The February 6, 2020 Regular Town Board Meeting was held at 6:33pm the Town of Rochester Town Hall.

PRESENT:

Councilwoman Erin Enouen Councilwoman Bea Haugen-Depuy
Councilman Chris Hewitt Councilman Adam Paddock (7:42PM)
Supervisor Michael Baden Town Clerk Kathleen Gundberg

MEETING CALENDAR:

Feb. 10 Planning Board Regular Meeting Harold Lipton Community Ctr 7:00pm
Feb. 13 Environmental Conservation Commission Town Hall 6:30pm
Feb. 17 Town Offices Closed – President’s Day
Feb. 18 Ulster County Legislature County Office Bldg., Kingston 7:00pm
Feb. 19 Youth Commission Harold Lipton Community Ctr 9:30am
Feb. 20 ECC 3rd Thursday Nature Series Town Hall 6:30pm
Feb. 20 Zoning Board of Appeals Harold Lipton Community Ctr 7:00pm
Feb. 24 Historic Preservation Commission Town Hall 2:00pm
Feb. 24 Planning Board Workshop Harold Lipton Community Ctr 6:30pm
Feb. 28 Town Board Audit/Workshop Meeting Town Hall 6:00pm
March 6 Town Board Regular Meeting Town Hall 6:30pm

SUPERVISOR UPDATE:

Dec. 2019, Jan. 2020 – Filed with the Town Clerk

2019 Total receipts received from the Town Clerk’s office: year-end total for all departments collected by the Town Clerk’s office $ 566,602.97
2020 Tax Collection Update: Town Clerk Gundberg presented to the Board:

During the month of January the following was collected for taxes: $ 5,146,089.90

$ 54,701.64 in cash payments over the counter
$ 9,016.41 in credit card payments
$ 1,675,491.56 in escrow payments
$ 3,406,880.29 in personal check payments

Town tax warrant in the amount of $ 2,610,585.65 has been satisfied as of 2/5/2020.
1/14/2020 $ 610,585.65
1/24/2020 $ 1,000,000.00
2/05/2020 $ 1,000.000.00

Also during the month of January the Town Clerk’s office collected $ 42,344.90.

I can’t thank my deputies Christina Ferrara and Tina Post enough for all the hard work they put in, January is a heavy work load of appointment of oaths, year-end reports, renewals of transfer station permits, burning permits, dog licenses, FOIL’s, close out of files along with the daily routines of daily work and tax collection. Their dedication to me and the Town helps keeps the clerk’s office operating smoothly all year round.

2019 Recreation Dept. financial Report from Director Ashley Sweeney;
After school program:
Income: $ 16,720.00 Expenses: $21,037.97 for an end of program expense of $ -4,317.97.
Summer Program:
Income: $ 30,001.96 Expenses: $ 35,632.48 for an end of program expense of $- 5,630.52
(part of this was the unexpected bus expense of $ 7,603.27)
Basketball 2018/2019:
Income: $ 11,600.00 Expenses: $ 9,998.12 for an end of the program surplus of $ 1,601.88
Various Community Luncheons/ Parties: $ -1,865.84
Supervisor Baden stated that that total income was $ 59,835.12 and an expenditure just over
$ 70,000.00, with the total of the department costing a little over $ 12,000.00, however this doesn’t included Ashley, Rita and Bethany’s salary.

ATTORNEY FOR THE TOWN UPDATE:

Supervisor Baden stated that Attorney Christiana e-mailed the Board and reminded them that all correspondence with the Town Attorney is confidential.

Supervisor’s Update/Correspondence Report:

NYS Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation informed the Town that the Accord Historic District is listed as the National Register of Historic Places.

Supervisor Baden presented a list breaking down the constabulary hours for various departments for 2019.

Highway Superintendent Frey received a letter of request from the Rondout Valley School District regarding assistance with a school bus turnaround on route 44/55. As per advisement of the Town Attorney we can’t do anything about it because it is a state road.

Supervisor Baden attended the Annual Installation Dinner of officers for the Kerhonkson-Accord First Aid Squad. This was an amazing group of volunteers and I am glad that the Town helps support them.

