Common Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, it's 7:15. Uh this is the time in our meeting uh where we have public session. Uh and I have uh the signup sheet here. There's five individuals signed up. And um the first person uh listed is a Chris Squiteri. And uh if you could come to the podium when your name is called and uh the rules here are very very simple. No profanity, no name calling, no personal attacks, and please treat try to keep your comments to five minutes or less. Thank you.

Thank you. Um I'm here tonight just to try to clarify a few issues with uh um resolution 367 and um going through what we did last week. Um first, some housekeeping stuff. Thank you, mayor, council, for allowing me to speak at the this open mic night. I also want to thank Councilman Plunkett, city clerk's office, city attorney, the mayor, and our department heads for keeping the city business flowing and maintaining stability through your transition this year. It's been duly noted and thank you. Keeping the train moving on the tracks after research and gathering facts is vital for the city business. The decisions and resolutions you put in place are important for the city to maintain order, fiscal responsibility, ensure smooth city operation. The process shouldn't be taken for granted and shouldn't be allowed to be derailed or slowed for partisan maneuvering or personal beliefs. Thank you for the time and feedback for the council members that have reached out after emails to assist with some city business. Your ability to listen and assist is noted. As a full council, I highly recommend when you challenge or resend a resolution, you provide accurate information for the public. Um there should be a true assessment and try not to use misleading words or create a fear of city finances or the city's abilities to maintain budgets and ability ability of the city to show infrastructure project stability. Resolution 367 what it wasn't was this wasn't an open this is open for resend resending it. It was not put in place for the mayor to have a blank checkbook over the new police department. This also was never prevented preventing the common council the ability to be involved with budget and approval of every aspect of this

project. The police department building project is already smoothly running with frequent council updates. We're over $2 million into this project which was a necessity, not a need. It was a necessity and not powered by simply the need to get it done. I see to the creation of an unnecessary resolution having the potential to be fueled by personal issues and not in the best interest of the city. We've got to be careful and we can't create false issues to show the council has made it better with changes or policies when the truth is no changes were needed. We don't need to allow the process of city business to go backwards. This major PD project is an investment and necessary expense. 2023 to quote to renovate the old police department was $8 million. I can guarantee you the quote because I can see where this is going to renovate that is probably 13 to 15 million. The price today is the price today. The land purchase, site plans, pre-sight setup estimates have brought the new PD down from 34 million to 24 million. This can still change. It's just an estimate. And I think the city needs to be aware that this is only an estimate in the process of this this project. Again, this is today's cost. This process was a result of Chief Katie working handintoand with the mayor, the council, and understanding the full picture and overview of our city budget. I want to repeat that again. Full hand in hand with the mayor, the council, and understanding the budget across the board and how it's going to influence this city. The number will go up the longer we keep slowing down the train because we think there is some type of hidden agendas or

approval process not having a new council rubber stamped. So, we're clear. You guys have the full authority to make decisions on any budget issue, including this police department. And when it goes through the process and it comes through your desk, you can yay it or nay it. That's up to you. But I think that needs to be said because there's this false understanding that these decision making in this city is done by some superpower mayor. It's not. Want to remind you why this infrastructure is important. And these are just basic things that you think aren't important, but let me walk you through a future of what could happen. Okay, sewer backs up in that police department. Let's put a check mark to document as hazardous health issues. No space, fire, electro issues. Let's just log that for safety issues. Okay. Evidence storage, damage from water, and evidence stored in multiple multiple places across the city. I don't know. Major liability concerns pertaining to criminal prosecutions and chain of custody. That's just something. This one is the best that gets me going. Victims of crime having to be victimized again when we escort perpetrators past the victims. This falls under emotional stress and liability. God help us. If when we're walking these perks past the victim, somehow we lose control and that victim attacks, that victim gets attacked again by this perpetrator, then we have issues, mold issues, female officers, and there's going to be more numbers of female officers, okay? Their equipment and locker rooms are in hallways and filing cabinets. These areas have mold issues, and who knows about the privacy issues that these poor women are facing. Let's log that as a health issue. Let's put that as potential hostile work

