Committees - Regular Meeting

Has everyone had the opportunity to read the 18 March verbal trial of the Réunion? Let's leave a minute for those who haven't done it yet. Or rather June. Yes, the June meetings. They put the two, yes. Do we have to ratify the 18 March verbal trial of the Réunion?

Eh bien, c'est parce qu'il n'y avait pas de procès verbal pour la réunion de juin.

Oh, d'accord. Vous alliez voter sur... D'accord.

...juin et septembre.

Je propose d'accepter et d'approuver les réunions du 18 mars et du 17 juin 2026. Tous ceux qui sont pour. Adopté.

D'accord. Check. Very well, we will start with the number of calls to date. The figure is slightly higher. We have had a leveling up, if we can say, of the accounting system, which sends our calls via the computer system. And there was a slight confusion with the fire calls attributed in double to the emergency services. But it's probably about 10 or 15 calls that I haven't been able to filter yet, but the number of calls to date is 2,377. Last year, we had 292. So even with this call-related anomaly, interventions are currently on the rise for the year. The executives are doing well. We currently have 32 members in our agency, including four junior members. Et nous avons depuis la réunion de mercredi dernier quatre nouvelles candidatures sur lesquelles nous travaillerons le mois prochain pour voir qui est sérieux, leur expliquer les attentes et les intégrer à la formation. Je prévois. Donc quatre nouvelles personnes à bord dans les deux prochains mois. L'autre point concernant les effectifs est que ce trimestre, couvrant essentiellement l'été, nous avions trois stagiaires ou quatre. Quatre stagiaires. Nous avons donc développé un programme car nous avions des personnes intéressées qui n'étaient là que pour l'été. Généralement des étudiants universitaires. Trois des quatre étaient des étudiants en prémédecine. Leur intérêt portait donc sur la médecine d'urgence et ils voulaient s'y exposer pour voir si c'était une voie professionnelle qu'ils souhaitaient suivre. Nous avons eu une excellente interaction avec eux. Les quatre personnes concernées ont répondu à presque tous les appels au cours de l'été. Et je pense que c'est un bon programme qui sera reconduit à l'avenir. This required a bit of work in advance to put it in place, because the schedule is tight. They finish university just when we start our summer period, but we were lucky to have people at the agency who took the time to integrate them so that they could participate in the program that we designed. We have collected feedback. Some will get university credits for their participation and others simply acquire an experience that helps them decide their future orientation. So an excellent program. I'm sure Marc will agree with me and we can't wait to start again next year. It was not a constraint to have them. I mean, he called me sick and he called me every day to know if I had to come. They were very motivated. None of them said, hey, I have to do this for the school. No one was like that. They were all very enthusiastic.

Does Donna Clark lead a recruitment campaign?

For the junior program, we do not actively recruit because we have limited the number to four to test our ability to manage a group of young people. Nous pensions que si nous étions trop nombreux, cela pourrait être difficile à gérer. Nous nous en tenons donc à quatre membres. Nous en avons quelques-uns sur liste d'attente qui ont en quelque sorte postulé, au cas où une place se libérerait. Mais nous attendons cette première année pour évaluer si nous pouvons en accepter davantage.

Est-ce que les quatre sont ici ou à l'école ?

Non, ce sont tous des lycéens ici. Oui, ils ont pour la plupart 14 ou 15 ans. Il n'y a personne de plus âgé, donc... We will meet all the junior members of last year, this year. And I think Donna might consider taking one more, but we have to keep it manageable. You know, we have to take care of them. They are children, they are young people. So we have to ensure their supervision.

I just wanted to say that I wanted to get involved in it and that's always the case, but I had a very crazy year and I wasn't at all available. So I would be more available in the future. I just wanted to apologize for not being very useful for this high school program, with all the rest, to... To Donna now, where are you? Well, I... I think she sent us, Dr. Roman and me, her coordinates. So, I don't know if I should contact her or if she can feel free to contact me.

I'll talk to her, but don't hesitate to contact her too. Wait for her competitions with impatience. Yes, I'm sorry. No, I think it's a good... the moment is well chosen because it's a good project for the winter. You know, when we were busy in the summer with our main work volumes, we were very busy. You know, we integrate young people, I mean junior members, where we can, but I think we now have more time to devote to it and maybe to expand, you know, their skills and their activities. But we made them participate in the 10 km to a refueling point. They are constantly involved in the inventory and supplies, which we do in groups during annual sporting events.

