on September 22nd, 2025 at 6 p.m. in the council chamber at which time person interested may for or against the passage of the set ordinance. A copy of the ordinance will be posted on the board in the borrow and will be
available at the office of the club. >> Okay, before we move forward, just want to go over our off consent agenda. We have three reszo uh from work session uh dash number 253, 254, 255.
these three res we actually made a action during the uh action to vote on work session. Um so we have uh just want to say you know we have new chief in town uh chief George back there. So we actually made a motion and we passed
three agenda on board session. So I just want to uh leave them out. >> I was just going to say if you're going to vote again don't change your mind. Everybody okay consent >> agenda? >> Okay. Consent agenda resolution 2025 is
256 to 2025 is 270. >> Any questions? >> I have a question. So 269 270 that wasn't there at the work is That that's correct. If you recall from
last month's meeting uh for these two properties, which is 15 Grand Avenue and 21 Grand Avenue, uh we we had the council uh approved a one month extension of the time for the negotiations between the two
property owners and the borrowing on our council for a redeveloper agreement. Um, we have been engaged with both builders um for many many reasons. Both builders and and the bureau just we haven't
signed the bottom line on the agreements yet. So instead of trying to put a a rushed agreement for the council to comply with this month, we we are just extending it one more month. There's nothing at this point to be done other
than providing uh council's uh consent to to for burrow for its council to negotiate with the property owners a redevelopment. You just we call the the developers the owners the
burough need the extra 30 days that's >> I asked actually at the last meeting whether there is any chance to push on the months and you said no. So I really wonder it's actually the meeting we need to state too. >> Okay.
>> Um I really wonder why because last month we were so sure about that's going to be done once one month delay but now >> I never I never said I was sure. I was sure that we needed another month.
That's what I'm sure. Um what's happened is you have the summer you had attorneys go on vacation who weren to go back and forth on the we haven't reached loggerheads with these developers. It's simply a matter of we haven't had all the people putting eyes to it because of
the summer months and yeah that was unexpected. So but I I don't believe I ever said on the record or to anybody that that I expected to be done in 30 days. So I don't think I would if I did I [Music]
>> So the only difference of that that reso resol is that we're just only extending it for 30 days to get an answer from uh >> get together. >> Yeah. Just to get the the one attorney will be back Monday. The the other attorney and neither of them have really
gotten back to us on our drafts of the agreement yet and we don't expect much in terms of changes made in ministerial. So yes, I I do expect and hope that it will be we'll have something on the agenda in September. I do I do um see that um you know
everyone on their part right trying to put everything together. I know I need you guys working hard to putting everything together but it'll be better if you guys actually bring something like this in a in a works before work sessions start right then it'll be
better. Okay. >> Right. >> Any other questions? >> Yes. uh the resolution number 2825-265. Yeah, I know this was handled in the
work session but unfortunately the work session I attended the virtually so I didn't have chance to ask about this but to understand what this is I need some more explanation >> 265 yeah the tax
>> the tax appeal >> yeah tax do we need to come in executive session >> yeah usually tax but the backup is there. >> Yeah, >> I know. >> So,
>> if Yeah, if you want to get into the details in terms of like the numbers and what it means, we'll we'll need to go in executive session. It shouldn't be long. It it should be, you know, two minutes if if that, but it would just require a motion and and vote on that.
>> Yeah. I need to know more. Okay. >> Absolutely. >> To say yes for this. So then why don't why don't you make a motion to go into executive session and and assuming all the other council or at least assuming we have a majority then we'll go into executive session. I'll take two seconds
to explain to you and hopefully that'll that'll be enough. >> Can I show business? >> What's that? >> It's a very cut and dry. >> Is it simple? >> What's that? >> It's fairly It's very simple. I can Yes.
Do you want to just maybe >> that basically says it? >> Yeah, thanks because that's probably exactly what I would need this. Can you go resolutions? Okay, please give me two minutes. >> Oh, sure, sure, sure. Anyone else? Oh,
I'm sorry. I'm taking your [Music] [Music] Okay. Yeah. >> Is that good? >> I know the details.
>> You got it. >> Okay. A motion for the consent. Are you reading that? I think >> No, not me. I think I think I've seen the same resolution.
