Everybody ready?

Okay.

Okay, it's time.

All righty, so public hearings relative to item twelve.

Um and public hearing relative to item fourteen.

We'll get to those when we get to the items.

And Councilman McOke.

Um thank you, Madam President.

I have item uh nine A, who is taking care of that from uh probably having that.

Okay.

That was the item that you introduced in table.

Yeah.

So it's okay, so um we're gonna we're gonna move on from that, madam.

Oh okay, excellent.

Do we have any resolutions?

We'll know by Monday.

Okay.

So again, Councilman McJook.

Thank you.

I have item eleven to twenty-eight.

Uh item eleven.

Um is an item that we have been staring at.

I would actually request um Joe, how do we make a statement about executive session?

How do we like it?

Yes, so we're scheduled that executive schedule uh meeting here anyway.

Settlement today.

Oh, so then we'll do it at the end of the yeah, you just say that they ordered thank you.

So item eleven is uh uh question.

Item twelve.

So we held it twelve thirteen fourteen.

Um those those those are ready to go.

Item fifteen.

I'm moving faster than I normally am.

This is great.

And so item fifteen.

It's Cyclone Media.

And so this we're not actually asking for any changes in the dollar amount.

There is a pre-existing contract.

And apparently in the ordinance it said is that it was ending June thirtieth, twenty twenty-six and it should say twenty twenty-seven.

That is the change that's occurring.

So nothing with the process is changing uh I think it could have been a typo or something like that.

Who knows?

This is just a review.

Excuse me, Commissioner.

It seems as though what we're looking at is that it's amending to um exercise the um the expert uh to exercise.

Yeah, so we're amending it to go the additional year.

Yeah, but it was supposed to originally.

I think we may have made a mistake originally with it because the dollar amount's not changing, the dollar amount was for all those years.

So you'll just end a revised um letter.

Is that where you're doing?

Uh I'm not where you need to it's okay.

We've got it's okay.

Okay.

It's just a year that you're changing.

Yeah, from 2026 to 2027.

There's nothing to it.

Okay.

Yeah.

All right.

Uh item 16.

Okay.

That is me as well.

Well, so that's park mobile.

And I is so think of Flowbird.

Flowbird, you've heard before.

And so that is the vendor for the mobile pay stations for parking meters.

And so same agreement that we have with Flo Bird every year for servicing parts, moon meters, all of that, but the new company is Park Mobile LLC.

And so I'm sorry.

Question for you.

So what is gonna be the um timeline?

And I know I understand you can't answer the question, but I remember with Parkion, how we had them, and then they became like extinct, and we had to go to Flowburg.

What is the how do you do how are we going to determine how long park mobile with the equipment?

Park mobile, I I mean, I I couldn't tell you if they're gonna get bought out or change names or or even bought out, but they they actually didn't have the parts after a while that we needed.

Well, we replaced um, I think it was two years ago.

We replaced all the parking needers, they're running great.

Um it's just a name change in terms of the organization, so nothing is changing.

And I understand that, but we had a name change three, four, five, six years ago.

We've had a bunch of name changes.

So that's where the hell where I'm coming from.

And question how are we doing in terms of parking revenues?

I do not have that information.

Uh I'm not sure if somebody can from finance.

I'm not sure that DPW gets those uh in general.

I mean, the staff that administer this is through the police, right?

The parking meter people are VAA?

Um, so our staff handles installation repairs, stuff like that, but correct.

There are other people that handle that.

Do you want to good afternoon, Corey Dungan?

Chief Staff.

Uh yes, but the parking checkers report to SPD.

They're overseen by SPD, so that's the department that they're under.

BAA handles once the ticket is written if someone wants to contest it.

So who do we need to talk to about getting these people into cars?

Uh, we can talk to SPD.

I know the conversation has happened, but um, I can put you in touch with the folks at SPD that are looking into that to try and equip the parking checkers with vehicles.

Right, fabulous.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, any other questions?

What's that?

Well, item 17, 18, 19 are to appoint uh some of our finest OCRA board.

A new questions.

Yeah.

I told you we're gonna be moving.

Item 20.

You are moving fast, Councillor Mr.

Ma'am.

We got places to go.

Mary Robison, City Engineer.

Item 20 is um requesting an agreement with CNS Engineers for the West Brighton Ave Bridge rehab.