Yes, I was going to stop to talk to them during the 10 km, but I ended up helping my husband's brother who has health problems, etc. So I couldn't go. I was with him, that's it.

Yes, so let's make a plan for this winter. We will integrate you and I'm sure you have good ideas to help us. Just like Dr. Rollman. Is he present at the meeting today or not? Okay, yes, because he also had a lot of good ideas. That would be good. We are now at ease with the program. So I think we can start to develop a little. You know, they are involved in all our training. And one of the important points, Jenny, and I don't know if it concerns you regarding your availability, is that we have a mentor or a supervisor for each member. We are not ready to accept a new member unless we have what we call a mentor for many reasons. Security reasons, responsibilities, you know. Maybe you could help us or guide us in this area. It would allow us to expand the program a little. Very good. We were able to do a few little things, but they are good things. Peter would appreciate that. This year, we like to take a new group photo every few years, every few years. We went a little further. The team's show, if you will, at the Grange, where they come back to do the point after the calls or relax after the storms and others. They organized a group meeting, we redid the living room, we put together a lot of historical photos and a new photo of the agency. And they did an excellent job to refresh this space.

Is it still the same old furniture, all the rest? Everything is gone, everything is new.

Et qui a fait ça, qui a fait tout ça à l'origine ? Non. Maintenant, qui a fait tout le travail pour le refaire ? Vous l'avez fait refaire ou ce sont les bénévoles ?

Non, nous, nous l'avons fait. C'était financé par des sources extérieures et la fondation. Et le groupe l'a fait lui-même. Et le groupe l'a fait lui-même. And it was double, not only did we have to recreate a space for them that we had lost when we launched the paramedical program. This is where the doctor was dragging and working, you know, waiting. But you know, after having someone in there 365 days a year, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week for a few years, it was time to modernize it. It was time to modernize it. We have since moved them to another space and we have recovered the space of the volunteers because I thought it was important. They had somehow lost their zone.

So we were lucky to get funding and... Where did you move the ambulances in the old Red Cross?

No, on the same side, but in what was the office of the ambulance team. Yes, just before entering the truck garages. So it's their space and now our members can have a nice gathering area again.

When this building was built, about twenty years ago, it was really necessary. Something at that time.

Nous avons terminé cette année la formation au sauvetage aquatique que nous faisons chaque année. Habituellement, il y a deux parties. L'une que nous faisons à la piscine, nous entraînons à l'extraction aquatique en cas de blessure et ce genre de choses en toute sécurité. Cela peut aussi arriver dans une piscine, des accidents de plongeon ou tout type de blessure en piscine. Donc, cela a un double aspect. Et la deuxième partie, c'est que nous emmenons habituellement cela en eau libre, mais nous avions un volume d'appels si élevé cette année que nous n'avons tout simplement pas eu le temps de le faire. Donc, nous nous y remettrons l'année prochaine, mais nous avons pratiqué les compétences dans la piscine. Dans la piscine, nous avions beaucoup de nouvelles personnes, donc c'était nouveau pour beaucoup de gens. C'est une formation utile et c'est important pour nous qui vivons près de l'eau. Très bien. Some of the events that I listed and to which we participated this quarter, we went to the Jamesport fireworks in July. We were on duty during the Shelter Island fireworks, to give you an idea of what it represents for us. We had 9 to 16, we had 18 people waiting that night to insure the ambulance, insure the community. I shouldn't say reassured, but equipped with the ambulance, equipped with the community. And we also put medical personnel on the police boat. No. It would therefore be a first intervention with a medical staff on board. On board. So what seems easy requires a lot of effort to gather 18 people during one of the most socially and familial nights. But we did it. We did it. It seems easy, but it's scary. But we're getting ready.

So tonight I stay inside? No, but I'm just saying that we are preparing for the worst to happen.

Of course. So all our equipment and all our members are in maximum alert for what could happen. Some other events to come, we have the 5 km race which I believe will take place on October 17th. It will be a waiting service for us during the event. Et le 23 octobre, il y a un camp pour des invités spéciaux à Kinyipiak auquel nous avons été invités à participer. Et je pense que nous ferons surtout une démonstration pour habituer les jeunes enfants malades à l'idée que l'ambulance est un espace convivial sans raison d'avoir peur. Let them sit in it. Work with us, move the equipment. And let's hope they'll never have to use it. But this group in particular seems more likely to need an ambulance.

These children are not sick, they are the brothers and sisters of children who died of cancer. So these children are led by M. Reuben, Paul Reuben. So the children are not sick. Okay.