Supervisor Baden stated that starting Mid-March the 2020 Census will begin. This is more than a population number, it is used to determine funding assistance for important government programs like housing and infrastructure.

Mohonk Preserve is currently accepting applications for the 2020 Scheuer Land Management Internship.

A check was received by Nexamp in the amount of $ 55,809.00. Solar is up and running on the Airport Rd location site.

A JCAP grant check was received in the amount of $ 15,720.00

Ulster County sent a check to the Town in the amount of $1,300.00 for programming which is based off Ashley’s salary in the Recreation Department

NYS Department of Transportation 2019/2020 apportionment amounts available to the Town:
CHIPS: $ 228,568.16
PAVE NY: $ 8,524.98
EWR: (extreme winter recovery) $ 35,361.27

Dept. Updates/Liaison Reports
ZBA/ Planning Board: for the month of January $ 559.92 was collected ($ 500.00 subdivision fee and $ 59.92 in various copies)
CEO/ Building Department: for the month of January $ 6,777.49 was collected. $ 6,087.49 in building permits, $ 640.00 C/O, $ 50 Fire safety inspections.
Assessor’s Office: The State Residential assessments increase 7%, we will have less of an impact than surrounding Towns.

A. EXEMPTION RENEWALS
All Renewal Exemption applications were sent out the end of October. All Renewal and first time exemption applications are due back by March 1, 2020. We will review and process the application as they are received. Property owners who are just receiving the Enhanced Star Exemption will not have to renew with our office. The State will be verifying the eligibility of these property owners effective with the 2020 Roll.
B. 2020 UPDATE PROJECT
The town recently adopted an Annual Re-assessment program to annually review and update assessments based on changes in the real estate market from year to year. The 2019 Reval Project was the first year of this program. The Assessments for the 2019 Roll were based on Market Values as of July 1,2018. Due to increases in the Real Estate, from July 1,2018 to July 1, 2019, we will have to raise the majority of residential assessments 7 % across the board to maintain an Equalization Rate of 100 % for the 2020 Assessment Roll. Properties with an assessment of less than $175,000 will only increase 5 %. Since the majority of the town is increasing at about the same percentage, the tax rate will decrease and there will be very little change in taxes for property owners. If we do not increase assessments, our Equalization Rate for the 2020 Roll will be 93 %.
I will be sending notices out to property owners in early March notifying them of their new assessments. I will meet with property owners during March and April to discuss their assessments if they have questions
C. ASSISTANCE TO SENIOR CITIZENS
New York State has started to send out worksheets to property owners who are receiving the Star Exemption. We have been assisting property in completing these forms and faxing them to the state for them. While this is time consuming, we feel it is important to assist our seniors.

Highway Supt. Report: nothing to report

Chief Constable Report
The Constabulary answered 16 direct calls for service and other duties in January of 2019. These included:10 Neighbor to Neighbor and Quality of Life Complaints Issues 2 Resident Traffic Complaints (Old King’s Hwy, Boicemill Rd) 2 Environmental Complaints, (Van Tine Rd. and Queens Hwy.) 8 Building Department Violations.4 New Court Cases Opened, 17 Court Proceedings Remain Open,26 Court Proceedings Closed Interesting Occurrences: During the month, we received complaints from several residents regarding garbage being dumped at various places around the Town. A particular resident called regarding their cable/internet being cut. A resident is very concerned regarding foot traffic on Granite Rd. being a danger for motorists. In addition, we have received several complaints from multiple residents regarding trespasser’s on their properties.
The Building and Zoning Violation Detail. Over the Month of December, we were able to provide coverage on a semi-regular basis due to scheduling difficulties which include an overall shortage of personnel. That being said, we were able to identify and make a list of 1 additional property that need to be visited to address possible violations evident from the roadway. No additional time was expended. As is usual, we have taken additional complaints and information from Town residents alerting us to specific properties and possible violations.