environment. Or maybe let's just put poor work environment. I don't know what's the price tag on that. Okay. The issues will be higher and the expense will be more if we don't start. And I'm leaving this with you. We need to negotiate this police department. It can't we can't play games anymore and put this off. Don't slow the train of responsibility and successful progress. Just have the power play. We can't verbally tell the city that we support our police department and our officers and then we don't provide them with the equipment to do the job. Understand infrastructure improvements are long-term investments. This type of investment is necessary and I'm going to wrap it up here, folks. Sorry. Necessary for long-term stability. City benefits and salaries and items pertaining to employees are negotiated in good faith in a time in a timetable and timely manner. Shouldn't be this shouldn't be based and compared to infrastructure investments. Infrastructure and disasters have no timeline. When it goes bad, it's bad today and expenses immediately. The longer we wait, the more expenses cities will be exposed to. It was brought up last week the city's debt ceiling will be over $40 million and the cap's around 70 million and the fear was kind of paid in that we could run out of money and stop having the ability to aid our constituents. This city is nowhere close nowhere close to being bankrupt and we're nowhere close to not having the reserves to take care of our citizens. Make sure that's very clear. The city debt is more than just a figure on paper. It's a living breathing item that changes up and down across the board. We need to be careful we don't

sell or paint the wrong facts to our citizens. Reminder, 48 and West First Street, it was $8 million project. When that got said and done, that $8 million was on paper. We had multiple millions of dollars from the state to help feed and flood money into that project. So you can't just go on a figure that you're seeing written down. It's a process. High dam's another issue. We're continually close to full operations of that place and we're already making money off it and we're going to continue to make unbelievably unbelievable money off that revenue. It's also going to put us in a position where we're going to be able to bid and sell at the real market value. So that's another issue you got to keep in mind. Not too long ago, we had city assessments And I know there was a lot of heat with city assessments and debates, but to date, the city borrowing power is graded excellent for our size city. We have financial stability and continue to build a stronger city. This isn't by chance. It's by the city's great professional responsibility and leadership and management of our tax dollars. The city has benefited from the assessment and has helped raise our city value which will help us provide a higher quality of life for our citizens with programs and financial power. Subsequently, I would tell you that the debt ceiling because it wasn't brought up last week will be going up over 80 million. Okay, over 80 million. This is a result of higher city value and assessments. This number changes yearly as we create city value projects balance out and our rating and ability to invest goes up. Another item was the high dam issues and you guys know about that. We're now earning money and soon putting the city in position to compete. We're

going to compete and continue to earn money. My points are clear in closing. False narratives or half-painted pictures do nothing but build fear and lack of trust for the city leaders and future leaders. Be transparent and share all the facts. If it comes time that we have to adjust the budget or a proposal, you have that power. I think you need to go back and look how much power you actually have in this city. You have the power to change things. rescending and pass your new resolution if you must, but be sure doing your maneuvering it's done with truthful facts. Don't punish the police department, the city budgets and our success and most importantly our constituents. Thank you for your time and thank you for those that have dedicated your time to be responsible leaders. All right, there was a a person signed up in spot number two, but apparently that person changed his mind and crossed that off. So, I'm going to go to number three on the list, Rachel Hendris. Come on down.

Hello. Uh, thank you guys for giving us the opportunity to come out here and speak on some very important topics. I am the executive director of a place called Haven of Hope. We help people that are either in crisis for of any kind. It's either homelessness or substance use or mental health conditions. And uh last year we started this because we saw the real need for people. There was nowhere for anybody to go during the day. The shelter closes at 8:00 a.m. and everybody's just set free on the community with no way to stay warm, nowhere to eat. Uh it was it was really really hard for them. And I've spent about five years now working with this population of people. And I'll say that this year is probably it's probably been one of the hardest. Uh the weather has been extra wintry and uh a lot of our people have serious mental health conditions that are not being addressed. So we were able to work out of the Trinity United Methodist Church. They've been wonderful and gracious and welcoming to us. And we've been able to help about 25 people uh from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. with the dedication of our staff who are all volunteers. um this is our mission in life to serve the community and the people that uh we work with on a daily basis have um they're very grateful. They didn't have this opportunity a couple of years ago. Last year when we started it, we were tiny and all cramped together and this year we had a large space to be able to have uh insurance navigators come. We were able to connect people to mental health facilities. We were able to get people into treatment for substance use disorders. uh and we have been asked by the city to cease all activity because our zoning is not in order. Uh we plan to take care of that, but in the time being there is nowhere for anybody to go. Tonight is the first night that the warming shelter will not be open because

