Board of Trustees - Regular Meeting

taking responsibility for their own safety and security on their properties as we deal more and more with flooding. At 5 o'clock today, the initial marine engineering study for the dock was sent. I have not read it yet. Han will review it and assist us in translating it and making next steps and determinations. But as soon as we'll forward it once Will reads the draft.

and make sure it has everything that we need to have in it for everybody to see.

Marjorie will. Opportunity to add or modify agenda items. I would like to make two . One is we have a request to do a marriage here at Village Hall while I am away. And we need to name an additional marriage officer. So we have a resolution related to that. I'd like to add that at the end. for Marjorie to be able to perform the winning. And I will make a motion for a very quick executive session at the end of the meeting to update the board on two matters currently under discussion.

And when we make the motion to enter, I'll give the full text of the language.

Board business. So we do have a guest today, two guests. Saladin Allah has traveled from Niagara Falls to talk with us about an initiative being led by his organization, the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center. And Harriet Tubman Scenic Byway, he is joined by his daughter . So he's going to be telling us about it, asking us for support by a resolution. I want to point out that other municipalities around us are already on board. Phillipstown, Beacon, I think Fishgill, right? We're sort of the last piece. I moved this to the spring, so there will be less confusion talking about trails when we were talking about the other big trail in the spring. I thought we'd be able to focus more on the positivity of this conversation later. So thank you for joining us. And you're welcome to come to the table if you'd like. You can, too, if you'd like, Anusha.

Anusha wants to be recorded. Oh, yes. That's fine. I'll keep track. Why is the video on?

Yeah, I want to thank you for inviting me to speak this evening. I'm solidly in a lot. director of community engagement at the Underground Railroad Heritage Center in Niagara Falls, but I'm also chair of our Descendants Council for the Underground Railroad Byway. So if you're familiar with the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harry Beecher Stone in 1852, there was a book that was written in 1849 that was about the life of a man named Josiah Hansen. His life became the central narrative for the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, and that's my third great-grandfather. So some of my family came through the Underground Railroad five, moved over to the Niagara Falls side on the American side, had my father, and my father had seven children. I'm the most intelligent. Seven children.

You're getting that on the record.

What number are you in line?

I'm right in the middle. You're in the middle. Okay. Yeah. So our Harriet Tubman initiative started a couple of years ago, and this was a project for over a decade that people that were in various different sites along New York State wanted to be able to create because there had not been any type of contiguous roadway to honor people's journey through New York State. So Earth Needs, which is the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State, were able to actually achieve a grant of our organization as a part of Earth Needs. And that gave us the initial funding to be able to put forward the initiative to start this process of creating a scenic byway. Central to this project was to get a corridor management plan that was officially designated and established through the scenic byway program, DLT. And a part of that meant we had to get resolutions across the state of New York, which covered 176 municipalities, 22 counties. And to date, we only have five resolutions that we need for this 550 mile byway. So we've been doing a lot of work for the last couple of years. Just June 4th, phase one of our scenic byway was passed side. And then within nine days, the governor signed the Senate by way into law, which is virtually unheard of because every two year cycle in the state legislature, they introduce 13 to 16,000 bills and they rarely meet, you know, the type of specifications where you get unanimous support across the Senate and to give it to the governor to sign it. So it's pretty historic for us to do that. So Having that first segment passed into law, we've now been working on the second phase of the scenic byways, which is from Auburn, where Harriet's chosen town was, to New York City. And we're striving to make sure we have this done and presented to DLT so that second phase of the byway can get signed into law. good position to be able to do that and we're here just to seek your support for that resolution um so that we can strive to meet um d.o.t's deadline and wanted to reference our resolutions phase two by the end of july maybe beginning of august but at least the end of july so that we can finish the corridor management plan and then from there be able to move

can describe what it means for a municipality. Is this something you're asking us to manage or fund?

Absolutely. OK. So what a scenic byway is, is typically when you put directions in a Google map. It's going to take you on the fastest route. It's usually along three ways. What a scenic byway does is it gives you the opportunity to travel through municipalities for you to be able to see not only the historic landscape, but also to be able to support local businesses, right? And What DOT is responsible for is simply putting up the signage. So for scenic byway, you're not actually building roads. What you're doing is you're designating a path or a journey with signage so that people know that they're actually traveling this route. So what we've done is we've been able to document Harriet Tubman and other freedom seekers journeys across New York State. And many of the sites are on the National Scenic Byway Program. and people will have an opportunity to travel to places like this and see some of the various different historic landscape that that they have here also it opens up municipalities for support and funding around historic preservation because this is a historically preservation initiative in terms of sites related to the underground railroad it's also connected to various other different types of history that is important that people would like to see when they go and travel different places. So each municipality also has an opportunity to access funding in terms of state and federal grants for road work. Because since DOT is designating and establishing the scenic highway route, they're also responsible for the road work and road repair. So you wouldn't have to go and strive to seek other funding parole repairs, or other types of things. That is the responsibility of DOT. So for each municipality, there is no financial obligation or burden to be able to recognize and acknowledge this scenic byway. What it does is it gives you an opportunity to tap into other resources, to be able to preserve a lot of the historic landscape that you already have, to be able to support businesses. So just like me and my daughter, we traveled here. We stopped at an ice cream shop by a market along Route 9. And then we also, before I stopped here, I went to the foundry one time. And she's the one that I actually recognized because I'm looking around. And I'm like, this kind of looks familiar. And she's like, we went there before you got chai tea. And so when people travel and they go places, they want to shop. They want to patronize different businesses. And that's what the Senior Byway does. York State, but it also gives people an opportunity to invest in the local municipalities that they're actually traveling. The first phase of the byway that we just got signed into law, that is from Auburn to Niagara Falls. We've collected data that determined that the cultural heritage tourism that is generated in this segment, which is 176 miles from Auburn to Niagara Falls, generates over 3.2 billion dollars. of visitor revenue. And these are people who are staying at hotels, that are going to restaurants, entertainment.

Those berries are very poisonous. Oh, they are? Tony's a free guy.

They came out of this. You know what? Let's take them and have you go. Do you know where you washed your hands before? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt. That's all right.

Thank you. Okay, go ahead.

You'll have to wash your hands after. Don't put your fingers in your mouth.

Thank you.

Yes. And a second point is each municipality looks different. So Cold Spring looks different than Rochester. know that that municipality may have other ideas about travel and how they would like to amplify the scenic byway that's traveling through those areas. You may have other municipalities that's mostly agricultural. So they wouldn't necessarily look into funding for like historic preservation of sites, but they may tap into federal or state funding that's around agriculture.

Yeah, we are well acquainted with you just touch them with your hands. Why don't you just We don't need a third person washing their hands. We're well acquainted with both historic preservation. We have a national district and a local district here. And with tourism, we're a major tourism destination because we're an hour north of the city on Metro North. For me, I think it's really fantastic to have this part of New York's history added to the story, in Hudson Valley in particular. So I think that's really cool. I know Tony has a couple questions. I have one. We work with DOT a lot. What engagement will DOT have with us, with the municipality, about where the signs go?