Board Member Time

Public Comment
Mike Malarczyk: “Thank you to the Town Board for addressing insurance issues we once had with the constabulary program. Have any of our Constable’s taken a psych exam, and if so can the results be made available? If this is not being done I would like the board to consider them having them done seeing how local, state police officers and correction officers need to have these evaluations in order to be hired. If you fail the exam you’re not hired. This is important because we have guys carrying guns on the streets and they may not necessarily be in the right mental place to be doing so. We don’t need to be worrying about accidents happening. We need to put this in our policy to protect ourselves. Secondly the security at the courthouse is not being run right it’s not safe and it’s not done properly and I’m willing to discuss with the board these concerns privately, please take what I have said into consideration.”

Meg Smith: “I’ve been in operations management my whole life, I’ve also been a contractor. You create a punch list about things. I’ve heard about things for years that are not being done. We have an operations manager who is you Mike. I see a lot of papers and policies and laws that you were worried about yet I heard ethics law once and you almost choked when you said it at the workshop meeting. We have an ethics laws folks, we need to be held accountable nobody is above that law, we have a problem right now. We also have a problem with things not being done. I’ve been a contractor, I followed the contracts at the courthouse and I see a lot of problems. I’ve also created a punch list of town events.”

1. The near hole in the Town Hall hallway has not been repaired.
2. Mold in the Assessor’s office that has been confirmed multiple times.
3. The dilapidated building at the transfer station.
4. The courthouse is leaking and has mold.
5. We need to purchase a server and transfer Town data to a secure location.
6. Playground equipment at the Town Park needs to be replaced there’s all this talk of rail trail’s, pollinator garden’s and maintenance plants at the solar site but I’ve been there and there aren’t any and the plants aren’t being maintained.
7. The courthouse annex is not done. There is money, let’s spend it right I don’t think anybody knows there’s a shower there for the Constables.

Mike Baden: “A majority of those issues are being addressed. Prior to me coming into the office no money was put into infrastructure in this town for a very long time.”

Meg Smith: “I’m tired of words, I want to see action I’m tired of you talking to everyone taking up everyone’s time; move onto the next person, I don’t need explanations. I’m one step ahead of you at all times, money needs to be spent at the courthouse. The roof is leaking you went into a contract to have work done by December 15, 2019 and it’s still not done and you told the newspaper the contractor was delaying the renovations to the courthouse and that is incorrect.”