I think uh council did you want to read this too? >> All right. Um any other question regarding uh any other resolution? Uh can I ask a question? So reszo number 267268
I believe that uh this is the uh the reszo we are looking to uh red uh on the certain area right but one of one of the one of the reso that I found out was actually on the uh on the agenda
for the planning board meeting for um Wednesday already this coming Wednesday two days later which property >> uh 268 So >> for for 35 39 West Columbia, they're on
the agenda for when? >> Two days later >> in this week. >> Yes. >> Oh, okay. >> Is that >> I I don't believe this this affects that. This is more um no that that shouldn't affect their their plan because this doesn't this doesn't change
as far as I know the the planning board area in need of rehabilitation study is is a finding of basically the you know the area of the property and it it affects mostly the borrows and the
property owners uh ability to do c things with that property, including some financial basic financial things that can be done to with between the borrow and the developer, but it it shouldn't affect
their actual application status or or the consideration of the application. >> No, but what I'm trying to say is we haven't passed this reszo yet and our planning form already has accepted the application
>> a month prior to our res and then are looking to actually execute it during the uh planning board meeting which is in two days. >> Okay. >> So, is that normal? I mean, >> we haven't voted on this yet and they already going to saying we're going to
handle this matter on the planning board meeting. >> Something's not right. We have to give a firm vote to pass this matter and then they could accept the application. >> No, I just said they're unrelated.
They're unrelated. their application to the planning board has nothing to do with the area needed redevelopment. It's it's post if they if they make it through the planning board. So if they're approved, this designation would then come into play. If they're denied,
which I I don't know it's possible, uh then this this wouldn't come into play. But this is not the the area in need study is not a prerequisite to the application. has no effect on the application. It's it's a completely separate issue. It's once they get
approved then they need this. >> Okay. Then >> so it could have been done afterwards but obviously the developer wants it done ahead of time. They they that's every developer same time. >> So if you're if you're saying that planning board has to approve first and
then once it gets approved it comes back to the governing body and you know we make decision on that specific res. No, no, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that the the planning board is going is they received the application
for the site plan, right? Okay. They they've already the planning board has already designated this area in need of rehabilitation. It's already been designated by the planning board. This is simply the council um
affirming that adoption. In essence, it's it's you're not adopting the plan. You're basically uh just just verifying and and rubber stamping in essence the plan that they've already adopted. It does not affect the actual application
itself, nor does nor does it need to wait until after. I'm simply saying that if they do get approved at the planning board level, the area in need of rehabilitation
would then be important after their approval. Not that it's needed after or not that they have to wait until after. But this resolution is to me is clear in the second whereas it says that in March
they're planning. So what they do Wednesday has nothing to do with this. This has to do with what they approved in March. So we simply repeat this the second one it said the planning board undertook conducted a public hear 2025
and it was designated all we're doing >> we're just endorsing it a legal term >> so what they do this week has nothing to do with what we're doing >> so why can't we can we do this reszo next month once all I'm saying is I'm
reading this the way it's presented and it just makes sense to me all we're doing is affirming that they did this >> property owner attorney asked for us to do it. >> If the council doesn't want to approve
it now because that's something that's the council decision. We would need to first have a motion to move it off the consent agenda and and then we would you know then someone would move to either deny it or
pass it or however wherever the chips may fall. the property owner is the one that asked for a property owner is going to want because there's no proclusion from it. It was part of our settlement agreement with this builder in the builder remedy
case. So they they have an entitlement to it. Um whether you do it now or you wait until afterwards is really not not a problem, not an issue. You have to, you know, do something to deal with the fact that it's on the agenda now and You know,
frankly, I I don't know why you would really do that. There's there's no legal reason why it can't be done tonight. And I would then have to explain to the property owner attorney what happened. I I think the property owner probably wouldn't be happy with that. I I wouldn't be buying this
property. >> So, the property owner wants this reszle on our agenda. It's not that we asked for it, right? Is that is that what it is? property owner wants this res to be on the agenda. >> They it it needs to be on the agenda
pursuant to the settlement agreement we have in the building. So yes, it's something that we've already as a council agreed to do and the builder owner the property owner asked for us to put it on the agenda and it's on the
agenda. We we have to it's already been done by the planning board. They've already filled their role. Our role is simply to endorse the plan. But if you don't want to endorse it now or the council doesn't want to endorse it now for whatever reason, I don't know what the reason is yet, but uh that that
would be the council's priority. Vote, approve, disapprove anything council want. >> All right. Any any uh council would like to move this off consent? Is there any motion? I'll make a motion
>> for which one? >> 267 and 26 >> second. No second. All right, let's move forward. for agenda. >> Okay. Vote for the consent agenda
resolution 2025 256 resolution 2025 270. >> Motion. Can I get a motion to adopt uh consent agenda 256 to 270? >> Second. Any second? >> All right. Roll call.