So the route that we already have established, they would work with the municipality in terms of where they go. Absolutely. And it's a partnership. And it's the regional who determine, OK, this is the location of where the signage actually goes. So you work with them directly.

Sounds great. You have some questions, right? My question is financial commitment from us.

The whole thing is a great idea. Are we signing up for a financial commitment?

No. It's DLP. DLP pays for the signage.

Yeah, DLP is responsible for the signage, for the upkeep of the roll work, because it's counted. So DLT already has budgeted every year funding for road repair, road work. And there's other programs in the state and the federal government that you can tap into for other things that you would like. We can tap into it. Absolutely.

As an example, on the TAP grant, if we had been part of Scenic Byway, that would have been one of the things we could list as one of the attributes, positive attributes about the roadway.

And then also thinking outside the box because you're familiar more with this landscape than I actually am. So you may have other ideas in terms of, so I saw a lot of the signage along nine on this way and the other way with a lot of the different soldiers. Right. So I see that that's an important history here in this area as well. You may think outside the box in terms of how else can be amplified stories. of soldiers and the military aspect of what's celebrated here as well, in addition to this being a scenic byway, all right, that's related to the Unabroad Railroad.

So any other questions or discussion? No.

I'm just curious. So looking on the map, it's following 9D, the route, is that right? Yes. And have you identified any potential related sites of interest?

just a little corridor there's a lot of mythology yeah so the railroads themselves and water routes were always historically followed by freedom seekers because they travel in a certain direction and a lot of times people are oftentimes under the impression that people just follow the drinking board or looked up at nighttime using stars as navigational tools but a lot of times people would use railroads Absolutely. And people live to identify this route because people are actually traveling this way.

There's also a preserved part of the old Albany Post Road, the stagecoach route up to Albany.

And that's only four or five miles east of here. And then that's another thing because local historians, researchers, this opens up other opportunities for them to actually do more research, to be able to document these stories and these great opportunity to even do more of that type of work.

As we go ahead with the Resolute Put, sorry, just to back up, an amazing, fantastic idea to bring all these sort of cultural, historical events to the present. If we go ahead, and I assume we will, what will happen next? What will happen

So we're still in the process of securing the last five resolutions, and that will be all 176. And then the next process is we have to submit all of the resolutions with the updated scenic byway and this has to be approved by DLT. So for us to get the first phase of the byway signed into law, we had to create a corridor management plan, which highlighted phase one from Auburn to Niagara Falls. Now we have to update that corridor management plan with DLT to include the second phase. And from there, the next step is we have to move forward with 2027 to get phase two signed into law and passed in the legislature again. So last time we, like I mentioned, we got it. So once you get the court or management plan complete, then you have to get it passed in the state legislature. And we already got a first phase passed, which gives us leverage to be able to come back with the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in New York State. That gives us even more leverage in order to get this done in 2027. So the next phase is update the quarter management plan, identify our assembly members and our senators to sponsor this again in 2027. and then go through the process again in order to get the support that we need across the state called phase two, and then get the government signature again in 2027. Yeah.

Anything, any other discussion? Let's go ahead, Donald. Would someone like to make a motion?

Make a motion.

Resolution 31-2026. Whoops, that's not it.

Thank you. Did not have it. A resolution for Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad New York Phoenix Byway nomination and corridor management plan adoption.

Whereas the historic qualities of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad near Phoenix Highway, as described in the Corridor Management Plan and surrounding areas, has been appreciated and celebrated for over a century by residents of New York State, as well as tourists, historians, artists, authors, and other visitors to the region, it is a unique combination of the journeys of Harriet Tubman and those freedom users who travel on the Underground Railroad that creates a special place that is vital in telling the New York story of the human desire for freedom and the historic sites they utilized during their journey to emancipation. And whereas the steering committee of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad New York Scenic Byway composed of representatives of 22 municipalities among the proposed scenic byway route committed to working cooperatively to protect and promote the historic scenic recreational and economic well-being of the 550-mile corridor throughout the state and agreed to pursue the nomination of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad New York Scenic Byway, And whereas under the leadership of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, the New York Scenic Byway Steering Committee, each of the 22 counties contributed to the development of this corridor management plan by encouraging public participation, confirming the vision and goals and leading individual meetings of the collaborative. And whereas the Steering Committee of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, New York Scenic Byway, consisting of relatives of Harriet Tubman, descendants of freedom seekers, Harriet Tubman and for Underground Railroad historians, representatives from the state and federal agencies to strengthen the historic integrity, representation, and the principles of the corridor management plan. And whereas in the process of developing this corridor management plan, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad New York Scenic Byway Steering Committee has strengthened the bonds of inter-municipal cooperation. And the involved entities envisioned further benefit through scenic byway designation, including sustained collaborative progress Increase funding opportunities for recommendations identified in the plan. Enhance partnerships with agencies responsible for the stewardship of resources along and adjacent to the byway route. And improve visitor experience that interprets and promotes the corridor's intrinsic qualities and resources. And now, therefore, be it resolved that the Village of Cold Spring Board of Trustees supports the designation of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, New York State Scenic Byway, which includes programs for stewardship and enhancement of the historic scenic byway and guidance to manage future activities along its corridor. And be it further resolved that the Board of Trustees in the Village of Cold Spring confirms that they will abide by and follow all existing New York State federal laws and regulations that are applicable to this resolution. And be it further resolved that the Board of Trustees for the Village of Cold Spring will work in partnership with other municipalities along the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, New York City by-way, and local regional stakeholders in order to support future by-way programs, economic development, marketing, and collaborate with those interested, sorry, these interested entities to explore opportunities for cooperation to realize the new by-way goal.

On a roll call vote. Trustee Bardas. Aye. Trustee Bosie is absent. Trustee Hall? Aye. Deputy Mayor Wentz? Pleasure, aye. And Mayor Foley? All for the pleasure, aye. So by order of the Village of Coltrane Board of Trustees, this resolution is adopted by a vote of 4-0-0-1. Four more, right?

Anybody and push? And thank you for being so patient.

Yeah, you.

Thank you for saving her life, Joni. She did say thank you. She said, glad someone told her. Yeah. OK. Now we all know.

If I told her, she wouldn't believe me.

Now, Dad, just make sure you wash your hands before you go.

Oh, yeah. Thank you very much, Joni. I want to touch your eyes. Have a safe trip back. Enjoy a cold spring while you're here. whatever comes next.

Thank you. Thank you for all the work. And please give our best regards to Sage. I will, definitely.

So that you can conserve or sort. I have a copy of this in my folder. You want to reuse these in the next location?

Our name's on it. Oh, our name is on it? But yeah, I'll hand mine in to you. Thanks for the money. We already have it. Do you like the folder stuff?

Yeah.

Just save a couple of cents. What do you call it? I'll be mine. Okay, that's it.