Angie Hasbrouck: Disappointed I stand here before you tonight to bring all these issues to the town board and the public’s attention in hopes that all these issues will be addressed. Three months ago we stood here listening to a public apology from the Supervisor for his behavior and how he was going to gain our trust back and work on creating a healthy work environment. At the time I gave Mike the benefit of the doubt. It started out ok and then went right back into the same routine, of complete disregard and disrespect. If an employee makes a simple mistake Mike will reprimand them with other people around he doesn’t trust anyone to do their job, he talks over top of everyone and shuts us down. He makes insinuating comments which has put employees up against other employees myself included, many of us have been frustrated to tears because of his behavior myself included.
It’s not about not liking change, it’s his behavior and the complete disregard he shows, and we’re expected to grin and bare it because he’s the Supervisor. Employees are afraid of retaliation. If something is brought to his attention that he doesn’t agree with he has stated he feels like he’s being challenged. You expect everything to be in black-and-white but that’s not how it always works. At the employee meeting held in November a Department head said “we have been doing our jobs much longer than you have, let us do our jobs and stop stepping on our toes. “” Yet you continue to do so. At last week’s meeting Mike stated that he will not break the law when referring to signing Becky’s job title with civil service, yet he broke the workplace violence policy on more than one occasion, he violated the code of ethics when receiving gifts from a Rabbi, which if any of us did this we would have been written up, possibly fired. He’s breaking the Americans with Disabilities Act by continuing to make us work in an environment that is compromising our health. This is been going on for years and each year it’s getting worse and the documentation proves it. I’ve had to increase my medication. Mike the longer you wait and the longer you continue to put this off suggesting it is a “product of persuasion” relating employee’s health conditions to the problem is not going to end well. Delaying being proactive made my quality-of-life, mental capacity and financial status debilitating. We are all held accountable so why isn’t the Supervisor? Has he continued therapy? Has anyone followed through to make sure he’s receiving therapy with the suggested mental disorder brought up by Len Bernardo last November? The employees are going to need the therapy. Mike should be held to a higher standard, not because that’s what we expect but that’s what Mike should do as a Supervisor of the Town of Rochester. Thank you for your time. I encourage each board member to talk to different employees on their own to see how they feel about his behavior towards them.”
Chris Simmons: “ I used to be the Lieutenant Constable. The last time I was here I was wrongfully terminated and not allowed to speak, and have never given an opportunity to speak. Why are people still here working when they’re doing less hours than even I was? When I worked here I worked Tom Ryan’s hours. If the court was 2 hours long I work for two hours, if it was four hours I work the four hours I don’t get it, whatever happened to progressive discipline? Nothing, no warnings, no writing nothing why? Because you have Chief Miller running things, who knows nothing about progressive discipline. No right ups, no warnings, I have my emails to him asking what were the mandated hours to work. There was nothing in writing, I would ask for him to send me what you have in writing so I can verify it and he wouldn’t do so. I can’t make up hours if it was 2 hours I worked for 2 hours. How can I change that to 4 or 8 hours? Training, I did training on behalf of Chief Miller because that’s what I was told to do, when I sent an invoice to the Town you told me that I wasn’t authorized to do the training. But if I was told to do something by my boss Miller am I not supposed to and go to you directly first? That was $4,000 I never got paid for. So when the guys are asked to do something by the Chief are they supposed to come back to you before-hand? It makes no sense! I work for two different Towns and Chief Miller has run my background for any reason why I don’t know and for some reason he tells people I was arrested and that’s why I was fired here. It’s none of his business or his concern. Obviously what I am doing is good, I teach at the Academy right now. Chief Miller was an auxiliary when I met him at Seagate. He got his peace officer’s status on his own he was never a police officer. If you were to call Jeff Fortunado of Seagate you would know this. I worked with him because I like to train people I thought it would be a good thing but not getting paid for it makes no sense to me. If the town got paid for my services why didn’t I get paid? When you go for training you’re supposed to get paid for your training whether you’re an officer or the person being trained. Because there is liability is another reason why you get paid because if you were hurt on the job they are on Town time. When they’re going for shooting class you’re supposed to supply them with ammunition, this is a problem and as long as you allow Chief Miller to run anything it will continue to be a problem. You never heard anything for me in the 6 years I worked here nobody complained about anything in the courts, at training, never a problem, but I can be done in a matter of minutes because I didn’t do what he wanted me to do. I have emails he wanted me to sign documentation and when I would question why he would say just do it .We don’t do movie details anymore because they don’t want to work with Rich Miller. The problem here is Miller nobody complains about anybody else except for maybe Mattola. But Mattola was a bombshell when he worked in Seagate which you would know if you had did your background before you hired this guy and he is still a problem. I know him personally so I can say that. I was never an issue before or ever been a problem but you get rid of me because I was a problem for him, because I wouldn’t do what he wanted me to do because I knew it wasn’t right. I’ve been an instructor since 2001 and in law-enforcement since 1986. I’ve been disciplined once and when they sent me to the judge the judge sent me back because my background and my record was clear. Chief Miller is nothing but a buff no one likes him from the state police down that’s why you can’t get 911 access, you know this already but you want to protect him, that’s on you. The email server in his basement I’ve been there when he’s read other employee’s emails. I was sitting right next to him in his mother‘s basement as he said so and so was getting an email let’s see what it has to say, but you’re also aware of that so this is on you too.”

Meg Smith: “ I’ve looked at all the Court security in the County and I see that Chris now makes a lot more money working at Marbletown and they do it per diem $ 75.00 per night and Wawarsing pays $ 86.00. No Town has 10 constables, when you do a search on the new e-code you come up with our Court Officers, but I know there is money in public safety and money in building department. This is so misleading, there is a lot of information that nobody wants to listen too. This program is not right, I’ve said that all along and Mike I think you realize that now, now that you’ve had your hands on the registry and what I was unable to get my point across to you, this was not set up right and we are under paying our Court Officers and we will never pull quality security until we pay them properly. What Chris has told you is true, he has the documentation, he’s always had a lawsuit against the Town. People were just trying to get you to do the right thing, people fear retaliation you have no idea how many people are afraid.”

Discussion
Watershed Educational Park: will bring a resolution before the Board at the workshop meeting.