>> Council Kim. 2 269 and 270. Right. >> 2 267 27. >> Yes. >> Council me. >> I'll say yes on 256 to 266.
on 267 268 and >> wait wait wait wait you can't vote you're you're you're basically acting as the mayor today I'm sorry I'm not making you're running the meeting so you yeah it's you're the mayor today basically
introduction of the >> but you shouldn't have and I wasn't paying attention so we just that that'll be stricken it'll pass without the vote it's as if he didn't vote So if it didn't pass without a vote, then it is what it is. But I believe we
had unanimous votes according to my notes. >> Can we just go back to uh recheck those please? >> I think both ordinances were unanimous. Correct. >> Yes. >> They were both unanimous. Correct. So
now we have a lady and one >> right. So let's just re uh re uh review once again to leave it on the record saying that ordinance 2025-24
and 20 both ordinance was passed with and that vote right as a I'm sorry. >> Okay. So, uh consent agenda. Uh do you
want to just re visit those or >> I believe has everybody voted at this point? >> Yeah. Why don't we finish the >> Yes, we came we so >> uh exam for the 2025- 265.
Okay. 265 is reducing the tax assessment value from 12 12 million to >> okay let's not get into the number. >> So yeah >> I say no for this. You want to be or
>> you said no for 2025 >> and then the issue I'll say yes through 266 and then I'll rest 267 26
Is it 269 27? Everything pass except resolution 2025 269 2025 270. What I have right now is Jason's
and said yes can vote and then she said yes and is aband and the one year is abstain so right now we only have two yes for the 2025 269 and 270
>> we have so that's only two >> two yes and one and one abstain and one absent So there's two abensions,
>> one and one recuse and then one abstain. >> Wait a minute. There's So there's four. We got two and the recusal doesn't count. And that So it's two out of three. That's a majority. So they're resolutions they should pass. So it's
two out of three. >> Right. We have >> we only have two. Yes. Council and then council. >> Right. And and the recusal is you you take that number off the total number of council which is one two
three four today. So there's only three council >> that that are that are able to vote because there's a refusal. So two out of three is the majority. So they vote passed. >> So resolution 2025 is 269 and the
resolution 2025 is 27 was also passed. >> Correct. As long as we have two yes, two yeses, excuse me, and no no votes against, it's just one abstension. >> So from four council, you have two yeses, one recuse and one abstain,
right? Recuse doesn't count as a full. So the three vote that actually made actually counts. So the majority of the vote is two to zero right now. Even if we don't have a quum there. >> No, there's a form. The qure.
>> So motion passes. >> Okay. Uh all right. U we are through with the uh consent agenda and we are uh moving towards the uh the council reports. Any council reports
coming from council lead? >> Yeah. Um so from the school board I'm arranging a meeting with the um BOE president and the interim superintendent to discuss the you know priorities and
objectives for the upcoming school year and during that meeting I will invite the new interns for attendance to attend one of our meetings to say hello. >> Sounds good. All right.
>> Yes. DBW in July uh they had like 520 works okay including uh 216 the pickup and 25 ple so uh they handled about like the 25 works
in a day for week days so as I told you we are considering to do pickup service just for three days in a week so maybe next month they will put this facility resolution
library board meeting. We do not have a library board meeting during the summer. So, next month will be September and as you have a new director we are very happy. >> All right.