it's going to be warm. Um, and everybody is frantic and if if they're able to make it through the night, wherever they end up, they are not able to come back to Haven of Hope tomorrow for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And um, it's very sad. We're very worried about them. Very concerned. Uh, mental health conditions are going to only get worse now facing all day and all night out in the elements. And so I don't know. I don't know what is if it's in your power to say you can operate now or if we have to wait until April when we've made it onto the agenda uh for zoning and planning, but that's a long time to wait for people that have been dismissed their whole lives. Um we welcomed them and they're not used to that. Uh most of our people are used to being thrown out like garbage and so now we're facing this time where I have to say to them, we're not open. We're not there. I'm so sorry. My hands are tied. Uh, we don't know what the next step is. I don't know if you have the power to say, "Sure, you can open your doors back up again." I don't know what that looks like, but I'm asking you to consider that Haven of Hope is an asset to the community and we are seeing lives transformed on a daily basis. That is all. Thank you. Uh the next item on the agenda person is a JT tell your honor.

How are you?

Uh good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. My name is Jason Thiela and um I am with Haven of Hope is also I I I spoke to you all in November. I gave my testimony briefly about how um I came to Haven, but briefly since there's new people um on the council. So, I ended up becoming homeless, thrusted into becoming homeless at the beginning of last year and and I truly had no way to figure out or how to navigate um on getting my life under control. I ended up at a wonderful place called Elim Church. Elim on Wednesdays host this wonderful breakfast. And at this breakfast, there's all these different agencies, OCO, Farnum, um, Dason's House, there's all these wonderful program, Haven of Hope, wonderful programs there that are sort of that safety net, if you will, from DSS, right? So, they go to DSS and they get the services that they get, but that doesn't always help them e either in the short term or medium or long term. Um, and they kind of fall through the cracks, right? So agencies like ours are the ones that help put that net there, right? So that when they do fall, uh we don't lose them. And and and lately it's been a real struggle. Like she said, uh mental health uh issues have been on a significant rise and that has led to to increased numbers of of requests for police service. Uh I think overall we handled it really well. Nobody's was nobody's been hurt. Um and um we've been able to navigate it fairly successful. And I will tell you that we've done this without asking from a single dollar from a government entity. We've done it all ourselves. Boots on the ground. Donations from those that see the fruits of our labor. Right. The ones that believe in us like Trinity United Methodist Church. I wouldn't be here today. I am 1,000% convinced I would not be here today had I not met Rachel at that breakfast. Right in that first day I was at Haven of Hope. Now, mind you,

the original Haven of Hope is probably the size of this little vestibule area or whatever it's called. And uh I probably saw 25 people go in and out in a 3-hour period, but I one thing that I noticed is that everybody that was going in was crying, but everybody that was leaving was smiling. That everybody walked in there with whatever crisis they were dealing with at that time, and the folks there were able to triage. In that moment, I wanted to be part of that. I wanted to be part of something bigger than myself. I wanted to give back. So I I joined Haven of Hope and we have been working tirelessly. I I 50 60 hours a week each plus I work 40 to 50 hours a week at the homeless shelter on top of it. Some days I spend 24 hours a day with them. Literally I go from one place to the other, one place to the other, one place to the other. But I I've learned that these folks know where to come when they're in crisis. They know that that word haven of hope is not just a name. It's it's a symbol, right? And we can't take that from them. They have nothing else. Right now, this is the first night where we just cannot open because of the regulations. And you have to tell them that doors are locked. You have to stand there, lock the door, and go home for the night and tell them you're on your own tonight. They're on their own tonight. Let's not make them on their own all day tomorrow. Now, you guys, everybody doesn't want to see the homeless. I get it. They want to sweep them under. They don't want to see the drug addicts. They don't want they don't want to see the ugly things of asiggo. We love the ugly things of Asiggo. The ugliest things of Aiggo are the beautifulst things to us. And I was there. That was me, right? And I don't want to take that from somebody else. And I want us to have the opportunity to help. And mind you, I said it again. We did it without asking for a dollar. We did it with commitment. We did it with love. And we did it with intent of trying to fix the problem. The problem's not going to go away. We can't ignore it. We can't just say, "Oh,

how's it going to go away? It'll just go away on its own." And it's not going to go away on its own. It's going to take you, you, you, you, you, you, and me, and the rest of us to figure this out. And I am all ears. I am all open ears to whatever it takes to make it better, to whatever it is that we can operate to help these people as fast as we possibly can. because each day each day we run the risk of losing track of one and losing a possibility of another coming and and they're coming fast. When I say fast, I want to say 15 to 20 new people a week. Women as young as 20 uh uh all alone, no parents, nowhere to go. And we're trying to help them navigate this difficult time in their life. And if if we don't do it, and if we don't do it now, when is it going to get done? Who's going to do it? That's all I got to say. Thank you.