Code Enforcement Officer Request to Create a New Position of Fire Safety and Property Maintenance (PT)
Discussion: Supervisor Baden stated at the request of CEO Jerry Davis. The Code Enforcement office is in need for assistance in Fire Safety and Property maintenance inspector. There’s a number of required trainings for this position. It is separate from the Code Enforcement Officer and Building Inspector. I spoke with Michael Richardson and he said many Towns have these positions. Any place that has public assembly depending on the number of people requires yearly inspections. Also the property maintenance code of NYS can be enforced by this person. We have 72 businesses, 21 multiple dwellings inspected on an annual basis. Jerry is requesting that the Town Board consider creating a part time position. He included Marbletown and Hurley have a Fire Inspector and Wawarsing and Olive have 2 Building Inspectors. I would assume this would be non-competitive. If it comes back competitive we can certainly have a conversation about that. I propose we set it at 14 hours per week at $ 20.00 per hour. We are not obligated to hire anyone we are just looking for a determination.

Resolution #64 -2020:

A Motion was made by Supervisor Baden to request a determination from the County personnel department as to the classification of Fire Safety and Property Maintenance position at a pay rate of $ 20.00 per hour at 15 hours a week.
Second: Councilwoman Enouen
Further Discussion: Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy: years ago there were two building inspectors that did work for multiple dwellings, fast forward to a few years back Doug Dymond had assistance from Percy Green. The fact that we would be adding a part-time person is nothing new to this Town. And I’m willing to bet the businesses and multiple dwellings have multiplied.
Supervisor Baden: about 12 years ago we had 2 part time. Which averaged out to full time and part time staff. It will be in the neighborhood of $ 15,000.00. If we move into further inspections on short term rentals that will also increase.
Councilwoman Enouen: I fully support a more robust code enforcement office, we already have to use the constabulary to help deal with the work overload, and having a more trained code enforcement is positive. This is a great idea.
Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy: there’s two different sections one does the inspection and the other one is carrying out the violation.
Supervisor Baden: this position would be someone who can enforce property maintenance which is a section of the NYS building code.
Councilwoman Enouen: my question is why is he looking for a more limited scope and not another Code Enforcement officer?
Supervisor Baden: After a conversation with CEO Davis, he stated that is the hole that needs to be filled. If it is a competitive position we can look at the list or hire someone provisionally.
Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy: Or we can make up a different job title and appoint someone.
Supervisor Baden: That’s not as easy as you would like it to be. But we can try. It’s difficult with these things that have titles. Jobs that are part-time or not that require additional certification above and beyond, the state is saying they have to be competitive.
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

General Code update: Supervisor Baden met with Town Attorney to review the remainder of the recommendations. There are some questions for Mike Dunham and Jerry Davis to review. Draft will be made available by the end of February.

Recycling and Composting Ambassadors: Supervisor Baden asked the Board their idea of having trained volunteers at the transfer station helping with proper recycling. A question was asked regarding liability. Supervisor Baden stated if it is an appointed volunteer there is a Town policy that covers all volunteers. If the Board likes the idea Supervisor Baden and Councilwoman Enouen will work on a policy. The volunteers would have to wear proper clothing like vests, hard hats and safety glasses.

Councilman Paddock joins the board at 7:42pm.

Councilwoman Enouen stated that she is in favor of this and had hopes of building out a volunteer program. Councilwoman stated she has 3 dates that she plans to attend and see what the best approach will be and talk after some feedback.
Supervisor Baden stated there are a lot of people that want to do the right thing yet there is a lot of confusion as to what is recyclable and what’s not.

Infrastructure/Buildings & Grounds: Supervisor Baden stated no money has been spent on buildings and grounds in a lot of years and the Board needs to work on a prioritized list of projects to be completed. We can do a 3 and 5 year plan. By the workshop meeting please each make a list and we will talk about them. We need to look at Bridges, Culverts and Buildings. The Boice Mill Rd bridge is going to cost close to $ 500,000.00. The Courthouse roof is a working progress and should begin this month.