This is for preliminary and detailed design.

Uh this is a tip project under the bridge new York program.

So we get 95% federal reimbursement, and the fee for the design is not to exceed 340,800.

Any questions?

No.

Mary, where is the bridge?

West Brighton I have over on Daga Creek.

So it's um here from different schools.

Danforth.

Yep.

Brighton Academy.

21 and 22.

Wait, do I have that right?

Nope.

21 is um appropriating cash capital for sewer infrastructure, digital mapping and miscellaneous sewer inspections for 250,000 dollars.

We have some um pretty extensive mapping requirements under our new um stormwater permit, um, which we have a grant to partially take care of that mapping effort, but we have um a lot of it, a lot of uh infrastructure to map.

So I'm asking for this money to assist with that and also to do TV inspections when um DPW is not able to do them for us.

How much is the grant the grant is for the whole stormwater coalition and it's uh I'd have to look up the exact amount, but I believe it's like 1.3 million or something like that.

Thank you.

Mary, how much of our um sewer infrastructure is already digitally mapped?

Any of it?

Are we starting from scratch?

We well, this requirement specifically is to map all the manholes and catch basins.

We do have we have done um the sewer, we have input the sewer lines um onto GIS, but we have not located them, but that's not required for the grant, it's really mapping the system to help determine when there's an illicit discharge where that discharge is coming from.

Okay, so we to answer your question in short, we've started, but we have a long way to go.

How long do you think it's gonna take to do it?

A long time.

But we have we have main, you know, the mains are not my I have the data on the mains, I don't have the exact location in GIS.

So the main task of this is to get the attributes, which is the catch basins and the manholes, which is required for DEC.

Okay, thanks.

Any other questions?

Thank you, Mary.

Uh right.

Uh 22 and 23.

Uh you're gonna take it.

Yes, good afternoon, counselors.

Camone Jordan, director of housing and neighborhood planning.

So items 22 and 23 are companion pieces.

23 is a request to authorize the issuance of uh sale of bonds to defray the costs of supporting public infrastructure for phase three of the East Adams Transformation Project, and item 23 is a request for uh the city to grant permission to the housing authority and MBS to do work in the city's right-of-way.

So this is this is I guess this is for uh to pay for our portion, right?

Correct.

This is technically the city's contribution to the overall project.

Okay, and and I understand that is is both uh underground and up, right?

Correct.

Yep, so it'll include sewer, uh, water infrastructure, lighting, landscaping, and pedestrian improvements.

Okay, uh questions.

Thank you.

Thanks, Councilman.

24.

I'm 25.

And 25.

Actually, 26 are all together.

22, 25, and 26 uh is a new tip project.

Um improvements to South Geddis Street from Bellevue to Erie and West Fayette Street from West Street to Tompkins, and this is for a bond ordinance and agreement with New York State DOT and project authorization for the design phase, preliminary and detailed design for a total cost not to exceed 817,000.

Um 80 percent federal, 15 percent marchically, and 5% local.

So this project we're just starting.

We have not done anything yet.

This is our first step.

Is it's getting is get is a state route, maybe no.

Oh okay.

Local local, okay.

All right, all right.

So any question for 2425 and 26?

Nothing.

27 and 28 is a bond ordinance and project authorization uh for our infrastructure improvements and stormwater improvements.

So this is to handle um retaining walls, bridges, stormwater improvements, creeks, culverts that we need repairs.

A lot of the bridge work is um we either find it ourselves, like the expansion joint on the Kirkpatrick Street Bridge that we just completed, or it's identified in um the state inspection of our bridges.

Let me ask you a question because I know the folks down in Franklin Square, that creek and they're phrasing is gonna rise.

Are we gonna scale that batch?

Scale the creek.

Are we gonna are we gonna scale?

Yeah, do a scale to bring the water down because they're afraid that water is gonna poof back up over there.

Um there is sediment in the creek, um, and we've been looking for grant money to try and get, but this is the entire creek, not just um the northern portion.

Um, but that's a huge project, and we haven't been able to find grant funding, and I we don't have the money to do it without grant funding.

Okay.

We're looking.

Uh huh.

We're continue to look.

Okay.

Okay.

Other questions?

Yes.

So you're good.