No, >> no report. >> Oh, no report. >> Okay. Uh, I just want to >> Oh, sorry. >> Okay. Thank you. Um for me I just want to say uh once again we have two the
police department side right we have to huge step forward uh past week um during August right we just appoint the uh new shift in town uh Mr. Uh, Chief George is back there just about to uh give his
report. So, uh, why don't you take it over, sir? [Applause] [Music] >> Good evening. Okay, so our regular update, our accreditation update. Uh, today we are 95%.
Uh, we're in the home stretch. We're at that bottleneck at the end. We're just waiting for a few more things to either happen or not happen so that we can prove compliance. Uh I'm hoping to have a ribbon cutting ceremony very soon. So we'll keep you all updated on that. Uh
National Night Out was held on August 5th. It was overwhelmingly successful. I thank everybody who came and participated from the mayor council. I think we had a great time. Thank you to all the residents who showed up to National Night Out. I believe it was a great success. over 90% of our officers
also volunteered to come to work that night, too. So, it was a nice nice thing to see. Uh, our facility update, our new records room, the window is now in, the uh transaction window is in, it's been installed. Our internet and phone lines have been installed. We're just waiting
for the key uh swipe to be installed and then that will be uh fully operational. Um, the people who are now coming to our window at the police department will be at that furthest window. No more vest. That'll become the new records room. Uh
our DWI enforcement, the drive over or get pulled over, that campaign is in full effect. You'll see lots of officers pulling over suspected drunk drivers uh this month. Uh it's been very active. They've made many many arrests uh in the past couple weeks that this has been in
effect. Um I I do see I don't see him here, but Officer Mcder actually last night was working the um drive sober and get pulled over and he recovered a stolen vehicle from his efforts. So, we congratulate him for
being vigilant. We congratulate him for for going the extra mile. So, that that's always great to see the officers working and uh being productive. Um as we're as we're talking about that recently, um you know, I want to I want to sing some praise to officer Laura.
Officer Marka came to us from Patterson. He's a very good officer. He was out there on patrol just recently and uh he saw a woman uh fleeing from and there was a guy pursuing her in the back. Turned out that the man had just beat her uh pretty bad. She sustained some
facial injuries uh had attacked her and Mark Officer Laa had caught it in progress uh due to his proactive patrol and all the officers their proactive patrol. Uh this woman was fleeing. He saw it. Hey, what's going on here? This guy's chasing that that woman. He
intervened, locked him up, sent him off to the Burton County Jail. So, it's nice to catch a crime in progress. The only way to do that is to be is to be out there, to be watching. And I congratulate him for a job well done. Um, let's see. Summertime, our call
volume increases. That's normal. But I assure you that the officers are out there. They're handling all the calls. Uh, they're addressing many quality of life issues. I think we're doing a good job with that. uh to see less uh people intoxicated, more people following the
rules. I think it's been very uh very beneficial, excuse me, very beneficial to the town. Uh we have a uh posting for special police officers. We're looking to hire some special police officers. Uh the deadline is August 31st. Um you can
check the posting out online on our website. You can check it out on our social media. You can also check it out uh in our vestibule. Uh we're we're hoping to find some Korean speaking uh some bilingual Korean speaking candidates to interview. Uh it would
really help us on the uh afternoon shift um when uh when when that kind of uh officer is needed. So if you know anybody, spread the word. Our deadline ends on August 31st and you can apply on the police for that. Uh and lastly, I
see that you passed the resolution for uh to reimburse officers that of their money that uh was taken from them in 2018. I thank you kindly for that. I'm sure on their behalf they thank you for that too. Reimburse for that. Um I have nothing else to report. Um if there's
any questions you have for me, >> one question. Uh during uh work session, I did mention about the uh the signage uh one of one of those signage that we recently put up for pedestrian, right?
Signs, right, that were still way too low. Um, it's going to cause accident or trouble where the resident >> what happened. We had went out and looked at each one of them
and actually he felt was too low. So if you want to revisit but I have them on my phone. He sent me all the pictures. He went to see actually each one of them. He said that they were all >> Is it Is there an issue where you believe they're too how much too low you
>> Well, I mean >> what are the people saying? >> I'm like 8 foot tall but you know >> it was too high or too low. too low because I've compared uh any of the signs by the uh for le they have the same one uh with the solar panel led function
>> they have in for leville they all like pretty pretty high he high uh where you know people easily uh walk by but ours is like way too uh way too low uh I could >> yeah m I'll be tomorrow we'll check the
compiance on And then we'll >> Yeah, we'll check what the what the required height is and then if so we ask Mr. Bruno to lift them. >> Yes, please. >> I have one comment. This is an input from my neighbor. >> Okay.