Thank you. I took out this part.

Thank you so much. Thank you. So come back. Enjoy your time. Yes.

Bye. Thank you. Thank you. Bye-bye.

Have a good night.

Bye-bye.

Have a good night. Have a good night.

I'm going to go wash my hand too.

That's not going to get you. The unripe seeds are really toxic. Wow. Look it up. Chinese lantern tree. Chinese lantern 12.

Tony knows what that tree is called, a Chinese lantern tree. So now you know the name.

It looks like little paper lanterns.

If you look them up, they look like paper lanterns. Cool.

Cool.

All right. We're moving on, kiddo. All right. Next. Resolutions authorizing mayor to sign employee agreements. So you'll remember this verb, bringing everybody up to speed, that back in March, we had two projects going at once. One was the budget, and the other was updating the employee handbook with our labor. And one of the recommendations we suggested that we deal with right away was the restructuring of pay for some employees. For many years previously, the village had provided a separate management stipend to some employees in addition to salary. And it had been considered a way to keep overtime costs down. However, labor law does require that municipalities properly include all remuneration in the calculation of overtime, including longevity. So as we were creating the budget for this year, fiscal year 27, we structured the budget accordingly with single pay lines for the four impacted employees. And at the recommendation of the attorney, she suggested that we appropriately and proactively comply with New York state labor law and provide a two year look back to correct that overtime and longevity. So as of June 1st, the four lines are fully compliant with pay structure as it should be. And then this look back period addresses the error that was not willful. Go ahead. Two years is the look back if it is not willful. And there's a three-year look back if it is willful. But obviously, we weren't purposely denying people pay. Okay. So... The funding for the back pay comes from our fiscal year 26 general fund allocation from last year's remaining general fund allocation because they were one-time expenses and they occurred prior to May 31st. So it doesn't impact this year's budget at all. And then part two is reclassifying the village clerk position as exempt of the Fair Labor Standards Act. So lots of words. or clean his house in a good way. So you read number 31. OK. So I'll read number 32. Whereas while in the process of drafting a new employee handbook, the village board became aware that the previous longstanding village practice of excluding stipends and a calculation of the hourly rate for computing overtime for overtime eligible employees was not permitted under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and whereas the miscalculation of the overtime rate was neither willful nor due to the gross negligence of the village, and whereas the village has since conducted a payroll audit to identify those overtime eligible employees whose hourly rate for the computation of overtime was done incorrectly due to the exclusion of the stipend. And whereas, after being presented with this information, the Board of Trustees has now made the decision to provide back pay to those overtime eligible employees whose hourly rate for competing overtime did not include their stipends for the full period of the statute of limitations for non-willful violations, which is two years. And that's actually federal code. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the village of Cold Spring that the settlement agreement and general release entered into by the village and Matthew Krug, attachment A, is hereby approved, and the mayor is authorized to execute the agreement on behalf of the village. And be it resolved by the village of Cold Spring that the settlement agreement and general release entered into by the village of Scott Monroe, attachment B, is hereby approved, and the mayor is hereby authorized to execute the agreement on behalf of the village. be resolved by the village of Cold Spring that the settlement agreement and general release entered into by the village and Robert Dennett, Jr., attachment C, is hereby approved. And the mayor is hereby authorized to execute the agreement on behalf of the village. And it is a roll call, though. Do we have a second?

Oh, second.

Second.

One quick question.

Yep, discussion.

Do we have, are we, do we have to, or is that something that's going to come up?

That's in the council. It's all done already.

So it's not going to come back later.

That's right. Michelle worked with the attorney to make sure we have everything in the calculation.

We might have gotten the resolution number incorrect.

Well, we can call this 32, right? And then the one for the clerk. What was this one?

That was 31. I assumed that this was 32, but this is the clerk.

You read the order.

Oh, okay. I did. I read a different order. Got it. So, I don't know. This is 32. Thank you for noticing.

Got it. What was one of the motions to change the order? Understood.

So, I have moved. Preece has seconded. We addressed Tony's question. Any other discussion?

Okay. Roll call, please. Trustee Bardas. All right. Bozy is absent. Trustee Hall? Aye. Deputy Mayor Woods? Aye. And Mayor Foley? Aye. And the resolution is adopted for 0-0-1.

I'm going to suggest that we, just for clarity's sake and the records, Sorry to do this to Marjorie, that's kind of nuts. Do your job description first, and then let's close out last fiscal year, and then move to the new classification. So let's stick with the clerk treasurer, and Marjorie has not been with us for a few years. She's been with us for a year. So the language is a little different. Would someone else like to read this one?

So, Resolution 33-2026, Clerk Treasurer Overtime Backpay. Whereas Marjorie Gage was an overtime eligible employee of the village of Cold Spring while serving as its clerk treasurer from the commencement of her employment through May the 31st, 2026. And whereas while serving as an overtime eligible employee, Ms. Gage was entitled straight time for hours worked in excess of 37 and one half hours up to 40 hours and overtime at the rate of time and one half hours worked in excess of 40 hours and a work week. And whereas while in process of drafting a new employee handbook, the village board became aware that for a period of August 21st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026, the position of village clerk treasurer was missed under the Fair Labor Standards Act based on the job responsibilities for the position at that time. And whereas during the aforementioned period, there were work weeks during which the village clerk treasurer worked in excess of 37 and a half hours in a work week and should have therefore been compensated at the straight time rate for the hours worked up to 40 hours and the rate of time and one half of the hours worked beyond 40 hours in a work week. And whereas since there were no payroll records documenting hours worked by the village clerk treasurer, the mayor met with the village clerk treasurer to determine a figure that reflected an estimate of overtime work since the commencement of the village clerk treasurer's employment with the village. And whereas based on that meeting, the village estimated, to the extent practicable, the amount of wages owed for overtime not paid since the commencement of the clerk treasurer's employment, and whereas that amount of unpaid overtime is reviewed and deemed reasonable by the clerk treasurer, and be it resolved by the board of the village of Cold Spring, that a payroll check be issued to the village clerk treasurer in the gross amount of $12,241.20, that's ordinary payroll deductions, Said payments represents, to the extent practicable, the unpaid overtime due to the village clerk treasurer from the commencement of her employment through and including May 31, 2026. Be it further resolved by the board of the village of Cold Spring that the payment be made within 30 calendar days of the approval of this resolution. I continue, right? Yeah, right.

You're welcome. Oh, no, wait a second. I'll second.

OK, now we get a roll call.

Trustee Bardas? Aye. Trustee Bosie is absent. Trustee Hall? Aye. Deputy Mayor Woods? Aye. And Mayor Foley?