Yes, I I wanna go back to item 11 though.

Eric, um, before we go into executive session about that, could you just give us a rundown as to where we are happy to, counselors and uh Eric on us uh mayor's office, sorry for being a uh a couple minutes late here for the meeting start.

Um so we have received additional information, particularly from the project team involved with the Comstock Road Road Closure, uh, specifically around the utilization of the right of way.

A big piece of this, and uh appreciate the patience from from the council as we have been going through this information and receiving the information is really following the right of way ordinance as currently drafted.

Uh that information that we have received has been shared with the council office and with council staff.

Uh I know we had uh internal discussion yesterday with uh with a number uh small number of counselors, so as that information has been received, we have been going through to really get granular and specific on what the utilization of the roadway and right of way is that has then helped us to be able to determine so for the period of time from when the road closure began at the end of December, so December 29th, um, daily reports that be are able to then demonstrate what is qualifying under each of the things from trailers to material staging to a number of different things that are accounted for in the right of way fee schedule.

So that information we have that we've been able to then run up against the payments that have been made.

So we do have a payment from the university for the first 90 days and then a subsequent payment for the additional 90 days.

Um that is information that we've wanted to go through ourselves, but also share and make available to the council.

So we are available certainly to talk through that in more detail um during executive session after um today.

Yeah, I just wanted you to touch on that so that as counselors think through this before we get in there at least to know where we are at the moment and help them.

Sure.

Joe Barry, first assistant corporation counsel.

Good afternoon.

I just want to clarify the executive session portion will be to discuss the legal aspects of the Comstack closure.

The the numbers and all have to be discussed in public.

Okay.

Thank you.

All right, thank you.

That would be all for me.

All righty.

So then moving on.

Councillor Aaron Bay.

Thank you, Madam President.

I have items 29 through 43.

Good afternoon, Commissioner.

Oh, excuse me, Saiy Shabur, Commissioner Parks.

I'm gonna bring up Steve for item 29, Arboris.

Hello, Steve Harris, City Arborist.

Uh item 29 is uh requesting authorization to renew our contract with Onandaga Earth Corps.

Uh the same dollar amount as the previous year.

Tell us about the wonder of Onondaga Earth Corps, Steve.

Say that one more time.

How are they doing?

They are uh they have a challenging mission.

Um they're a workforce program, partly, partly leadership program for young people, and they are uh they're doing a lot more than ever.

Uh they plant two-thirds of our street trees, they prune about 1,500 young trees a year.

Uh and 80 about 80% of their funding is grant funding.

It's has been easy to find grant funds for their mission, which is to hire youth and young adults.

First job, second chance opportunities uh to be environmental leaders in our community.

Thank you very much.

All right.

I want to acknowledge what Earth Core does on the north side, what they did for our sheller park, they've been a great asset, a great help to us in planting trees.

They were certainly there recently when we had like an open house.

Yeah.

So thank you for our you know, the work we do, the parks does with Earth budget.

It's a very important project.

Thank you.

I'm sure they'll appreciate that.

Anything else?

Questions?

No.

Moving on to item number 30.

Thank you, Steve.

So we have a long list for you today.

Most of it has to do with summer and summer camps and agreements.

Um, but not number 30.

Number 30 is to increase the dollar amount from 100,000 to 104, not to exceed 104,000 for deer um tick and deer management.

So this contract exceeded its amount.

It did.

I have a question on the management.

How are we how are we doing with it?

Are we reducing the population of the deer since this program began?

Um 147 deer were how do I say it nicely removed?

Removed.

Perfectly fine.

Okay.

Yeah.

So we're seeing the population going down.

So if I said in what one, two, three years from now, we think we have it under control.

We don't have to do the calling that we have done.

I mean, this is a mature deer.

Okay, but let's say what we're making lots of baby deer.

Okay, so we're we're making progress.

We're making progress.

Okay, that's what I want to know.

Thank you.

But we're we're not making so much on the ticks tick removal.

I mean, we've seen as parks commissioner, I've been out and about and we've seen an increase.

So I would just we have new signs going up.

They just got approved.

I would say to check your children, check yourselves and check your animals, even after taking a long walk through your own backyard, right?

So make sure you're checking yourself.

They're really small.

Um, you have to be vil vigilant.

You have to take them off.

