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Record of Proceedings

North Salem Town Board Special Meeting – June 15, 2026

Town Board & Boards — Monday, June 15, 2026
BodyNorth Salem, New York
SessionTown Board & Boards
DateMonday, June 15, 2026
StatusFILED
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Speaker numbers apply only to this recording.

Unassigned speaker

0:00

Second session.

Unassigned speaker

0:02

All right, we're being recorded.

Unassigned speaker

0:04

Okay.

Unassigned speaker

0:08

Okay.

Unassigned speaker

0:12

I'm Martin here.

Unassigned speaker

0:13

Good.

Speaker 1

0:14

I'll remain nameless.

Unassigned speaker

0:16

So

Speaker 2

0:16

we're gonna call the uh is

Unassigned speaker

0:18

it

Speaker 1

0:18

right time

Speaker 3

0:19

yet?

0:19

Yeah

Speaker 2

0:19

perfect.

0:20

I'm gonna call the uh June 15th uh special meeting of the town hall uh town board to order and we'll start with the Pledge of Allegiance

Speaker 1

0:33

of America to which it

Speaker 2

0:35

stands

Speaker 1

0:36

one

Unassigned speaker

0:45

so

Speaker 2

0:45

we're gonna start uh by going into executive session resolved that the town board of the town of North Salem shall enter in the executive session to discuss personnel items, and I'll make that motion.

0:56

Second any comments all in favor?

0:59

I can I vote aye.

1:01

Okay, thank

Unassigned speaker

1:02

you.

Unassigned speaker

1:08

Okay, you're back up and running.

Speaker 2

1:10

Okay, so I'll make a motion to come out of executive session back into the regular meeting.

Speaker 1

1:16

Second

Speaker 2

1:18

all in favor?

1:19

Aye, aye.

1:21

Um we have two more uh resolutions.

1:23

One is from a linga construction.

1:25

We had the uh engineering folks look at this, and they're suggesting that we uh don't pay the entire amount because there's things on a punch list still have to be done.

1:36

So instead of the 29,000 950, um they're suggesting it's 23,960, which is uh 80 percent, and that 5,990 we hold back as a retainer until uh the rest of the work's done.

Speaker 3

1:52

Makes sense.

Speaker 2

1:53

So because we're having this meeting today, we figured we'd put this in.

1:56

I when did they give it to us?

1:57

Last Thursday or

Speaker 3

1:59

they had originally about two weeks ago.

Speaker 2

2:01

Okay, and I guess the engineers had

Speaker 3

2:03

to go through this.

2:03

Going over the punch list with them

Speaker 2

2:05

agreement.

2:06

So resolved that the town board here by authorized the payment in the amount of 23,960 to a link of construction for the attached application for payment number one is reviewed and approved by Han Engineering on June 12th, 2026.

2:19

I'll make that motion.

Speaker 1

2:21

Second.

2:22

Any comments

Speaker 2

2:22

from

Speaker 3

2:23

anybody?

Speaker 1

2:24

No further discussion.

Speaker 2

2:25

All

Speaker 3

2:26

in

Speaker 2

2:26

favor?

2:26

Aye.

Speaker 1

2:27

I

Speaker 2

2:27

vote aye.

2:29

Um we had a meeting this morning, by the way, with the painting folks, and they're gonna be getting back to us uh with uh uh some of the painting.

2:37

You mean the walkthrough?

2:38

Yeah, we had the we had uh three people last week, and we had about four or five there today.

Speaker 1

2:43

Okay, so that's

Unassigned speaker

2:44

good.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Budget Equity Analysis████████████████████████████████████36%
Procedural████████████████████████████████32%
Engineering And Infrastructure████████████████████████████████32%
Summary of Proceedings

North Salem Town Board Special Meeting – June 15, 2026

The North Salem Town Board held a special meeting on June 15, 2026, at 10:00 AM, meeting in person and via Zoom. The board entered executive session for a personnel matter, then returned to regular session to act on two resolutions: a partial payment to Alinga Construction Corp. and an amendment to a prior budget transfer resolution. All motions were approved unanimously by voice vote.

Executive Session

  • The board voted unanimously to enter executive session to discuss personnel – particular persons, and later voted unanimously to return to the regular meeting.

Resolution: Alinga Construction Corp. Payment

  • The board considered payment to Alinga Construction Corp. for application for payment No. 1. Engineering review did not recommend paying the full amount because punch list items remained outstanding.
  • Instead of the $29,950 requested, the board approved paying $23,960, representing 80% of the amount, and holding back $5,990 as retainage until the remaining work is completed.
  • The board noted that Han Engineering reviewed and approved the payment application on June 12, 2026.

Resolution: Amendment to Budget Transfer Resolution #208-26

  • The board amended Resolution #208-26 to correct a transposed account number in the prior budget transfer. The correct transfer is $30,000 from general fund contingency account 010.1990.429 to special legal counsel account 010.1990.432 to cover legal fees in the matter DMO versus North Salem.
  • A board member explained that an estimate from Rowland for the DMO/DMAO bill was about $25,000, and the full $30,000 transfer was intended to ensure enough funds were available; the board could later move back any unused amount.
  • The board also discussed that some Justice Court-related bills had been coded to the legal counsel line. A board member noted about $11,000 remained on the Justice Court line and that money under the town attorney's VNT/Justice Court line might need to be moved or reallocated. No action was taken on that point, but the board indicated the issue would be discussed further.

Other Business

  • The board briefly noted a morning walkthrough with painting contractors, who were expected to follow up with the town.

Key Outcomes

  • Approved entering and exiting executive session for a personnel matter.
  • Approved payment of $23,960 to Alinga Construction Corp., with $5,990 held back pending completion of punch list work.
  • Approved amending Resolution #208-26 to transfer $30,000 from contingency to special legal counsel for DMO versus North Salem legal fees.
  • Adjourned the meeting after acting on the resolutions.

Meeting Transcript

Second session. All right, we're being recorded. Okay. Okay. I'm Martin here. Good. I'll remain nameless. So we're gonna call the uh is it right time yet? Yeah perfect. I'm gonna call the uh June 15th uh special meeting of the town hall uh town board to order and we'll start with the Pledge of Allegiance of America to which it stands one so we're gonna start uh by going into executive session resolved that the town board of the town of North Salem shall enter in the executive session to discuss personnel items, and I'll make that motion. Second any comments all in favor? I can I vote aye. Okay, thank you. Okay, you're back up and running. Okay, so I'll make a motion to come out of executive session back into the regular meeting. Second all in favor? Aye, aye. Um we have two more uh resolutions. One is from a linga construction. We had the uh engineering folks look at this, and they're suggesting that we uh don't pay the entire amount because there's things on a punch list still have to be done. So instead of the 29,000 950, um they're suggesting it's 23,960, which is uh 80 percent, and that 5,990 we hold back as a retainer until uh the rest of the work's done. Makes sense. So because we're having this meeting today, we figured we'd put this in. I when did they give it to us? Last Thursday or they had originally about two weeks ago. Okay, and I guess the engineers had to go through this. Going over the punch list with them agreement. So resolved that the town board here by authorized the payment in the amount of 23,960 to a link of construction for the attached application for payment number one is reviewed and approved by Han Engineering on June 12th, 2026. I'll make that motion. Second. Any comments from anybody? No further discussion. All

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