Aye. OK, and then the last is to tie up loose ends with civil service and make sure that we have Marjorie with the clerk treasurer position, that it has the job description elements needed to be non-exempt. So in the attachment is Marjorie's job description. It is a very, very, very long list, a little bit daunting when you see it down in writing. And this resolution is to accept that Job Description Classification, and it is number 34. 4-402 sets forth the job responsibilities of village clerk, and whereas Village Law Section 4-408 sets forth, and when we say village law, we're referring to New York State Village Law, sets forth the job responsibilities of the village treasurer, and whereas pursuant to New York State Village Law Section 4-402 , the Village Board is empowered to approve a resolution which assigns duties to the clerk which are not inconsistent with the office of the Village Clerk. And whereas, pursuant to Village Law 4-408 , the Village Board is empowered to approve a resolution which assigns duties to the Village Treasurer which are not inconsistent with the office of the Village Treasurer. And whereas, as of the date of this resolution, Roger Gage serves in capacity as both Village Clerk and Village Treasurer. Therefore, be it resolved that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cold Spring, consistent with the authority granted to it under New York State Village Law Section 4-402 and 4-408 . Those duties set forth in the job description annexed to this resolution as Appendix A and on file with the village clerk shall be assigned to Marjorie Gage. Her capacity is village clerk treasurer. It is further resolved that with change in job responsibilities assigned to Gage, she shall not be classified as overtime exempt employee pursuant to the Fair Labor Standard.

Motion, do we have a second? Okay, we need to roll call. Trustee Vardis? Aye. Trustee Vosey is absent. Trustee Hall? Aye. Deputy Mayor Wood? Aye. And Mayor Coley? Aye. Thank you.

The next packet is related to WQIP. So you'll remember that we retained LaBella Group to prepare an application for a WQIP land acquisition grant. I also, just to close out on the last item, I wanted to add that it's my intention that we finish the work on the handbook update through August and get it to the trustees for a vote in early fall and try to get that over with. There's a few more things that need to be reviewed by staff and trustees to review. OK. So the grant's coming together nicely. It's been a great collaboration between the Village staff, Tectonic, our engineers, and the Labella group. We're nearly to deadline. I am going to be away during the turn-in period, so we're having It's time to push press and send it in to the portal. Well, first of all, any discussions?

Yes. What is WQI instead? You're going to ask that. I can't find that anywhere.

Water Quality Improvement Program.

Okay. Thank you.

My problem is I have it in my head as a tip, and I always say tip. Yeah. I'd like to make a motion for resolution number 35.

I'll make a resolution to pass resolution number 35. Second? Anybody? Oh, you have to read it. It's pretty long, too. Do we have to read it all the way through?

I think you should. Okay.

Yes.

Buckle up. Sorry. Whereas on March 25th, 2026, the Village of Cold Spring Board of Trustees, Village, accrued resolution number 352026, a resolution of the Village of Board of Cold Springs, authorizing the mayor to sign necessary documents associated with the acquisition of real property prior resolution, which property is identified as Section 16, Block 1, Block 5, and Section 27, Block 1, Block 24 on the tax maps in the County of Putnam property. Whereas, as part of the prior resolution and compliance of the State Environmental Quality Review Act, the village completed parts one, two, and three of the Short Environmental Assessment Board. short EAF and made the determination with respect to the likelihood of significant adverse environmental impacts arising from the purchase of the property. And whereas the village consummated such a purchase and took title to the property on June 23rd, 2026. And whereas the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has made the following available through the Water Quality Improvement project program known as WQIP, or the Land Acquisition and Source Water Protection through the 2026 consolidated funding applications. Village of Cold Spring owns and operates a public drinking water supply system that includes Cold Spring Reservoir and the upper dam, and the upper dam. And whereas the Village seeks WQIP Funding for land acquisition, source water protection project involving land adjacent to or functionally connected to the village drinking water and reservoir system, including such parcels, easements, interest, access rights, riparian buffer areas, and related real property and interests, as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the village's public drinking water source. And whereas, The proposed 2026 WQIP project is separate and complimentary source of water protection project and is distinct from the villages prior WQIP award for upper cold spring dam reconstruction, which supports dam safety and structural improvements. And whereas the proposed land acquisition will support permanent land control protection of the reservoir and watershed buffers, protection of incompatible future land use and riparian buffer, restoration and enhanced safe stewardship access, and the long-term resilience of the villages, public drinking water supplies, and, well, Village Board supports the submission of the WQIP of Tennessee, Application and recognize that the village will be responsible for providing the required local match and paying for eligible and necessary project costs, including but not limited to the acquisition costs, appraisal surveys, title work, legal services, and environmental due diligence. Closing costs, stewardship planning, and other eligible transactional and implementation costs. Subject to final approval. final project approval, available appropriations, and we're applicable by law. And whereas the village has determined that WQIP application and the potential receipt of funds related to there too is a type two action for their purposes of secret, requiring no further evaluation. And whereas, nevertheless, with, with, With respect to the submission of the UQIP application, the Village has re-evaluated the short EAF and the Village's determination of significance in the prior resolution in order to account for potential receipt of UQIP funding and relating thereto. Whereas the Village has application and potential receipt of funds Blading thereto are unlikely to have any adverse effects impacts on the environment. As those actions do not in any way conflict with local zoning result of change in use of the intensity of the use of land, impair the quality or character of the existing community result in any adverse changes to existing traffic infrastructure. Increase the use of energy negative negatively impact public or private water supplies, watersheds, negatively impact historic or archaeological resources, adversely change natural resources, increase the potential for erosion or flooding, or create a hazard in the environmental resources of human health. Wow. Be it resolved that the Village of Cold Spring trustees hereby authorize the submission of a 2026 WQIP land grant for the source of water protection application through the consolidated funding application on behalf of the Village of Cold Spring. And be it further resolved that the Village Board authorize the mayor or the mayor's designee to execute and submit the CFA applications. required certifications, budget materials, maps, monitoring, and enforcement protocol. Any other documents necessary or appropriate for the WQIP application and be it further resolved that the village board authorizes the mayor subject to review by village council, further village board approval where required by law to negotiate and execute grant related documents and order commitment documents, purchase agreements, option agreements, easements, access agreements, professional service agreements. That's a lot of agreements. And other documents necessary or appropriate to advance the proposed land acquisition slash source water protection project. And be it further resolved that the village board authorized the use of village funds, eligible in-kind services, and slash other eligible non-state funding sources to provide the required local match to pay project costs, including acquisition, transactional costs, and subject to final award. Available. Appropriation is applicable procurement and municipal law requirements and be it further resolved WQIP funding is awarded by the village. The village board authorizes the mayor or the mayor's designee to execute a grant agreement related to state contract documents subject to review by the village council and compliance with all applicable requirements. And be it further resolved that the village's determination of significance is herein reaffirmed and restated with respect to the purchase of the property QIP application and being further resolved that the resolution shall take effect immediately. The question of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote as follows. Shorts, is there any typos or anything or missed things? But it's here if anybody wants to read it.

One thing we will need before we, we'll need a second. I'm happy to second it. But we need to get the correct resolution number from March 25th, 2026. When we purchased. 35 is the one you just read. But the first paragraph references March 25th, 2026. I'll enter that in. I'll enter that to the record. I will second. With great resolve. It's a roll call.