You have to put them in a jar, get them tested to make sure they don't have lime and get yourself checked out if you find one on on you on your body.

And don't wear dark clothes out gardening.

Wear something light where they're visible.

Any other questions about this?

No.

All right.

Moving on.

Moving on to 31.

Um, 31 is um Connect for Kids Park Field Trip Grant Program.

Um, it's another one that we do every year, so it's throughout the summer from July 1 to June 30th, working with New York State Um Department of Parks and Recreation, the in historic preservation.

And New York State Department of Parks and Recreation and Historic Preservation has been phenomenal partners in this and really provide funding to make sure that children connect with state parks and outdoor opportunities.

Our kids are out at field trip parks kids at least once a week.

They're doing all types of fun events at different parks.

And they're going, Jason's telling me they're going further this year.

So item any other questions on that?

No.

Item 32, please.

32 is an agreement with the food bank of Central New York to support access to free nutritious mills for our summer programs.

Um, no cost to the city, July 1 through June 30.

Um, excuse me.

June 30th, 27, excuse me.

33 is um friends of the zoo or Roseland Gifford Zoo for services related to educational programs, like zoo to you, not to exceed $1,600 for the summer.

Item 34.

Um, this one is Anadaga Valley Lacrosse Association to provide services related to weekly sports clinics.

Um questions, 35.

Um, this one is uh it's a clinic for track and fill to coordinate facilitate and develop curriculum for our summer programs.

My only question is um when are these programs released to the public for information on how to sign up?

They were already released, but it's late, right?

You don't release it in they were released in April, yeah.

In April.

Okay, we just don't do an overall brochure anymore because each department rolls out things different.

Golf is different from pools, pools is different from rec.

It's hard to roll all that out in one seamless brochure.

We know that eventually dates would have to change, and I don't want to send out false information.

But they're all available on rec desk in terms of they would go to rec desk.

And everything is stated in your website.

Yeah, so it's and a lot of these programs are built within our youth centers, our rec centers.

So thank you.

36?

36 is a partnership uh agreement with the Red House to provide two different um programs, one for um our younger youth, and then we're doing a teen rock academy this year for teenagers.

37 is um the authorization for payments for a variety of performers for pops in the park.

That information will be released um later on this week.

The band's the run of show, the dates, the parks.

Uh Commissioner, how does it go with Jubilee?

Jazz in the city, it was beautiful.

So their first one was June 4th at Jubilee.

It was weather was great, they got a packed house.

A lot of people sat under the trees because it was warm out there, but it went really nice.

It was well.

It went well.

Yep.

Commissioner, uh I'm 37.

So with cities pops and the parts, are we playing to return to Washington Square Park or teleparts?

Washington Square is not on the list this year.

Okay, so there's nothing on the north side then.

Um Schiller.

Oh, we're going to be able to do that.

Okay.

We had that.

So we try to rotate parks every year, so no one's saying we're not provide.

We want to provide for everybody.

Um, we always have four at Upper Onadaga because it started there.

Okay.

Washington Square Park.

And he's doing another one.

We did uh Pops in the Park last year at Washington Square Park.

It's hard to get the bandwagon in there.

Okay.

All right, understood.

Understood.

Maybe we might have considered maybe Metresny.

I don't know.

Maybe more people would might be there.

Yeah.

Thank you.

And we're always open for suggestions.

38 is with move along to organize and run a variety of adaptive sport programs.

39 is agreement with Anadaga County to support ongoing educational recreation with library programs in the city parks.

40.

40 is um agreement with NCSI, which is um the National Center for Safety Initiatives, where we have our staff, it's a background check.

Um, four staff that work both in parks and a few that work in the water department.

Uh 41.

41 is agreement with Red Cross to allow the city to collect the fees for certifications or recertification cards for lifeguards.

42.

42 is um authorization payment to swank motion pictures so that we can run movies in the park.

So they charge public entities for that.

I thought that they had a public licensing agreement where it was free if you had a certain number of people that it was open to the public.

We've since I've been here, we paid every year.

We paid last year's yeah.

Well I can look into it.

Yeah, okay, thank you.

And then 43.

The last one is a waiver of residency that we have come to the council with before.

It's a higher S um SCSD um employees to help run some of our youth programming.