Parks and Recreation: With the help of the highway department and Indian Valley little league volunteers we plan to regrade & cut new base paths on the Town baseball field. Currently the field is more of a rectangle shape rather than a diamond. New playground equipment is needed. The equipment that is currently there was donated by the Chamber of Commerce back in 1998. We can even look at used playground equipment off of the auction sites.

IT Vendor/Cybersecurity: The vendor from the Red Hook company modified there proposal by removing the computer monitors. We can potentially reuse what we have. Currently Supervisor Baden is looking on the state bid procurement list. It may be cheaper for us to by our equipment from the state. The company referenced above had the cheapest price for the ongoing maintenance however had the highest price of equipment. Dell was the specified company to use.
Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy asked if this should be rebid then.
Supervisor Baden stated these were never bids just quotes. It’s not a bid required item.
Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy stated we took quotes based on a certain standard now you’re changing the standard.
Supervisor Baden stated that we didn’t, we just asked the 4 vendors of what we needed. I am going to each vendor to see if they would give us another quote without equipment.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Resolution # 65-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Enouen to accept the minutes of the meetings listed;
• Dec. 5, 2019 Regular Meeting
• Jan. 2, 2020 Special Meeting
• Jan. 2, 2020 Organizational Meeting
• Jan. 2, 2020 Regular Meeting
• Jan. 16, 2020 Special Meeting
• Jan. 30, 2020 Audit/Budget Workshop Meeting
Second: Councilman Hewitt
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION:
Resolution # 66-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilman Hewitt authorizing the Town Supervisor to accept donations of $75.00 from Alan and Arlene Levine and $62.08 from St. Pauley Textile.
Second: Councilman Paddock
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW 1 OF 2020:
Resolution # 67-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy that the Town Board adopt Local Law 1 of 2020, Establishing a Date for the Meetings of the Town of Rochester Board of Assessment Review.
Second: Councilwoman Enouen
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

AUTHORIZATION TO SELL AT AUCTION VARIOUS SURPLUS HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT:
Resolution # 68-2020

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Enouen that the Town Board, upon recommendation of the Highway Superintendent, authorizes the Town Supervisor to commence sale of the following surplus items at auction and to contract with Absolute Auction and Realty for such services. The Town Supervisor will post notice of such auction on the town website.
1. 1989 Champion grader
2. 1971 John Deere Dozer 750
3. (2) Bulk plastic storage tanks with stand
Second: Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy

AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION # 69 -2020:

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Enouen and Seconded by Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy to amend resolution # 69-2020 to read as follows;
that the Town Board, upon recommendation of the Highway Superintendent, authorizes the Town Supervisor to commence sale of the following surplus items at auction and to contract with Absolute Auction and Realty for such services. The Town Supervisor will post notice of such auction on the town website.
1. 1989 Champion grader
2. 1971 John Deere Dozer 750
3. (2) Bulk 1,000 gallon plastic storage tanks with stand
Second: Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

AUTHORIZATION TO SELL AT AUCTION A SURPLUS VEHICLE:
Resolution # 70-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilman Hewitt that the Town Board, upon recommendation of the Town Supervisor, authorizes the Town Supervisor, to commence sale of a 2004 Chevy Cavalier at auction and to contract with Absolute Auction and Realty for such services. The Town Supervisor will post notice of such auction on the town website.
Second: Councilman Paddock
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND USE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE, TOWN BOARD MEMBER:
Resolution # 71-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilman Hewitt nominating Councilwoman Enouen to serve on Committee for the Comprehensive Plan and Land use.
Second: Councilman Paddock.
No other nominations made
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 1- Baden motion carried

ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND USE CODE REVIEW COMMITTEE:
Resolution # 72-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilman Hewitt that the Town Board appoints the following to the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Code Review Committee;