All right. And the last person to sign up is a Marge Zeller.

Thank you um for allowing us to have a moment to speak. I am from Trinity United Methodist Church. And when I got a copy of the letter that was sent to Rachel, it um shocked me that our building was called the property known as 45 East Udica Street. Does that mean anything to anybody? No. Our property is known as Trinity United Methodist Church, not 45 East Udica Street. We are a church. We are called to be in mission to the community, to the world. That is what our job is. When Rachel came to us asking for help, for a place to feed and to shelter the homeless during our cold, nasty winter this year. We had no problem saying yes. It was our honor to do that. Our church, the United Methodist Church, is called to have open hearts, open minds, and open doors. How can we be a church if we're closed up? We can't be. We have to be open.

They're not only sheltering people. They're not only feeding people. As JT said, they have services available. They can help people who are in really difficult straits, difficult hard times. Sometimes we can't help them. As a church, we can't always do everything. We don't always have people available. Rachel and JT know that they need that community. They can help them find housing. They can help them find jobs, social services. They can help them. That's what our job at Trinity United Methodist Church is trying to do. We're so happy to be able to help them shelter and feed these people. That's what our mission is. That is what we are supposed to do. You know what a church does? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, take care of the homeless. That's our job. And I think that this um suggestion that we are out of order in the zoning, we are a church. We are in mission to the community. That's what our job is. There is no issue with zoning as far as a business. We are not. The only business we have is taking care of our community. Thank you.

I uh first met Rachel uh I think two years ago. You came to came to see me

and you explained what the program was, Haven of Hope, and I know you do good work. I know everybody that spoke uh so eloquently uh pointed out that what you're doing is important for our community. uh uh there are other organizations also that uh that are helping uh our uh our population that uh needs that help and uh we we are a a city and a country of laws and I know that it appears that we're singling you out uh but uh uh this is unfortunately not the correct venue for this uh council to do anything about it tonight. What I will promise you though, uh, tomorrow, uh, when I come to work at nine o'clock, I will talk to the codes people, I will talk to, uh, the city attorney and see if we could work this out because it's in the best interest of, uh, not only of our community, but of the people that you serve. Uh, I can't promise you that I can wave a magic wand. I don't have that power and the people sitting here don't have that power uh, tonight, but uh, I will look into it tomorrow. Rachel, I have your contact information from when we spoke before. Uh, and I know that you've been very active in looking for places over the past year or so. I know there was a spot over on Senica Street uh that you uh had uh in mind. Uh there was another spot maybe uh uh over on East Third Street you were looking at. So, I've been keeping track of your activities, believe it or not.

Thank you. you know, I I'm a big fan of what you do and in in the services that you provide. And as I said, uh my heart goes out to the people that you serve. And I will look into this tomorrow. I promise you. Okay. Uh that was the only person that last person that was signed up. Is there anybody else that would like to sign come up? Uh I know you came in late, so I'll just review the ru rules one last time if you don't mind. Uh, no profanity, no name calling, no personal attacks, and please try to keep it to five minutes. And just uh, state your name, please.

Yep. Uh, my name is Kyle Zintars. I'm in W 7. Uh, sorry, I was like I teach a class. I was trying to get here on time to sign up, but I appreciate you letting me talk. Um, I'm here just to uh, voice my concerns about um, the police station. Uh, $24 million is a lot of money. Um, and hearing Haven of Hope struggling, we see how certain things are prioritized in the community. Um, I understand working conditions at the current police station are not great. That should be addressed for sure. I also think that $24 million is an unrealistic amount of money to put into criminalizing when we need to be providing services that support people, feeding people, housing people, providing child care, providing health care, all of the things that people need in order to survive what has become an increasingly harder world to live in. And I think we need to look at our priorities as a council. I'm glad that you're reviewing this $24 million. I pulled numbers from the budget um for this year. Uh the police already get $7.4 million of our budget. Um and then in contrast, $131,000 goes to the youth bureau and $2,450 goes to the programs for the aging. Those numbers are astounding. Um, and it shows where our priorities lie. I also want to stress as someone who works in mental health, I'm a mental health counselor. Um, I was teaching a mental health class before I got here. Um, part of my work is advocating for conditions that make things better so that people feel better. When people are unhoused and don't have a place to go, a safe place to go, they struggle as any of us