That's strictly C Sono, and this is something we do every year, right?

It is to run some of our youth camps, like some of their coaches run some of our our camps.

I I just wanted to ask, um, I was seen in a meeting yesterday, going back to the to the jubilee uh spirit of Jubilee Park.

Yes.

Is there some graffiti?

I heard on the No, there was okay.

There was there were a group of church, I would say kids from a church because it was Bible verses and love, don't hate.

It was chalk.

They they they wrote on the back of the stage and on the concrete padding, but we simply cleaned it.

It was challenging were also a little concerned about the children jumping from the stage.

Yeah, and they were wondering if we could put some kind of sign.

I don't know what it would say, but no jumping from the stage, maybe.

We are something like that.

And the kids that were jumping had their parents with them, so we are gonna put up signage, but we'll see what it does.

Okay, and then just as a note on the margin, uh, with the ticks and the deer.

You know, Center State just gave a million dollars uh to the Genius uh program award, and this award is uh these people are they have uh a new company.

I mean, a new to me, uh, to keep the white life from coming into the urban uh neighborhoods, and that's what they do.

Maybe you want to reach out.

You know who's part of that?

An messengers' daughter.

Okay.

Uh-huh.

She's she's part of that team.

Sarah Longley.

I'll get it.

Okay, okay.

You may want to reach out to her.

I mean, there may be something there.

I don't know.

But maybe, you know.

Yeah, just to let you know.

Anything else we got?

Any other questions?

Thank you very much.

Thank you all.

Uh moving on.

Thank you.

Councillor Hudson.

Thank you, Madam President.

Um, and Councillor Rouser should be added on to this as well.

Um 44 is installation of honorary street sign for Pastor Darren Heine on the corner of Elk and Salina.

Okay, anybody want to sign on?

Yes.

Absolutely.

Everybody.

Okay, thank you.

I have item 45 through 51.

45, 46, 48, 49, 51 will be held for committee meeting.

47 and 50 are moving forward.

Councilor, what is the time on the committee meeting?

It's at on the 15th at 10.

Thank you.

Can you repeat what you're holding and what you're keeping 45, 46, 48, 9, and 51?

Everything except for 47 and 50.

Okay, gotcha.

Thank you so much.

All right.

Any questions?

Anyone?

All right.

Thank you.

Moving on.

Um council Moore.

Thank you, Madam President.

I have items 52 through 67.

Counselor Silver First Deputy Chief Richard Trudell.

Um, just to answer your question, we have two parking checkers that are in cars out of the six that we have, and we are looking to increase that.

So we we do have them in cars.

Yep, understood.

Okay, so I'm here before you today to ask for temporary uh authorization to enter in a contract with Dr.

Leswing.

Dr.

Leswing performs our fit for duty psychological exams for the police department when we need them.

Typically that's after a critical incident, like an OIS or something like that.

We have to make sure that the officers are okay to come back to work.

This is only temporary in time, allowing us to bid this process out, which we will start to that process.

Over the last several years, we have come before the council asking for a waiver.

We're not doing that.

We just want a temporary one so we can build that um that bid.

Okay, thank you very much.

53.

Good afternoon, everybody.

Dave Matts, Deputy Chief Investigations.

This is for our standard agreement with New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets to provide law enforcement to services in New York State Fair and assist the New York State Police during the duration of the fair, which will run 19 August through 31 August.

Reimbursed for the total amount, which will be uh $50,000.

Do you feel this is a fair price for our services in terms of guaranteeing the safety of fairgoers?

We do.

We calculate based on uh what our overtime rate would be through it, so we're gonna adequately compensate it and uh it's an invaluable resource to the state police and to the fair to to help with uh the police services provided over there.

And we have enough capacity to do this every year.

We do.

We've been doing it for a it's it's over a 10 year period, so it's been a consistent partnership with both the state fair and uh this New York State Police.

How many officers do we send there?

Uh it rotates typically uh during the week.

We have a lighter footprint.

We'll run between uh four and five officers and a supervisor, and then on the weekends will be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

We'll run with a heavier footprint.

We'll run upwards of eight, nine officers and two supervisors just to maintain span of control for uh for the fair.

So that's all overtime.

That's not taking anybody off our streets, right?

It is not nope, it's an overtime basis only.

Okay, thank you.