What will happen is that this will help them get used to it in case their brother or sister-in-law would need an ambulance.

You see... Or if they were present when the boy or girl was taken away. Yes, that's what I mean.

Their exposure will be, let's hope, less scary. We do this with kindergarten and a few elementary schools, in case the family, mom or dad, would need an ambulance so that it is not a scary thing, but a good thing.

What age is ideal for this?

Environ, c'est entre 7 et 12, 7 et 13 en... Très bien.

Donc, nous serons là pour ça ? Quelques points sur l'installation. Si vous voulez, le bâtiment et la maintenance. Nous avions un problème de longue date avec le système d'alarme et de sécurité. Il fallait le refaire.

Il était devenu obsolète, démodé et ne fonctionnait plus.

So everyone used the same access code to enter. We could not distinguish the people who were no longer there. All this is settled. We were lucky to be able to count on Kevin Lukmanski of the city's IT service. For it to be done. So everything has been redone, it is a completely new system. We can control access to buildings, give temporary access to maintenance staff or others. So I thank Kevin for that. It took a few years of hard work to get to where we are now. And that was accompanied by resurfacing. As most people know, Meyer Waring was closed not so long ago for a moment. We had an urgent need to redo the parking with its nits of chicken and a hard work from the start. And the director of the ferry, Ken Lewis, did the job for us and did a very good job. He optimized the terrain to the maximum, which allowed us to use each plot for parking. You know, you see that we have 30 members and about 25 vehicles arrive for a meeting in a space of 17 seats. So are they going to break the lines? Nous y travaillons, nous en discutons. Nous pensons à ne pas le faire, car on peut généralement en mettre plus. Eh bien, soit ça, soit parfois moins, si vous. Oui, donc.

Vous avez pris trop de...

Et ce que nous ferons, c'est que le traçage sera au moins, nous avons des lignes, pour aider les bénévoles à reculer vers le bâtiment. Ces lignes au sol seront prolongées sur le parking pour qu'ils puissent se situer, se mettre droit et lorsqu'ils reculent, c'est une ligne droite.

Non, cela aidera certainement ces lignes.

La chose suivante, c'est que nous avons eu quelques événements cet été, cette année, qui ont fait déborder le vase. More precisely, for the 10K, we usually borrow a golf cart or a Gator-type vehicle at South Ferry or at the 10K committee to have it on site in case of medical incident at the finish line. Jenny, have you probably already worked at the medical post there?

Yes, I was in charge of the medical post for years.

The place, you know, is the last straight line where people usually fall. Logistically, the post is at the end and they haven't arrived yet. So we still need a way to transport people on several hundred meters across the field to the tent.

It has become more and more difficult.

We have managed to obtain funding from the Foundation to buy a Gator, which we will do this fall. And we will have a vehicle for the agency, you know, if we need it on the beach for special artisanal events. Or a 5 km. There are several events for which I see a use. So it's something that will be very useful to us. Even for the fireworks. Where are you going to keep them? We're going to keep it in the installation, in the barn. In the square? In the square. We're going to make space. Yes, we want to keep it in good condition, safe from the weather, but it must also be available quickly. You know, even if you think of the fireworks party, the road is practically closed and... And if we have to move to go back and forth, up and down the hill, it will help us. So this equipment will be bought in the fall and we will put it in service for next season. And the cost? The cost is taken care of by the foundation. So there is no cost for the city. A few thanks. This one is a little ahead, but not to forget to mention it, the Shelter Island Killers Association, I'm not sure of the official name, recognized that we needed stuffed animals for the children during our interventions and they graciously offered their time to make us little bears. Call them whatever you want. To distribute to children when we interact with pediatric patients.

Yes, we had them years ago, these little bears. But we missed them and we have come to the point where we have to buy them.

This group has therefore been very kind to volunteer to provide them.

I had one, Mickey.

The other one I wanted to mention is the Garden Club, the gardening club of Shelter Island. They graciously volunteered to manage the little circle around our flagpole. At the front, it's maybe, I don't know, half the size of this room, a third of the room. It's pretty big. They're going to plant, in fact, they've already started, they're going to plant flowers, small shrubs, and take care of what hasn't happened to us for an eternity. So we are very happy about it.

She works a lot on it, really a lot. Yes, we appreciate that.

Who is that?

Liz Gold, Elisabeth Gold. In a torrid heat, she is at the roundabout to weed and ...