would. When addiction is left untreated because there isn't access or availability. When people have to work multiple jobs and raise kids, we have to look at the conditions that create struggles within mental health. In order to address mental health care and or in order to address care, we need to prioritize systems and programs that provide for people. A $24 million police station is accessible to no one other than police. I know the building. The building's huge. It's a great space. I understand why you'd want it. Why don't we provide something like that for people to congregate in, to come together, to get their resources, to get community? Why isn't that a priority in our safe haven? Why is our safe haven prioritizing criminalization and policing? Why is our safe haven letting people remain unhoused in our in our community? And I think these are questions that need to be raised within this new council. And I'm very appreciative that you are looking at this and I hope that you take that into consideration as you make decisions about what we prioritize with our funding. So, thank you.

All right. Once again, uh that was uh the last person I I think, but I'll ask one more time. Is there anybody else that would like to speak? Yes. Just need your name.

This was not my plan. Um Jim Cannon, I don't live in uh Auo. I live in Fton. I came tonight to just to see how Chance and those pe you people operate a little bit. I didn't realize they were going to be here tonight. I went to a um forum with them a few weeks ago. Just to let you know, I'm a retired nurse, was a social worker, worked in psych in Bunner Street for three years, and I understand the population they're dealing with. What they have going is something you can't put money on. It's a group of people who care for each other, who are looking to They even had somebody from the jail who does discharge planning, which is something new to me, and I was the director of nursing at the jail in Syracuse. So, I was happy to see it. But to bring up things like the fact that if you get out of jail at 6:00 on a Friday night, you can't even apply to DSS till Monday because you're not homeless till you get out of the building. These are the people that he can take care of that. So, it's not just, you know, the people who are homeless once in a while, the people that are homeless all the time. they understand the system. What they're trying to do is heal it. So, um, that was it. Thank you.

Well, it's noted in the public record now. All right. Uh, all right. I believe that that was the last person. Uh, and uh, we are past the time, so it is time for the meeting to start. And we start with I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all for all. Please call the role. Please honor the mayor. Here. Councelor Kennedy here. Councelor Ashine here. Councelor Lensac here. Councelor Fitzgibbons here. Councelor Meyer here. Councelor Plunkett here. Councelor Thompson

here.

All present. Thank you. I have uh a couple things under the mayor's report to uh to mention. Um I'd like to begin by extending my sincere thanks to the Hiburnians Club uh for their tremendous work and dedication in organizing Saturday's St. Patrick's Day parade. I hope uh a lot of you got a chance to be out. The weather certainly cooperated, didn't it? Uh but the celebration began early on Saturday morning at 8:30 in the morning. I met about 25 Hiburnians and other residents and we raised the Irish flag and that flag will be there through St. Patrick's Day. I promised that to them. Their commitment to this tradition continues to enrich our community. We're so fortunate to have groups like this uh that want to uh enhance the quality of life. So, I was more than uh happy to participate in on that uh Saturday morning. I also want to recognize the outstanding efforts of the Department of Public Works, the police station, and the fire department. Their coordination ensured that the parade was safe, smooth, and enjoyable for everyone who attended. We were fortunate to have beautiful weather as I mentioned. Certainly improvement over last year because I remember last year and anybody who remembers last year, it was about 40 degrees warmer on Saturday. It was wonderful to walk the route with my wife and my son and to pass out some goodies to the children and to uh see so many uh smiling faces. And believe it or not, I consider this uh the unofficial end to winter and the start of spring. I I know today was certainly a sign of spring and the forecast calls for maybe uh 30° uh later in the week, but to me this is uh the end of winter. Uh, and I'm hoping that that holds true. I also noticed there were several counselors uh at the uh parade. U they were uh in the grand stand doing the judging. So, I appreciate everybody's efforts. Uh as I

said, this community steps up and uh it's great to see that the counselors stepped up to do their part during that uh parade. Um finally, uh the last I shouldn't say the last item, but the next item in my report this evening is the the reading of a proclamation. Uh, and I will get to that uh at the end of this. Uh, but I did want to uh mention u you probably heard me talk about uh uh the Asugo State hockey team and how well they were doing. Uh, unfortunately this weekend they lost uh in the uh in the tournament. Uh so uh their season has ended. But on the good news is uh the high school ago high school girls basketball team made history this past weekend. They uh won their first section 3 class doubleA championship defeating Nottingham 42-37. And that is historic because it's never been done before. So I want a round of applause for our high school girls basketball team. And I understand uh according to councelor Lacack that there was another uh team that did uh good things. What was that one again? Indoor track and field one sectional tonight.