Yep.

54 afternoon.

I'm Michael Mons, the fire chief.

Um, the next few uh items are for the fire department.

Um, and there are annual waivers.

We'll have some this meeting and next week meeting uh number 54 is enter an agreement with Sean Morrison.

He he provides plan uh review support for our whole fire department, our codes division.

Um he kind of uh triages all of our intakes for the submissions for any plan review for the fire department.

Any questions on that?

Um, can I ask Chief why we waive the RFP process?

Is there nobody besides Sean that can do this?

We've hunted down.

I mean, he's a fire protection engineer for the amount that we're paying him.

We we can't find anybody to do this.

Um he's been working for us for I think my tenure as a fire chief, and he he's also helped build our procedures and processes, like he's embedded in our system, and without him, um there will be a dramatic decrease in our ability to provide services when people are putting in plan review permits.

Uh Jake Deshaw and um codes, they have um waivers or they have those other companies that provide plan review services.

This is just the person he's a fire protection engineer, he specializes in helping our fire department with fire protection, sprinklers, fire alarm systems, anything fire related, all the life safety systems.

We've hunted down people, we've tried to get people from all over the country to come here, and he is local and he's certified and he does a great job.

So that's why the we waived it.

Okay, any other do we have a succession plan for when Sean Morrison would like to go to Florida and not work with us anymore?

Whoa.

No, I'm not saying he would.

I'm just saying.

All I can say is like um this particular job title.

Um, finding somebody like him, he's a unicorn.

Uh I mean would you consider talking to him about training somebody else?

Um, I I would say that there's some issues with waiver residency things.

We've kind of been down this pathway for years before you were on the council, um, getting people that have these qualifications um to do this work, unless we just farm it out to one of these other um companies that the code division is using.

It's yes, but I understand the but if something like that happened, we would we would farm it out and utilize the same VIP structures.

I don't know all the people that the companies that the code division uses, but they have third party plan reviews.

He is somebody that's embedded with our procedures and policy.

So if something did happen to him, we would we would go out and find somebody in one of those um engineering firms to do this work for us.

But um I will say that um the cost of those services are 105 dollars an hour.

Um Mr.

Morrison for the work he does.

Um it doesn't cost that much compared to those services.

So he's just a big we do have uh several different types of contracts that specialize in um standardized um specialties and everything.

No, I I understand that.

I just wanted to answer.

Yep, thank you.

Um item 55.

The next two 55 and 56 are for our chaplains, um Daniel O'Hara and Pastor Jaime.

Does anybody have any questions with this?

I do have a question.

Uh I thought um I also a compliment.

Um Father O'Hara did a beautiful job at the firefighters award ceremony the other day.

Yes, they did.

His words were gorgeous.

It was very nice.

Um, just in terms of the diversity of your force, you do have some other members who are not Christian.

Would it be worthwhile to add a Muslim cleric or somebody else?

So I will say for decades we only had one chaplain.

We pay him six thousand dollars.

Um we um went and got Pastor Jaime to try to like supplement that diversity, but um, we discuss they are under certain um religions, but they also practice uh non-denominational and they're able to interact with everybody.

If anybody uh needs to be able to get in contact with them, um they are able to provide the service or to refer them to somebody.

We also have a critical incident stress management team that they're integrated with.

So if there's any issues with our firefighters with any trauma um alarms that they respond to, um they are on the team and they get trained.

Um, but we also have the ability to reach out to other people also.

But these are just the two people that we have on our team.

If you guys are asking me to go find more chaplains, I will.

I just always been fiscally overly responsible with trying not to spend extra money on things that aren't tools, equipment, staffing.

But if you want, I can go find some more people and we can make that happen also.

Thank you to the council, and I don't know if there's been additional discussion about this.

I think we are all very appreciative of your fiscal conservative streak.

Um, I just want to make sure that our culture is open and embracing to all um yeah, I haven't had anybody reach out to me with the memberships.

We put out memos explaining if you need any um spiritual or guidance um through a chaplain.

Um we have different avenues, so they have all the resources.

If there are any issues, I haven't had anybody reach out to me regarding getting somebody else.

But specifically, Mr.

O'Hara and Mr.

Jaime, we talked about being able to um work with the different types of firefighters we have, and like it would be as if they were non-denominational.

