Remarks by Erin Enouen
350 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 14
“I don't know. There's a little bit of a blame game going on with it. So I just said I would take care of it as soon as I could.”
“They said they sent it. Stephanie didn't get it until she stamped it. I don't know if it got lost in the office.”
“Okay, so that was all. Any discussion? No. I have just... They had, I did the interview. So it's, you have to do a letter of intent to apply, then you get an interview and then they extend the formal invitation and it's just like a form. And so that interview went really well and they let us know that we can apply. Awesome. Thank you. Yep. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstain? Motion carries. And I will circulate all of that paperwork. I sent you guys the letter so you could see everything that's going in that page in the same letter.”
“Nope. Okay, sorry. Motion is you and Charlotte, you seconded. Great. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstain? Motion carries.”
“635 p.m., if you could all join me in the pledge to the flag.”
“Councilman Coleman, Councilman Smith, your supervisor now. I am here. So first announcement is we have been having technical difficulty with our camera. It is being upgraded, but unfortunately it was not upgraded in time for tonight's meeting. So we will keep an eye on it and do our best to stay on top, but the video might go out, the audio still works. The first item on the agenda is the acceptance of the agenda. I'll make the motion that the town board accepts the agenda as prepared by the town supervisor with the following amendments. We're going to add a purchase resolution and move the…”
“Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstain? Motion carries. So we have some department budget meetings. I would like to welcome three of our town constables up to the table to talk to the board about the 2027 budget. After we have the budget meetings, we're going to take a slight moment to rearrange the table because it's really big for a small group. So just some side note on that.”
“HAB-Masyn Moyer- So. HAB-Masyn Moyer- Oh sure.”
“Thanks, Kate. So this year, just for the board is aware, Councilman Coleman and I have been working with the department to make sure you have the equipment and gear and things that you need in order to perform your jobs. So we have ordered new carrier vests. radios. We are in the process of trying to do a contract for the tasers, which would be an annual contract of between four and $7,000. And right now, most of the staff hours get put in the court budget. So what I had spoken to the department about is hearing from you about, in terms of the budget, what your vision is for 2027, what we…”
“Thank you so much for being here and working with me this year. It's been a pleasure. DJ put together a really great spreadsheet. I love the last tab that totals up exactly what a new officer should have. So thank you so much. So we will Amy Nunez, need to increase that uniform budget. Amy Nunez, So the main places that we would see changes from what I proposed the equipment is going to cover the annual. Amy Nunez, would cover the annual body cam and taser contract so that is covered under that with a little bit. Amy Nunez, Additional for a new computer. Amy Nunez, and And the main thing that…”
“Or that I was reading about this or there's a payback.”
“And I was thinking... Yeah, there might be other things that we might think about doing that with, but.”
“Yeah. So just turning it over to the board, do you have any. I do like the, the uniform proposal. It's definitely about, we've been talking about that style since I joined the board in 2020, so.”
“Right now we have a pay increase flat that's between three and 4%. The board will be working on the wage scale at a separate meeting where that's all we look at. And we must set the preliminary budget by October 26th. So when the board schedules the public hearing for the budget, that becomes the preliminary budget and that public hearing will be held on November 5th. We will officially schedule the public hearing once the preliminary budget is set. So that's our timeframe. So anytime between now and then is I'll probably be coming back to you, especially if we have more questions or want…”
“Okay. Next up, we've got eight. We have like five departments. So I entered in your, what you sent to me today. No, your spreadsheet. Oh, yes. Is what I used in here. Okay. And just for the board's awareness in our backup folder. There is a folder called 2027 budget and it has the presentation I gave on Monday. It also has the full budget. It has some, I'm putting any backup in there that I think you guys might want to see. Most of it is currently appendices to the budget, but having it as a separate document, I think is helpful. And I had sent departments, in addition to asking them for…”
“So if we go to page, let's all go to the appendices version, which is start with page 32. That way we see the detail. So basically, the numbers that Kate gets to meet are the interest and penalties. That seems appropriate. based on the trend we've seen. A slight increase from what we budgeted last year, but in the middle, because we don't, you never, you do not want to over project that. Tax collector fees, which ones are those?”
“Um, and then. you process the dog control fees.”
“Park and rec fees. went up significantly because of the structure change and i think were we more booked this year yes yes i think the bathroom makes it a lot more um they want a kitchen next but you know well that's a little ways off well we do have two grills now though um And there's a water spigot. That's all he really needs. Okay. So then... HAB-Masyn Moyer- Was there anything else on the revenue side that you wanted to speak to.”
“So that's on page 39. And the only, so the department requests are in yellow. The only change I made in the tentative budget, just from any department requests to the tentative budget would be wages where I was making sure it was divisible by like the salaries are divisible by 52 and that I actually put in the wage increases in the scale at 3%. So if once the board will be having a conversation about the wage, how we want to do wage increases, And the wage spreadsheet that I have that's in an appendices shows a range of three to 4%. And I have a spreadsheet that shows the difference between…”
“I am hoping that we will receive the local records management grant. So that is in December, the application for that, I think, or it just starts January. So if we have the quotes and everything, that is a pretty simple to pull together application that we can get in. And do you think you can wait to hear back about that? Yeah. Yeah. Um, yeah, everything else is basically holding steady other than those things.”
“Right. So I think it's going to, I have some quotes. So we might, that one, we might just need to bump up a little bit. Okay. Okay. Yep. Any, does the board have any questions for Kate? I do, thank you.”
“Oh, my note. I see. Yes. I didn't, I tried to catch all of those, but yes, that's full-time.”
“She's a deputy town clerk who is assigned additional duties. So her wages are captured in the clerk.”
“Thank you. Thank you. You guys want to change this a little bit? We're just going to take a second.”
“Oh, I guess we could just do that. Yeah. And Charlotte. Okay.”