Trustee Gardas? Aye. Trustee Bozzi is absent. Trustee Hall? Aye. Deputy Mayor Woods? Aye. And Mayor Foley? Aye. And the resolution is adopted by a vote of 4-0-0-1. And thank you. Yes. The Academy Award goes to you. Just with the resolutions, I apologize.

I appreciate it. That was for Mr. Arabido.

Thank you very much.

Okay. Okay. Next item up is the Hub 5K Family Fun Run fundraiser. It happens every year.

has been vetted by the events coordinator and the OIC for Sunday, September 20th. It's the usual route, starting at the bandstand and going up through the village, up into Nelsonville and back down to the bandstand on the waterfront. 6.30 a.m. set up through 11.30. The hub has a solid list of volunteers who will be assisting with traffic assistance, and they have arranged to have Putnam County react group of retired officers join. Traditionally, we still have two officers at the trickiest intersections during the race itself, about a two-hour period. I would like to propose that we co-sponsor this event with the Hub, as our police department has a working relationship with the Hub, and our officers and the public they serve benefit from the resources of the Hub. And in that co-sponsorship, We would then split the cost of the police traffic control with the village covering one officer and the hub covering the other at a regular rate for a regular village event.

Any discussion? What is the regular rate?

Whatever the officer's normal pay is. So it ranges by officer, depending on whose longevity, et cetera. 30 to 35, roughly. Thank you. All right.

Would someone like to have any other discussion about the event? I make a motion to approve the Bilbstone Hub 6th Annual 5K Family Fun Run on Sunday, September 20th. Second. And also the sharing of payment for two police officers between the village and the hub. Identify the village as a co-sponsor.

Oh, this course goes through Haldane, so they have to show Haldane proof of insurance. We'll give them some fun. OK.

So you moved. No, Tweed's moved. Andrew's second. All in favor?

Aye.

So follow up on the Lund Terrace. Oh, wait, wait, wait. Next is, I'm sorry. water connection on Belvedere. So you'll recall that we were trying to coordinate... We were trying to coordinate water system, public water system upgrades on that street with the new house being developed there. He worked really fast. We are still in the process of the village attorney drafting and is with the private property owners. We took control of the road in June 2024 as a public road by use. But that's just the road surface, not the land underneath. And since it's moving slowly anyway, John recommends that we do. He had originally recommended quick claim deeds to get it done faster. But since we're not ready funding-wise either, would prefer that we go the route to have an individual agreement with each person. That's the update on how we got to where we are. Meanwhile, Mr. Squilla, the house is ready to be connected to water. He will need to go all the way to the main, which is at the sub of the main is at, I'm sorry, the main is at 9D.

Is that going to be an issue with the easements going through there?

don't have any right we would finish that right now right now it's yeah i mean is that going to be an issue with private property owners that would get into their property it is not even on that road some are public and some are private right now that's for mr squilla to manage with his neighbors okay okay that's fine as long as we're not doing something that could No, we're only approving his connection to the water main right now. It is a larger line, service line. It's an inch and a half. The code calls for three quarters. That's why it's in front of us. The reason it needs to be three inch and a half rather than three quarters is the length to guarantee sufficient pressure going all the way from 90 to the back of the water. So Matt Cruz, the Water and Wastewater Superintendent, has reviewed the application and has recommended that we, as the Board of Water Commissioners, allow the property owner and their proposed plumbing and excavation outfits to proceed with the installation of a new 1.5-inch residential compound.

Would that be used as a Water line going back in there to tap onto later for the other houses?

Not big enough to be a main . Oh, OK. So that'll be the next round, getting everybody else hooked up. Thank you.

And to my own extent, this is all at the property owner's expense, right?

The property owner's expense, yeah.

Yes, it is. So would someone like to make a motion? I'll make a motion to accept the recommendation of Matt Krug regarding the installation of a 1.5 inch copper residential water service line for, I'm sorry, I said 8, it's 6 Belvedere. It's 8 Belvedere. The addresses for that property have changed. Yes, I said 6. I'm correcting myself and identifying it as it is on Matt's recommendation. 8 Belvedere. Okay. All in favor?

All right.

All right. Now, like what we thought was going to be, as with everything, things are going to be easy. So last week, or whenever we were last together, we had a very long session, as you'll recall. We were all exhausted. We voted to put, authorizing the mayor to accept a proposal from Carlin Simpson and Associates for Geotechnical Services, and then forgot to vote on it. So I did speak with the village attorney about how to manage this because we wanted to get it done ASAP. And because we had all discussed it in the session and no one had opposition, he felt comfortable with having me sign it so they could proceed. So I did on the 9th. And what we're doing here is memorializing that set. You got to read that resolution. This is the short one.

And it is number 36. I only read 35.

Yep, so this is 36.

Resolution 36.

I think we did 36 already.

No, I think we did 35. 36? Yes. Yeah, I guess it just went off. The Board of Trustees accepting their proposal for a rock slope capability evaluation on Lund Terrace by Carlin Simpson and Associates. The following resolution was offered by myself and seconded by Andrew. Whereas a rock slope on Lone Terrace is in the need of stability and evaluation. And whereas the geotechnical engineering services are a specialized professional service. And whereas the village consulting engineer James J. Hahn Engineering recommends and has subcontracted for this service with Carlin Simpson and Associates. And whereas because of their engineering recommends that Carlin Simpson and associates be selected to undertake the evaluation of London Terrace Rock Wall. And whereas it's July 8, 2026, meeting of the village board of trustees, discussed the contracting of Carlin Simpson in principle and found the proposed rate to be acceptable for the service provided, Now, therefore, it be resolved that the Village Board of Trustees accepts the July 8th, 2026 proposal of Carlin Simpson and Associates to evaluate the slope and prepare construction documents at the rate ranging between $4,500 and $6,500. And be it further resolved that the Village Board authorizes the Mayor to execute an agreement with Carlin Simpson for these described services.

Trustee Bardas? Aye. Trustee Lozi is absent. Trustee Hall? Aye.

I typed this and I misspelled my own name. So if we correctly correct that in the record, I will vote aye.

And how about we correct him? Like I'm sweet or something. Resolution is adopted by 4001.

The next one is just a vote to... So Bugsy sourced from... New York helps the DOT, Jersey Barriers. We were set to get them, and DOT realized, oh, every four years, we sign a mutual aid agreement with them.

Two years or four?

Four. I think it's four.

2026 to 2028?

Oh, I'm sorry, two years. We're due to sign it again. So they asked us to sign it first before they will deliver it. So I am asking. you all to approve me signing this Mutual Aid Agreement with DOT so that we can get through the barrier then.

Just need to check the two-year box. Second.

Did someone make a motion? I'll make a motion.

Make a motion to authorize the Mayor to sign a biannual shared services agreement with the NYSDOT. the disapproval will allow for installation of barriers on land tariffs by the New York State Department of Transportation.

Second, just for future, it does say two or four years. Is it possible to do...