So thank you for uh item 57 is um so Mr.

Holiday and uh Mr.

Lindsay Newsom, they provide consultants for our EMS.

We provide over 15,000 responses uh year for medical emergencies, they help guide us with um all of our policies, procedures.

Um they ride along with us, they provide care for um um the civilians when they're in the middle of um riding along with us.

So they're just kind of um a guide to me when we have um New York State Department of Health changes that we need to make sure our EMTs um to make sure our policies are squared away.

So that's what this is for, and they've been a part of our team for several years.

Anybody have any questions?

Any questions on that?

Item 58 58 is a request to enter an agreement um to um apply for a grant with FEMA.

Um, this particular grant um would be um there's three different things we're looking at doing, and we're gonna apply for them all.

Um one is the purchase SCBAs, which is in our capital plan, so we're hoping to offset some um of that funding that's in our capital plan if we get it grant money for it.

Um we're kind of getting the this isn't the application isn't due till the 22nd.

We're still vetting um there's priorities on what uh would be acceptable and uh maybe approved.

So we're looking at doing a driver training program citywide to give everybody who drives our apparatus um a proper training and uh and maybe buy SCBAs, depending on what's going on with um the grant.

And Chief, this is a little off the cuff here, but I'm looking at 312 State Fair.

How are we doing at the training center?

Uh how are we making up?

Um so right now, um, after the RFQ committee, we decided to invest over at 312 State Fair Boulevard.

So right now, um CNS Engineering is putting together.

Um we gave them what we need to upgrade that uh facility over there.

Um they're putting together um a plan um that's gonna have uh the site work and the type of building that we're gonna reconstruct over there, and then um that's about a six to eight month process um from there.

Um it would take another 12 to 18 months to actually build um everything over there, but the ground over there is sinking.

Um the floor, you know, was deemed unsafe.

The other parts of the building that are attached to that, so all that all the building needs to come down and we're gonna put a different building up.

So um we are just waiting for CNS to come with their um plan that they have for us based on them going over there and assessing it.

So we're looking at 30 months at minimum before we would be able to move in, and that's if um everything works great.

Um everything's approved by the council, the funding, and then all the um construction goes on a um without any hiccups.

We're looking at 30 months without a garage.

So in the meantime, we're out looking for a space to lease um because since this time last year, our you saw what you know at the um award ceremony, our mechanics have been out in the hot sun, sleet snow.

Um it's amazing the work that they have been doing to like make sure none of our apparatus um go out of service.

Um every station has been able to keep a fire truck on the road.

I it's it's I can't describe how amazing it is for the work they're doing without a safe place to work in.

So I can't thank them enough for the work they're doing.

So let's pivot a little bit.

All right.

The new new training facility.

How how are we making out with that when we said it was gonna be like a regional traffic center?

Yeah, um, so if you go over there now, we have a conference over there.

There's like 500 firefighters over there, and we're getting 10 almost 10,000, I think.

Eight 85 to 10,000 for them to use a facility.

Um I went out to the county.

Um there's 54 fire departments in the county um explaining to them the process if they want to rent out our facility.

So regionally, um, I've been reaching out to try to figure out how we can um get this squared away with a fee schedule.

We're doing okay with that.

Um yes, I mean we have to put together a plan.

I think part of the issue is we train for over 100,000 hours a year and we're constantly using it.

So we have to figure out a plan for people to come over after hours, which we would then have to have people on overtime to facilitate them being there.

And I I don't have that in my budget to pay for that.

They would pay for it, right?

I mean, yeah, we would we would have to build it into uh into a fee schedule, yes.

So it's just kind of getting that squared away.

I I know Chief, when this uh facility was built, um was in obviously like any other government entity, it wasn't made for for profit, but in terms of other organization using it, do we know for the 2025 the revenue Yeah?

I have all that information between us, the um law enforcement agencies that use it.

Other agencies are using it all the time.

Most of it's in partnership, uh come a combined training um as far as charging them some of the things that we have joint interest in.

We're not charging them when we have training together, but um, I can send you the list of all the people that have been using a facility over there, especially our firefighters.

They they've used that facility, they use it every day over there constantly.

That's a uh council Hudson has said it as a cost to it, right?

That's a fee.

Can you speak up a little bit?