Indoor track and field. Y. So that that just goes to show uh what we're made out of. We can we can win win on the basketball court or in indoor track.

Very good. So uh now I get to my last item in my report uh this evening. Uh I'll be reading a proclamation recognizing the second annual Port City Fire Conference. I want to commend fire chief Kzone and his team for significant work involved in organizing this conference and I also want to thank uh Sunni Swiggo and President Woso for once again providing the venue. We have a great uh relationship uh with the college and and uh they are a great partners uh to us. uh this partnership uh strengthens our training opportunities and reinforces our commitment to public safety and I'm so grateful for all the help uh and cooperation that they give us. So uh without further ado uh I'd like to uh read this uh proclamation and uh and then afterwards chief if you want to come up we'll take a picture uh so we can promote the uh the conference. Okay. Port City Fire Conference, March 14th through the 15, 2026. Whereas the city of Asiggo, New York, known as the Port City, celebrates and supports the dedication, commitment, and professionalism of the Asiggo Fire Department and all firefighters who protect life, property, and the safety of the community. And whereas the 2026 Port City Fire Conference is a premier regional training event hosted by the Asiggo Fire Department and taking place at Huitt Hall on the beautiful Sunni Asiggo campus. This conference brings together firefighters for advanced training, education, leadership, development, and the exchange of best practices in fire service operations. And whereas the city port city fire conference features expert presentations by nationally recognized fire service instructors and emphasizes enhanced preparedness, tactical proficiency and

leadership excellence among fire service professionals. And whereas events such as the port city fire conference strength strengthens teamwork, builds professional skills and fosters mutual support among fire departments from asiggo and neighbor neighboring communities. And whereas the city of Asiggo acknowledges the sacrifices and the service of all our firefighters and encourages the community to recognize the vital role they play in safeguarding lives and property. Now therefore, I, Robert A. Cordino, mayor of the city of Asiggo, do hereby proclaim March 14th and 15, 2026 Port City Fire Conference Days in the city of Asiggo and call upon all residents, public officials, and community organizations to join in recognizing and supporting the fire service professionals attending and participating in this important regional event. Signed, Robert A. Corino. Chief We'll uh put we'll put this on our Facebook page. And and before we take a picture, I would like an opportunity for the chief to say a few words. I think it's important for him to say a few words about this.

So, as the mayor said, it's our second year hosting this conference. uh we created it just to uh get some more training for our personnel and it's more cost effective to open up other departments. So as of this morning we had over 150 uh firefighters, fire officers registered for the conference. Uh many of them were staying staying in the city at our hotels uh for the weekend. So uh we have two great days instruction and uh you know we couldn't do it without your support. I'll be there. All right. Sounds good. Okay.

All right, Chief. Thank you for your service.

Okay, that was the last item under the mayor's report. Please call resolution 6. Approve minutes common council meeting held February 23rd, 2026. Councelor Plunkett, Councelor Lensac. Any comments, concerns? Please call the role. Councelor Plunkett, yes. Councelor Thompson, yes. Councelor Kennedy, yes. Councelor Ashlin, yes. Councelor Lensac, yes. Councelor Fitzgiven, yes. Councelor Meyer, yes. Resolution passes 70. Call resolution 61. Appoint Commissioner of Deeds. Councelor Thompson. Councelor Kennedy. Comments. Please call the role. Councelor Plunkett, yes. Councelor Thompson, yes. Councelor Kennedy, yes. Councelor Ashlin, yes. Councelor Lensac, yes. Councelor Fitzgibbons, yes. Councelor Meyer, yes. Resolution passes 70. Call resolution 62.