Yes. The last two points I have is that we have identified a coverage deficit in our radio system. More precisely, on the north side of the island, where it goes down like at Shore Road, it's quite hidden, in the back. We have an uneven coverage during the summer, which has interrupted our operations several times. So we're trying to solve this problem of ... There are solutions for that. They will have to install distant equipment on the ground, but it is completely feasible, and it is a project that I will lead to come in the next one or two months. We will have, let's hope, the no-need funding. I try to fund it with our own means. We have made savings in anticipation of this need. So we will do this this fall.

What do you mean by remote equipment? Like amplifiers? A kind of amplifier, yes.

There is, you know, an area near Printwind and Perman where we can neither emit nor receive anything. We are therefore considering installing equipment in one of these facilities to send the signal to the main tower.

Of course, Parlemann could do it. And Printwin would do it too.

So, we are looking for community partners to accomplish this. The concept that was explained to me is that this equipment nowadays is no longer radio as it used to be. It will be done via IP internet and the internet will send it directly to the tower and it will be broadcast in a millisecond. The technology is there, we just have to get started. Maybe one in each, because they both close for the winter. Yes, I think only one should cover the entire seafront, that's what I'm told. So he'll be there. And if you're talking about Prince Wynne, let me know, because I know everyone there. Perfect. You know, we know a few little places. We have a little corner in High Beach, so depending on the final costs, or maybe next year, we will consider reproducing it. repaired in this area as well. Maybe we could use the Covel's Lane fire station, for example, which would help us get back to the tower.

All this because of the geography. It's not because of a million people who use the Internet here in the summer.

Well, it's not based on the Internet.

It's the radio.

It's the radio, but you know, the foliage of the shrubs for many, the line of sight, the topography, the topography, you know, there's a cliff over there. So you know, I feel like we're just about to do it, but you know, some of our equipment are 10-15 years old now and there is a deficit. There is a loss of functionality of electronics over time. So they're trying to make sure that we don't have defective fissures at the base of the antenna. And you know, I'm sure there's a slight loss that's accumulating, but it's really the topography and the layout of the ground there that's a problem, and we have to fix it immediately.

So we'll do it.

And the last thing I have is that as an agency, we have submitted a funding request to the Lions Club. And I'll just give you the big lines in case someone will tell you about it. So we have eight ambulances equipped with cardiac monitors. These are sophisticated models. They are over 7 years old now and are finally starting to arrive in technological life. Not necessarily the device itself, but there are new technologies. And we have to, in a way, follow the rhythm. And these are new technologies that offer advances in cardiac surveillance and RCR skills, which we do not currently have in the device. The American Heart Association re-evaluates every few years the reanimation protocols. And one of the things they have integrated into the new cursus is high-performance RCR. And this is done by surveillance. And these new devices allow it. So it helps to maintain the rhythm. It helps to maintain the depth of the compressions. While currently, you know, it depends solely on what you remember from your training. The new devices therefore monitor this in real time on the field. And I'm sure that most of you know the technology of this equipment. And if anyone is interested, I can send it to you. Nowadays, they are not just heart monitors in a box. They measure blood pressure, oxygen saturation, everything they monitor. In emergencies, we do it on the ground directly with the patient. Directly with the patient. We measure the levels of CO2, so every time someone is exposed to a fire, we have the technology to monitor it and see if they really have to go to the hospital or not. It also ensures follow-up when placing advanced respiratory tubes, because it must be placed with total precision. If it's badly done, it's deadly. These devices control this and evaluate on a graph the precision of the intubations. Yes, there are a lot of things happening in this little box. C'est un peu la plateforme centrale. Et ce qui est génial avec le modèle actuel, c'est que la technologie réévalue ces signes vitaux et les saisit électroniquement dans notre dossier patient informatisé. Et cela l'envoie à l'hôpital universitaire ou au médecin régulateur pour le suivi médical. L'hôpital récepteur reçoit les données électroniquement avant même que nous arrivions aux urgences. Ils savent déjà à quoi vous ressemblez. C'est formidable. Médicalement, avant notre arrivée sur place. Donc, comme je l'ai dit, l'équipement dont nous disposons a environ 7 ans et demi. Sa technologie commence à dater. Je ne peux même plus obtenir de garantie de maintenance dessus. Vous savez, c'est du matériel médical. Bien placé pour le sort. So we asked the Lions Club for funding. I think that's about $183,000 to replace three monitors. That includes a recovery value for the three devices we own. It's a big sum. I'm aware of it. We think it's a cause that's worth it. It supports our operations. It's really the brain of our operation. C'est donc un élément indispensable. Nous avons donc cherché un financement extérieur. Si nous ne l'obtenons pas, nous devrons réévaluer la façon dont nous cherchons à financer cela. Alors, si vous entendez quelqu'un en parler, c'est ce que nous avons demandé.