>> Okay. They said they feel much safer >> because they see police. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. We like your neighbor. We like positive comments. We could take positive comments all day. Tell your neighbor. Thank you,
>> Mr. Sh. >> Question. >> Yeah, that was a question. >> Mr. First thing in the morning, we'll handle that. >> Uh, if nobody has any more questions for me, thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Chief. >> Thank you for the council for
appointing chief deck. I think it'll be a great addition to the police department. Um, and also like I'd like to congratulate direct department for the job well done helping out with the family fun night. Chief Deck and I went
down and it was a fantastic event and it was back. Um, now back to public safety. I would like to share the u productivity report for uh tickets that were issued for the month of July.
Five individuals drove over 200 tickets each for the month of July for a total of 2316 tickets that were issued. Um, as you know, just this past year, we were number five in the county for issuing uh
tickets and we're hoping to approve on that um if in fact the tickets are there. I'd just like to recognize the five individuals who wrote 200 or more. Um, son Kim wrote 238
tickets. And I apologize advance if I break somebody's name. Nicknell Patel 215 tickets. Emanuel Ruez 254 tickets.
Andrew Gonzalez 111 tickets by far the most and David Santos 212 tickets also nothing hope that that violation tickets are from out not here
and this shows that they're out there they're doing their job and and and I'm proud of them and uh you know we'll we'll keep keep the pressure on them. We have The police department has taken over the TEO function and I we owe
a lot of credit to a lot of work that's been done so far to Lieutenant Chris Beck who who's put together schedules and so on and so forth. He's done he's done a fantastic job and I'd like to commend him for the job he's done for the last couple weeks. I think
>> all right. Uh all right, we're um public session. It's over, right? So, can I call can I get a motion to uh to uh open to the public? Can I get a
motion? >> Second, please. [Music] >> All in favor? Yes, ma'am. and behalf of my family, I want to congratulate um your
for becoming the chief police. I see that our town is going in the right direction. I'm very happy for that um how the police department is getting together. that is the most important um part of our town because that's a
wonderful thing and car and may rule and all that and I see they are working better working as a family as a group and that's make us feel like we are a family we are feel protecting we feel that we
are in the right place so I really I'm really happy for that we haven't have achieved for you know about four year I believe so that's a good move really happy and also I know the school here is going to start and I would like to ask
you know I know they doing it but a lot of the time we don't have like a um traffic person for the exo boulevard uh I know they've been working in that for last year this year I really want that to get
more like involved because this is a very busy street and you know to be I know they are around the school and watching for our kids this coming year. I know it's a lot of new student coming. So I'm very happy for that.
Congratulation. >> Thank you very Thank you. Any other any other public would like to come up and uh speak? >> Good evening everybody. Uh, I just wanted to say everybody, uh, I have a great, uh, hope you all had a
great summer. We did have some really great events. Uh, I just wanted to announce for the recreation department, we do have September 20th, we have a really great street festival coming for our town. Uh, we have a mobile gaming truck for the kids. We have a lot of inflatable bounce houses. We're going to have some really good music going over
there, some food. Um, it's going to be between right in front of the burough hall between Central and Brinker Hall right here on Road Avenue. So, please September 20th, Saturday, between 12 to 6 o'clock, please come. Uh, we'd love to see you guys and, you know, we always have a great event. We always love seeing you guys. Um, even John and Joe
always help us out with some cars. So, I love having those things here and thank you guys for always contributing to the town, everybody who helps, everybody who comes to support. I just want to say thank you. Thank you very much. >> Oh, George also congratulations. >> All right. Any other public
No. All right. Can I get a motion to bring it back to the mayor? Close the >> public. Second. All in favor? >> All right. Uh, can I get a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> All right. All in favor? >> Thank you.