They filled out the date that they're willing to. Got it. But let's ask next time. I mean, it won't be us, but...

Okay. Okay. So... I will get an update from Han before I go to find out how things are progressing. Be scheduled. Yes, be scheduled. All right. So this is what it used to look like. This is what Toots and I are proposing that it looks like now. There were a few goals here. We were changing a number of these anyway, as discussed in the budget cycle. But this was impossible to use. It was organized in such a strange way and unclear. The fees and fines are organized by type. The most frequently requested asked for are at the top, and they're color-coded so that when Abigail is looking with someone on the website, she can say, you look on page four of the light blue section, or whatever might be applicable. So that's the biggest visual change. The other goal from our discussions on the budget was aligning our fees with the town of Phillipstown, since they are doing our code enforcement anyway, that rather than it be per square foot, it be a cost of project, $4,000 cost of project fee. So that is reflected. And then I'd like to go through just to confirm a couple of things that we discussed in the budget cycle. On page one, I am now unsure about this police report abstract. I thought I understood Michelle to be saying that $5 is charged every time. But it's that a particular company sends a check for $5 every time they request an accident report. So I'm not sure what we are allowed to charge for under that. So in the adopted version, I'd like to scratch that line until we have more information, until we have a correct information on that.

Scratch the amount or scratch the entire line?

Scratch the whole line. Please report abstract, $20, and we'll get that figured out. birth certificate and death certificate are there now. It aligns the references to the permit areas as they're identified in the chapter. The day limitations that used to be on this didn't actually, they weren't actually in the code. I don't know where the three-day limitations came from, so they're out.

Go ahead. Just having stared at the original and work through it, one thing to note, too, is that it was very duplicative. Yes.

But each time, it was just confusing. It was confusing in a different way, yeah. So the off-street parking. You'll remember that when we reviewed One Depot Square at 37 Main, those projects, or any other Main Street project, they can't provide the parking that is required under the planning board. Our code allows a payment in lieu of parking. It was at $250, which we felt was not sufficient. The attorney recommended that we not go too high, too quickly, because there are major projects coming before the planning board soon, and you don't want to treat them terribly differently than you treated the last application. So their recommendation was to say up to $1,000 per space, one time, up front, and then revisit it again in a couple of years.

Did we get paid once? Don't get anything for a couple of years? We used to get paid $250 to get a house again.

Well, I think we should say, OK, this is what it is at the beginning.

Then it's so much a year after that, so we guarantee income coming in for us.

It becomes a compliance and management problem.

Just add it to the taxes. Can we do that?

I don't know the answer to that. Pardon? I don't know the answer to that. May I suggest that we accept this change tonight and then look further into those questions? What we don't want to be doing is having an applicant in front of the planning board and making a change in the middle of their process, because they can ask to go back to what's currently on the books.

Well, I mean, whatever's in front of the planning board now, of course, it wouldn't be any on the planning board, correct?

If we adopt this tonight, this will be. If we don't adopt this tonight, it'll be 250. So what I'm saying is, I hear what you're saying, and I think those are interesting ideas. Let's look into them. But for tonight, go with the higher level so it's on the record and available. We have several big projects coming on Main Street. And that's not going to be a quick process.

Go ahead. I'm OK with what's written as is. I just want to fully understand that. $1,000. It's for five years, right?

Yes, one time upfront.

I'm sorry. I just want to make sure I'm looking at the right line. Is it off-street parking fee and what we call parking waivers in the resolution?

Yes.

OK. And it's not a minimum of $1,000. It's up to $1,000.

And the reason that the attorney recommended up to is that for a smaller business, like an example of a tiny shop right now, but for a tiny shop that doesn't need a lot of parking, doesn't need a lot of waivers, and you don't want to discourage small businesses from opening to make it at the discretion of the board up to $1,000.

I think that's going to cause a problem later. I think it should be one set price. This is what it is for everybody. A parking waiver is a market waiver.

That may be a challenge. For someone, it may be easy for a developer like 37 .. It may be harder for a small business owner renting a shop, opening .. How many parking waivers do they get? They won't be the parking tables. So it's still cheaper.

I think we're going to get confused by changing their fees each time for each person.

We're not going to use each time for each person. This allows us the flexibility to go up to 1,000. We don't have to go less than 1,000, but it allows us flexibility if there is a circumstance where the village board feels it's appropriate to ask for less. It's not saying we have to or are going to ask for less, but it gives us the capacity to.

I'd rather stick with the set fee, but you guys, whatever. What thoughts from others?

I mean, I think that allows for flexibility. As you noted, not all businesses. I mean, first of all, we're talking about a limited amount of space anyway. But a business that's a flower shop versus a larger entity shouldn't have to. It's sort of different. It's not apples and apples.

The parking spot is one apple.

It is one apple.

Right.

I think that I think this way it acknowledges some difference and and I don't know opportunity to to allow for different sized businesses to operate on the businesses are going to be small businesses that require

less parking spaces than a larger business. It's true, and it's also got a bigger nut.

It's a bigger nut for a smaller business to come up with 1,000. So prior, we had a single number with no flexibility, and it was way too low. And so now we're getting a higher number, but we have flexibility by having the language up, too.

Do we have a cap on parking waivers for the entire village? You need to read the zoning code.

It is for the entire village. No, it's by application.

So we can just keep selling them as?

This would be a good thing for you to read in the code. It is a by application. There is a parking table in the zoning code that dictates how many spaces are required for different types of uses. This was adopted in 2010 as a way to get around the old parking table, which was ridiculous. It would have required 60 spots for 37 Main Street. The new parking table that was adopted in 2023 is slimmed down in terms of requirements and better sized for the village. But we still physically cannot meet on Main Street On the street itself, the number of parking spaces that would be required for a business on Main Street.

So where does this money go?

It goes into the general fund. Okay. Because it has to go into the general fund under law, and then it's allocated by the village board for whatever use it might be. And in the past, those uses have been things like paying for funding.

I understand.

Okay.

Perhaps in the description, maybe we just put waivers in brackets, just because people want to be in lieu.

Off-trace parking waiver. That's how we'd be in lieu. Yeah. It doesn't solve the problem of creating more parking spaces, to your logic. It doesn't. But it's something to offset impact. But you don't want to offset impact to the degree that you discourage the kinds of small businesses that we want to have on Main Street. It really takes into place with bigger. OK. Are we good with that one then? Yep. Up to 1,000 per space one time up front. And then to the larger question of looking at that structure of the code, we can work on that as part of zoning stuff.

OK.