Voilà pour moi, Peter. À moins que vous n'ayez des questions. La conférence sur les sites vitaux... A-t-elle toujours lieu ?

Elle existe toujours. Nous y participons. Quand les gens en ont besoin ? C'est surtout en fonction des besoins de recertification de notre personnel qui n'a pas pu suivre le rythme. Comme tout se fait en ligne. De nos jours, il existe de nombreux programmes que les ambulanciers peuvent suivre en ligne. S'ils le font régulièrement, ils peuvent rester à jour et se recertifier. S'ils ne trouvent pas le temps, nous pouvons certainement utiliser la conférence sur les signes vitaux pour leur permettre d'obtenir leur recertification. Mais ces deux dernières années, nous n'y avons envoyé personne. Il n'y en avait pas besoin et les lieux n'étaient pas pratiques pour nous car ils étaient trop éloignés. Et nous ne sommes pas forcément à la recherche d'une ambulance pour l'année à venir. Mais nous voulons certainement rester à la page en matière de technologie.

Tous les fournisseurs sont présents à ces conférences.

So our members will be exposed to new technologies and things like that to make us move forward. So I'm not sure about this year... It's usually around Halloween. Yes, so it's in October, yes. But I would say that this year or next year, I would really try to send people because it's been a few years since we did it.

Jack makes Stony Brook's trainers come to help us with our continuous training as well. So, you know, it's roughly five days to go and come back. It's a lot of time.

Is it still in Syracuse or Buffalo? It doesn't matter. It could be Rochester, which was the case last time, I think.

Which requires a wave. Yes, it's a wave.

Rochester is... Buffalo, Rochester, Albania. Syracuse. How can we forget that it's part of New York? It's still 10 hours to get there.

Can you comment on that? Did they ever reveal the cause of the death of the guy who fell off the bridge?

I'm very curious to know.

Yes, I know. It's always an ongoing investigation.

A difficult summer in the water.

I see it in there too. Yes, we've had several. We brought the Cris du Comté team to make sure that we follow the people who might have needs. But you know, we overcame that. The group is a united group. Even if they can quarrel, they all stay united and help each other. So yes, we had difficult calls this summer.

Various questions.

Have I ever asked this question? When the service is rushed, if a spear is deployed and put under pressure, is the ambulance called?

Well, it's a firefighter case.

When the spear is deployed and put under pressure.

What do you mean by spear? When the pipe is deployed and put under pressure. I'm not a firefighter, it's the fire department. Il y a eu des discussions avec le service d'incendie.

Et il y a eu des discussions avec nous sur le main. Où nous devons être ensemble.

Nous y allons quand nous sommes à. Je peux me tromper mais je pense qu'il y a funk. Sugger, je ne sais pas si suggérer est le bon mot. Je ne veux pas dire vouloir. Je veux, je ne veux pas dire vouloir. Non-directif selon le docteur Charles. Non-directif. Non-directif. Vous ne pouvez jamais dire. Je veux que ce soit vous devez dire cela. Vous dérange-t-il de un directif ? Alors je pense à Yafank. Ne suggère-t-il pas que si une lance est établie et mise en pression, l'ambulance est dépêchée à Stockholm ?

We follow training at Yafank with the firefighters because other teams on the North Fork regroup firefighters and ambulances, so they normally bring an ambulance. When the firefighters follow these training at Yafank, we are invited and we go there. Ah, several people among us like to participate.

And what about during a normal intervention, a classic exit? We start with the normal intervention.

Permettez-moi de poser cette question. Il y a quelques années, n'avait-il pas été discuté que tout le système radio serait combiné pour que les appels soient entendus à la fois par les pompiers et nains ?

Oui, je reste un peu en retrait ici, car c'est une réponse difficile. Conceptuellement, chaque fois qu'il y a une opération, incendie ou médicale, l'autre groupe apporte son soutien. Nous serions là. Le problème vient vraiment de la répartition des appels. Nous avons établi des protocoles de répartition. Le père Pita a raison. S'il y a un vrai incendie, qu'une lance est mise en pression, qu'ils font quelque chose, les secours médicaux sont appelés. Le bas blesse au niveau de la répartition, car nous sommes un peu différents des autres agences qu'ils gèrent et ils oublient souvent. Nous avons donc essayé d'automatiser cela avec nos systèmes de beeper et c'est devenu tout ou rien. Nous étions donc appelés pour toutes les fausses alertes. Oui, là où la lance n'est pas mise en pression. Là où il n'y a rien. Il n'y a pas de... Il n'y a aucun risque.