Approve use of public space as Swiggo County Federal Credit Union in order to host movies in the park to be held on Wednesday, July 15th, and Wednesday, August 12th, 2026 in Washington Square Park. Councelor Ashlan. Councelor Plunkett. Comments. Please call the role. Councelor Plunkett. Yes. Councelor Thompson. Yes. Councelor Kennedy. Yes. Councelor Ashlin. Yes. Councelor Lensac. Yes. Councelor Fitz Gibbons. Yes. Councelor Meyer. Yes. Resolution passes 70. Call. Resolution 63. Approve use of of public space at Swiggle YMCA to host the 2026 Harbor Fest 5K and Kids Fun Run on Saturday, July 25th, 2026. Councelor Meyer. Councelor Loudensac. Comments. Please call the role. Councelor Plunkett. Yes. Councelor Thompson. Yes. Councelor Kennedy. Yes. Councelor Ashlin. Yes.

Councelor Lensac. Yes. Yes. Councelor Fitz Given. Yes. Councelor Meyer. Yes. Resolution passes 70. Call resolution 64. Approve use of public space at Swiggle YMCA in order to host the CNY pumpkin festival to be held Saturday, October 3rd through Sunday, October 4th, 2026. Councelor Ashlin. Councelor Plunkett. Comments. Please call the role. Councelor Plunkett. Yes. Councelor Thompson. Yes. Councelor Kennedy. Yes. Councelor Ashlin. Yes. Councelor Lensac. Yes. Councelor Fitz Gibbons. Yes. Councelor Meyer. Yes. Resolution passes 70. Call resolution 65. Approve use of public space world racing group in order to host the Super Dirt Week from Monday, October 5th, 2026 through Saturday, October 10th, 2026.

Councelor Meyer, Councelor Thompson. Comments, please call the RO. Councelor Plunkett. Yes. Councelor Thompson, yes. Councelor Kennedy, yes. Councelor Ashlin, yes. Councelor Lensac, yes. Councelor Fitzgiven, yes. Councelor Meyer, yes. Resolution passes 70. Call resolution 66. Approve use of public space of Swiggle YMCA in order to host the reindeer run on Saturday, December 5th, 2026. Councelor Kennedy, Councelor Thompson, comments, please call the role. Councelor Plunkett, yes. Councelor Thompson, yes. Councelor Kennedy, yes. Councelor Ashlin, yes. Councelor Lensac, yes. Councelor Fitz Gibbons, yes. Councelor Meyer, yes. Resolution passes 70.

Call resolution 67. Refer petition submitted by Lake Ontario Properties LLC, owner of real property located along Sheldon Avenue for a change of zone from a TN2 traditional neighborhood 2 to TB traditional business to the planning board for an advisory opinion. Councelor Plunkett, Councelor Meyer, comments. Yes, I council will be recusing myself from discussion and consideration on this motion. Please call the role. Councelor Plunkett, yes. Councelor Thompson, yes. Councelor Kennedy, yes. Councelor Ashlin, yes. Councelor Lacack, yes. Councelor Meyer, yes. Resolution passes 601. Call resolution 68.

Issue negative seeker declaration regarding the proposed new police station and rescend resolution number 367 of 2025. Councelor Lenac, councelor Ashline, comments, please call the role. Councelor Plunkin, yes. Councelor Thompson, yes. Councelor Kennedy, yes. Councelor Ashlin, yes. Councelor Lensac, yes. Councelor Fitz Gibbons, yes. Councelor Meyer, yes. Resolution passes 70. That was the last item. Is there any unfinished business? Seeing none, can I have a motion? Oh, I'm sorry, Council Kennedy. Yes. A little too fast there. You're a little too fast.

Yeah. So, um, so I just wanted to, uh, give a shout out, um, for communities, uh, uh, community organizations rather, sorry, coming together to, uh, to prop each other up. So, on Saturday, February 28th, uh, there was a, uh, drag show put on by County Pride that benefited the YMCA. And altogether uh what was raised at that show was $2,000 and that was uh donated like and from county pride to the YMCA. So it's I appreciate uh the show was fun and everything and it was a it was a great show and just a good um environment or a good uh come together to uh help each other help each other's businesses thrive and succeed in this in the city. So, wanted to just make that known. So, thank you.

All right. Very good. Anybody else? Seeing none, can I have a motion to adjurnn? Councelor Thompson. Councelor Louden Sack, please call the role. Councelor Plunkett, yes. Councelor Thompson, yes. Councelor Kennedy, yes. Councelor Ashaw, yes. Councelor Lack, yes. Councilor Fitzgiven, yes. Councelor Meyer, yes. Resolution passes 70. Meeting is adjourned. Drive safely.