Okay. Operating permit is, it used to be by square foot, which is silly, just a $200 business. When you open a new business, it's $200 operating permit. Return checks go from 25 to 75. Building and construction, it's now reflects the town of Phillips Towns. as I said, what is substantially different is that we used to charge for a building permit application. Now that which, which front loaded now it front it back loads. So rather than charging for the application, it charges for the certificate of occupancy at the beginning. And then from there, So they're tied into the process of going through the review. And then from there, it's a percent of construction per 100. I'm sorry, 100, not 1,000. That's $100 minimum. 1% of construction costs, $100 minimum on smaller things like accessory buildings. Questions, conversation? OK. Standing boards, during the budget process, made a motion to make consistent the application fees and the escrow fees. And I believe, and I want to make sure I understood correctly, that when HDRB goes to public hearing, that it used to be a structured application fee and public hearing fee. Public hearing fee wasn't enough to cover I want to make sure that that was the intention of the board was to get rid of that public hearing fee completely.

Well, the escrow is to cover consultants and incidentals and papers.

That's right. The advertising and all of that. The HDRB doesn't often need the attorney, but when they need the attorney, they really need the attorney and it shouldn't be coming out of our pockets. The, the, There is an edit here on the escrow fee for the planning board. It needs to say minimum rather than at least so that it's consistent with the others.

It's pretty straightforward.

Water and wastewater was, there's only a couple of things that are difficult. We have a small number of properties inside and outside of the village that have refused to allow the installation of meters and endpoints for health reasons. They're afraid of the waves, communication, whatever. You're surrounded by it anyway. So it has made, because it's just a small handful, But that means that our water guys still have to go out and do manual readings at those houses, which is a time suck. And I would like to try to incentivize people to come in line by charging them more. So it used to be. I'm proposing raising the per quarter rate. So in-village cost was $600 a year. With the proposed quarterly rate, it brings it to $1,000 a year. Out-of-village was $900 a year. Now raising it to $375 would bring it to $1,500 a year. So that's just for these particular... That's just for those properties.

Got it.

And it's time that Matt loses or someone on that team loses every quarter. There were sewer fees and fines that referenced the code, but the code chapter provided no guidance. So we're going to need to go back and look at these. Like it says under non-service hookup public sanitary or new service or composting toilet. The reference is per 97.5. But if you look at 97.5, there's no guidance there. So we just need to leave it as it is for now and go in and make those changes so that there's guidance for it so it's not arbitrary.

Those usage fees are revised annually, right?

The fees, we can revise the fees at any point in the year. We don't do it. We usually do it at REORG, but you can do it any time of the year.

Okay. I thought we did that. What do we do in the budget then when we set the different rate?

Those were water usage rates and flat rates. These are, you're wanting to, like tonight, Mr. Squilla, wanting to connect, make a new connection to the water system. Okay. Okay, so that stays as is. Street and sidewalk has a similar issue where the deposit and bond in the code is calculated by square yard to be determined by the crew chief. I don't think that Bugsy has frequently collected a bond, and that has been problematic in the past with the driveway on rock street that ended up not complying with its approvals and we had no performance bond to draw on so this also it we need to come back to this and tighten it up and establish boundaries and i think it should i'm not sure how it should be but i think we should look at other codes to see how other codes do it that it be set by us and not determined by the crew chief.

Because it puts Bugsy in a... You mean look at other municipalities?

Yeah, to see how they structure the amount of the bond and deposit, the performance bond. Because we should be collecting performance bonds for cases like Rock Street, but we shouldn't be putting Bugsy in a position to determine what it is, I think.

It should be the project or whatever the project is.

Yep. One and a half. How does that happen? Tell me about how you use it in your projects.

I've seen one and a half times the cost of the project. So if you're paying a contractor $20,000, it's one and a half. If his contract says $20,000, it's one and a half times. Now, there could be other ways of doing it, but you want to make sure, like, if you get a contractor that starts the job and takes off, you want to make sure you

Okay, so that's a change we need to make in the code. And what I suggest is that I had hoped that we would get to more code changes this summer, but we have had our time sucked away by such ridiculous things that we bundle these small changes into one public hearing and they'll rock them out in the fall. Thank you. That's helpful. So how does that work, Tony?

It's up to the insurance company what's going to bomb the job. I mean, some bonds, they ask for crazy amounts, and then you go to an insurance company to get it bonded, and they'll say, no, they're out of their mind. This is too much, but that's not enough.

But I mean, who calculates? How do you, as the contractor, demonstrate the cost of the project just from your estimate?

Just from your estimate of what the project's going to be, then indeed they can look at that and say, okay, the project's this amount of money. Let's hold one and a half times that in case the contractor walks off the job or there's an unforeseen thing, they hit something, things change, the homeowner or whatever the person, the contractor doesn't pay them, and the contractor walks away.

I get that. It was what they worked from, and your estimate makes sense.

I have a question regarding that. The applications that we have for street openings and water sewer hookups, We do have a cost of project line. That's left up to the applicant to fill that out. And in some cases, there's been discussion that estimates are lowered. So the bond has to be. So I don't know if that's required an extra vetting algorithm for.

Well, so the same applies in the building department now that we have the town. code following the town. So we can also get guidance from Jeff on how we might make that work with fees here, because it should be a similar process.

I had another question, if I don't mind just backtracking once, about your comment about public hearing fees. Yeah, on HDRB. They've been eliminated, is that right? Right. So my understanding is now that the applicant pays for public hearing fees, which the newspaper and making the signs that go out in front of the business that says.

It's $80, and it's not enough to cover advertising, the signage, Abigail's time.

Right.

So it seems the discussion we had last time was making it more consistent. So whenever you go through any of the boards, it's the same process. If you're having a public hearing, you put in an escrow, the costs get taken out of that, and then you get back and balance.

And the hearing costs are part of the escrow. Yes. Not a separate fee. That's right. I understand that. Thank you.

The way it works, if you read chapter 57, is that the initial amount, and then at its discretion, the village can require replacement.

When escrow is sent down, the village can require a supplement. And the language will be added to the application? Yeah. There's going to be follow-through effects on all of it.

This is not what the HDRB asked for. And I think they may not be happy with this, but I think from a user perspective and from a management perspective, it makes sense to have the three boards.

I think the way you're explaining it is clear. I just wanted to make sure I was understanding. Thank you. OK, we're almost there.

So like I said, we have to deal with the sewer chapter. Village rental fee. There are tables for different entities renting different locations. So it's simplest to have event application. Boat docking fees, I know that Veliana is trying to expand on what Tony was able to find. We can change the fee schedule at any time. So for now, I've just left it. The other thing that she's researching, Veliana, is village bench donation because other municipalities do it differently than we do because we have a finite number of benches. Some places, you buy a dedication for 10 years or 20 years or whatever. So she's putting together a comparison and a rate comparison to see where we are.

Don't give anybody any ideas, Andrew. So the difference in the two is the $500 right now is

Someone's like, when Stephanie died, Bugsy built a new bench for her.

And the board approves it's being placed there. The plaque itself is .

I think that's way underbrushed.

I think so, too. That's why I want Belliana to do a comparison.

Well, the bench and labor, that's way underbrushed.