C'est ce dont je me souviens quand vous disiez que tout serait, vous savez, communiqué en... C'était le cas. Cela n'a pas fonctionné.

Puis le comté est passé à un nouveau système informatique pour faire cela. Et il ne filtre pas. Nous pouvions auparavant utiliser des mots-clés comme fucker ou alarm maker. Et si c'était une alarme, nous ne recevions pas l'appel. Unless it is a specific alarm, we therefore have policies, procedures and concepts. And we are working in this direction. It is not 100% perfect. What I hope, what I say to the ambulance manager is that if we are not called when the situation seems to demand it, then simply call one of the managers and make sure that it happens. And make sure that it happens. You know, it still needs a little human side. But the fire chiefs can certainly call us at any time. But you know, they are very busy with what they do themselves. So sometimes, they may not think about it. So we work on it. Marc and I receive all the calls. And if we don't hear that we are called, we generally provoke the call.

So you two, you all receive them? Unfortunately, we all receive them. Well, that's a good thing.

We just had one. Yes, before yesterday, on Sunday, we were at the barracks for a training and they were called for an alarm.

COO1. And I heard that. Then the second response from the distribution center was, well, my friend is underground. We don't know how we're going to get her out. So I made us beep. So it works well. If I hadn't heard that, or if the information had not been available, he would have arrived on site, would have seen my life underground and he would have called us. And that's a waste of time. But I just happened to hear that my friend was underground. And it was quite amusing. Because we have already been to this house several times, the person is 94 years old, and he calls to say that my friend is underground. So we wondered how many years she had been underground. Was she mummified? Was she petrified? So yes, yes, and we went there, it was very simple. We didn't need to transport anyone because there was no mommy on the basement. And that's how we work together. The police are there, the firefighters are there, we are there, we are there. And everything went very well. That's exactly why our call volume numbers are a little inflated, because some of these calls, like the fire alarms for which our presence was not necessary, we were forced to go. So yes, it's a job in progress. We are clearly better than a few years ago. We have automatic locks. If there is an accident on the road, you know, with other things than injuries such as fluids or the deployment of airbags or worrying problems, the firefighters are called. If there is a rescue in an aquatic environment, we are all supposed to be called. So, overall, you know, it works. Really. Everyone has been alerted. What was it two days ago? What, Midway and... It was a road accident. It was a traffic accident. We both received the call at the same time and it was an appropriate call, you know. So... It's only as good as the person who interprets it and, you know, I know a little bit of the indulgence necessary because all the other fire services have the ambulance integrated. Pass, Nico. We are unique. So they have to remember that, ah yes, Shelter Island, we have to do two things. So it takes ... sometimes a moment. Yes, other agencies see the fire truck coming out and they say to themselves, what? And they say to themselves, the ambulance is right there. So it's our call. We're right around the corner. And you are without women. We are focused on what you are doing at this moment. And for the distribution, it is not always clear that we are not next door, we are not in the same building. Not us.

Other points during the day. Something for you, Marc?

Well, the foundation, we are collecting about the same amount of funds this year as at the same time last year. And we continue to receive funds thanks to our letter.

I saw the city move the trailer of the Red Cross.

Well, it must have been moved for the coating. Exactly.

Did someone go inside? Well, we're not affiliated with that.

They have people who inspect it all the time. Yes, they maintain it. Yes, they send people from the West who go around Long Island. And I know they came to check several times last year. They came back, they took it out a little and they washed it, they cleaned it with brushes and all that.

That's pretty nice. How many mice were there inside? I didn't go in. I thought this equipment should be 25 years old. Well, no, we have to turn the stock.

Okay. And you know what? We used some cones for the 10K this year. They needed 3 or 4 cones. I went to get them, I brought them on the field and they were in good condition.

Okay.

They were in perfect condition. No rotting, no smell. They were very good. Yes, how do you keep the code or the combination of the lock?

Don't make me run after Suzanne Ranz again. Okay, if there is nothing else, then I close the meeting at 5 p.m. Make a proposal. All in favor?

So be it.

Thank you John. Thank you.