Town Supervisor: Michael Baden
Town Board member: Erin Enouen
Planning Board member: Maren Lindstrom
ECC member: Madeline Russo
Code Enforcement Officer or the Zoning Coordinator: Jerry Davis / Rebecca Paddock-Stange
One (1) resident appointed by Supervisor Baden: Michael Coleman
One (1) resident to be appointed by Councilwoman Haugen-DePuy: Heather Gabriel
One (1) resident to be appointed by Councilwoman Enouen: Wilton Duckworth
One (1) resident to be appointed by Councilman Hewitt: Robert Kilpert
One (1) resident to be appointed by Councilman Paddock: John Dawson
Second: Councilwoman Enouen
Discussion: Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy “wanted to state on the record that she will support Mr. Dawson’s appointment as long as he keeps a civil tongue and she expects that he treats everyone with respect. Treat everyone how you would treat your mother.”
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Enouen that the Town Board enters into a BRIEF executive session at 8:15pm for the purposes of discussion of matters leading to the appointment of particular individuals considered for boards and commissions.
Second: Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Enouen to reconvene the meeting at 8:29pm stating no action taken nor monies expended.
Second: Councilman Hewitt
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

BOARD OF ASSESSMENT REVIEW:
Resolution # 73-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilman Hewitt appointing Elaine La Flamme to serve on the Board of Assessment Review with a term to end 9/30/2024.
Second: Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

BOARD OF ETHICS:
Resolution # 74-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilman Hewitt appointing Theresa Harvey-Barrett to serve on the Board of Ethics with a term to end 12/31/2024.
Second: Councilman Paddock
Aye: 4 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried
Baden Recused
Resolution # 75-2020

A Motion was made by Supervisor Baden appointing Ronald Lapp Jr. to serve on the Board of Ethics to fill a vacancy created with the resignation Antonino Spano with a term to end 12/31/2022.
Second: Councilman Paddock
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMISSION:
Resolution # 76-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilman Hewitt appointing John Messerschmidt to serve on the Environmental Conservation Commission with a term to end 12/31/2022.
Second: Councilwoman Enouen
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION:
Resolution # 77-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy appointing Francesca Noble and Shirley Avery to serve on the Historic Preservation Commission with a term to end 12/31/2022.

YOUTH COMMISSION:
Resolution #78 -2020:

A Motion was made by Councilman Hewitt appointing Pam Stocking, Sandy Chipman and Deborah Martin to serve on the Youth Commission with a term to end 12/31/2022.
Second: Councilman Paddock
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

PLANNING BOARD:
Resolution # 79 -2020:

A Motion was made by Supervisor Baden appointing Maren Lindstrom to serve on the Planning Board with a term to end 12/31/2026.
Second: Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS:
Resolution # 80-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilman Hewitt appointing Bruce Psaras to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals with a term to end 12/31/2024.
Second: Councilwoman Enouen
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy to enter into executive session at 8:37pm for the purpose of discussion of matters leading to health matters of a town employee.
Second: Councilwoman Enouen
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Enouen to reconvene the meeting at 9:50pm stating no action taken nor monies expended.
Second: Councilman Hewitt
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

COST FEASIBILTY OF CONVERTING THE TOWN HALL MEETING ROOM:
Resolution # 81-2020:

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Enouen authorizing the Town Supervisor to investigate the cost feasibility of converting the Town Hall meeting room into the Assessor’s office workspace, and to commence such conversion, subject to the procurement policy.
Second: Councilman Paddock
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

ADJOURNMENT:

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Enouen to adjourn the meeting at 9:58pm.
Second: Councilman Hewitt
Aye: 5 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried

Paddock and Hewitt left the meeting

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy to reconvene meeting 10:03pm.
Second: Councilwoman Enouen
Aye: 3 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried
Paddock, Hewitt-absent
ADULT FITNESS GENTLE/ YOGA :
Resolution # 82-2020:

A Motion was Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy on recommendation of the Recreation Director, authorizes the Supervisor to contract with MaryBeth Woolsey to lead an Adult Fitness Gentle/Yoga evening class of 1 hour for a fee of $30.00 per session with schedule of classes to be determined by the Recreation Director., contingent on completion of a background check.
And further, authorizes the Recreation Director to collect a $5.00 per session fee from each participant of the Second: Councilwoman Enouen
Aye: 3 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried
Paddock, Hewitt-absent
ADJOURNMENT:

A Motion was made by Councilwoman Haugen-Depuy at 10:05pm.
Second: Councilwoman Enouen
Aye: 3 nay: 0 abstain: 0 motion carried
Paddock, Hewitt-absent

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

KATHLEEN A. GUNDBERG
TOWN CLERK