I agree. But it's without comparisons. Exactly. So she's looking them down. Short-term rentals. It's tied to the current code. We know that that needs to be updated, so I haven't changed anything there. Solicitation, I have left it as is. I do not understand where this comes from. There's no reference to organizations with a principal office in the village in the code. I don't know who that would possibly be. Knowing that we're going to do updates to Chapter 71 related to food trucks, I would roll it in all at once.

I'm sorry, do we allow solicitation?

Yes, right now, if someone goes door-to-door for solar panels, for example, they're supposed to have a permit and charge $25 a day per person walking the village.

And they have to have a Putnam County contractor's license, which they don't.

A lot of them don't. Because in order to solicit business to a homeowner, you have to have a contractor's license.

I don't know that. And our code doesn't reference that. So that's good to know. Well, it's a county thing.

Well, it's a county thing. We're part of it.

Did you know off the top of your head what chapter that's referencing? Chapter 71 is licensing. Great. Works in ridiculous ways. Why would anybody remember that? So anyway, I haven't changed anything about it because the underlying legislation is literally from the 1930s, and it's referencing door-to-door salespeople. So it needs to be updated. Andrew?

I know you.

Yes, but I've just left this on a per case basis and see application to give us flexibility. I added... My question for you is, Tony... Well, yeah, because you're part of the Fish and Fur Club, right? Is there... Or maybe you know the answer to this. Do we get... requests for people to fish in our reservoirs from outside of Phillipstown?

Yes. I think that if someone comes from out of the village, it should be a higher fee.

Right now, we've got $5 for villagers and for Phillipstown. I don't know for guidance from you on...

If someone's coming from out of town, they should pay more.

I don't know if we do have from out of town. We make people show their, I mean, I can go grab.

I know we have it out of village, but out of town.

Out of village, meaning Phillipstown, but I don't know if we have.

I don't think we have people clamoring to fish in our reservoir.

If they are doing it, I think they're doing it legally, illegally. Right. And they're not allowed to trespass.

Do you want to add a line that says beyond Phillipstown?

No, it's just. Why don't we just keep it for residents only? Residents only. Residents only, because then who knows what we're going to get up here.

OK. We'll have to really be careful about monitoring. Yeah, you're right. It's a good point.

OK, so are the 5 and 10 rates? Look, we want people to enjoy our fishing. Are we good with these low prices?

Mm-hmm.

Yes. It's usually kids. Yeah, seniors. OK.

That's everything. It was a lot. Any discussions or any other questions?

No, thank you for all the hard work to do that.

Sweeps did the hardest part, which was first just categorizing it.

No, that's nice and clean. Full colors, too.

I didn't see the colors. No, I know you wanted to see the colors. So are you comfortable with approving it with notation of the following changes so that we can get it out to the world. The removal of the police abstract report. The addition of the word waiver under parking. Modification on page three, at least to minimum.

I think that's it.

Where's the typo on data phishing? Where's the typo? $50. $50 for old people.

Oh, thank you. That's mine.

Picking up dollars on there. I make a motion to accept the fee schedule as presented with the discussed modifications

Yes.

Because if we don't change it tonight, again, we're stuck at 250. And I think we want to be thoughtful about it. So among the revisiting, if you want to identify and list the revisits, the revisits will be parking waiver.

Police report abstracts.

Police report abstracts. Police fees. Parking waivers. The water and sewer section where there is chapter reference and the street and sidewalk determination of deposit bond. Those things come back to us. So that's my motion that was just made over 10 minutes. Okay, so I'll circle I'll do this tomorrow and circulate it so Marjorie can post it Thank you. Thank you Bye-bye old piece.

Let's go.

Okay Next item I am allowed to perform marriages in In my position, there is a request for a marriage when I will be away on vacation and I really want to be married. So the domestic relations law, New York state law, section 11c, notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 11 by whom a marriage must be solemnized or any other law that was solemnized. The governing body of any village, town, or city may appoint one or more marriage officers who shall have the authority to solemnize a marriage, which marriage shall be valid if performed in accordance with other provisions of the law. So I am recommending that Marjorie be appointed to be our second.

Does the judge do that as well, or that's only in movies?

No, the judge can perform marriages.

I want to see a Marjorie Whiter.

according to the law, he would need to be appointed also because we're a village, not a municipality over a million or something. Oh, that's right.

That's what we found. They look researching. So maybe we should appoint you and him in one motion in case someone wants the judge.

If he so decides. If he so decides. That's the nomination. Right, okay. Yeah, I think that makes sense. If you want to, you would then name the number of, Marriage officers, you will appoint as three. You're one. And then the clerk would be one. And Judge Hilbert would be one.

Whose last wedding we did?

I did one on St. Patrick's Day.

Thanks about the job.

It's so fun. I've done a bunch of them. Okay, so moved, Marjorie's recommendation.

Thank you.

All in favor? Aye.

Is there a fee for them?

There's a $75.

That should be on the fee schedule.

There's a $75, up to a $75 fee if you don't receive salary or wages. So Mayor Foley doesn't receive a salary. But if you are salaried and you're performing in the capacity of your job, which I would be, there would be no fee.

And I never take it. I always have them give it to either the food pantry or the hub.

Okay. And that's written in the state law for the village law. I'm sorry, did we get a second?

Yes. We're all good. Okay.

Okay.

I just stabbed him and then it's still left.

For the other meeting, the emergency session that was not recorded on July 10th. So it's the meetings of the July 10th, 1245 p.m., Wednesday, July 10th, 1245 p.m. meeting to rescind the water emergency.

We are voting to accept. We are not voting to approve, because they are your minutes. I make a motion to accept the clerk's minutes. Questions? All in favor? Aye. Good. Bill's done. Andrew's off.

Sure. I make a motion to approve the prior fiscal year, 2025-2026 bills, batch number 8538. in the amount of $95,223.23, and B, the current year, fiscal year 2026-2027, back number 8541, in the amount of $255,587.74. Thank you. Thank you for signing them.

Not on the agenda, but while we're here, in August, we have meetings scheduled for the 12th and the 19th. I am going to need to be out that week. Which one? The 19th. The next week is Labor Day weekend. My recommendation is that we have one meeting on the 12th, and if we need a business meeting to pay bills, do a day-to-day meeting. Yeah.

I'm going to have to stop at 2 anyway for the 19th. The tweets is gone.

Yeah. So canceling the 19th, one meeting on August 12, and the potential for the addition of a business meeting for bills if Michelle needs it later in the month.

OK. And the 12th is the monthly meeting.

We don't have any executive sessions to do between now and then?

I have a quick update to do now. So now, if we're done with everything else, I make a motion to enter executive session two. Make sure I get it right. Discuss proposed acquisition, sale, or lease of real property where disclosure would substantially affect value. All right. This will be really quick.

This is executive?

Yes. So we're going to shut off the recording. And Michael, when we – he's gone anyway. There's nothing else on the agenda when we're recording, right? Okay. I made a motion to exit Executive Session at 8.52. It was seconded. We all voted in favor to come out, and now I make a motion to adjourn. All in favor? Aye. Thanks. It was a lot. It was a lot, but it's good stuff.