That's that's a fee, right?

That's a fee.

Um at this time we don't have a fee schedule for the facility over there.

I think when you know we can go back to when we got approval for it.

My main goal was to make sure we can train our firefighters and make sure they have the safe training grounds to do the work they're doing.

And um when I give you the hours, the the goal is to figure out how we can squeeze in time to have other entities come and utilize the facility, but we're utilizing it so much.

Um there's not much time for other people to use it, but till um counselor Hudson's point, I'm trying to put together a plan with a fee schedule that if somebody wanted to rent it, they could come and rent the place out.

You have any more questions?

You seem concerned or I just we talked about it several times and we never follow up.

So I'll call you after this meeting and I'll give you all the information that you need, and um you can pick my brain and we can come up with a plan if you got any ideas to look at it differently than how I've been viewing it, but I'm more than happy to discuss it.

No, I'm a little puzzled because yeah, when we um approved this a couple of years back, there was a there was an interest that once you know, once we get it going and other organizations are going to use it, that there was going to be it was wasn't going to be a lot, but some sort of minimal fee that they were going to pay with the hope that as we the maintenance continue in return use some of that to keep fixing it.

Yeah, that definitely was discussed.

The number one priority is to train our firefighters.

Number two has been to like have other people use the facility, but with the budget, the people to like manage this, it's been kind of um not on the top of the priority with all the other things that are going on.

But like I said, I've been working on it on the priority list to try to achieve what you're asking for.

Maybe we can have a discussion about this.

Yeah, I'm all set.

Okay.

So that's 58.

So we're looking at getting to an agreement to apply for a grant through FEMA.

Um number 59.

Does anybody have any other questions on 58?

Um 59 is a similar uh grant application.

Um we're asking for 750,000 to implement and sustain a smoke detection uh program that we're gonna focus on low-income neighborhoods, um, elderly uh residents that are 65 and older families um with young children who are the most susceptible to uh being civilian fire fatalities.

Um we also are looking at getting uh detection for deaf and hard of hearing residents.

Um so this grant would be able to like help us facilitate that program.

We'll buy 5,000 smoke detectors, um a lot of carbon monoxide detectors and give us the oversight to actually go around to the neighborhoods and install smoke detectors and the areas that we feel like are needed.

Chief, yes, can we do like uh uh be public while we're offering for our seniors that we'll go into senior centers that like community centers, so those who may feel that they are lonely, that they are alone, they don't know who to turn to, maybe sometimes they're a counselor for help.

So we can help them with these uh with these great assets.

Okay, and um, even right now I'll connect with you offline about um if they need smoke detection system um detectors or carbon monoxide detectors just to make sure they have the access if they aren't familiar with our online request system.

Okay, thank you.

Okay, thank you.

Um item number sixty.

Um this is to uh ask for a waiver for advanced um electronic designs.

All of our fire trucks have uh like a computer on our on these trucks that um 911 centers send us information about the dispatch information, all the information we get in uh real time as we're uh uh approaching a call.

Um, this is for uh the ability to use the same people we buy the terminals from to be able to buy parts and service them, and they are the only authorized dealer that can actually provide uh the service for these data terminals that we have bought.

So um they're the sole source provider and they're the only authorized dealer.

Does anybody have any questions for that?

No.

Um the next is Jerome Fire Equipment, our SEBAs that we breathe when we go into a fire.

Uh there Jerome is an authorized dealer in this area.

Um they are the only ones authorized to provide the parts and to provide services when they um need fixing, and I'm asking for a waiver to utilize Jerome to fix our SCBAs when they are broken or we need parts.

Does anybody have any questions?

And there's nobody else that can um provide that service in this area.

I can attest to that.

There is no one else.

There's no one else, yes.

Um item 62 is uh waiver to use Lewis uniform and United Uniform, um, which are both uh city businesses.

Um this is a collective bargained um item that the firefighters get $500 a year to maintain their uniforms, and it's a waiver to use those two companies that are city companies.

Does anybody have any questions on that?

Um I believe we're on 63.

63 is for PBS brakes.

So we have many different types of fire apparatus.

PBS Brakes is the only company that can provide brakes for all of our fire trucks, all the different ones, but they also the reason the main reason for the waiver is they're the only company that can provide a relining service, which we take them our old um brake shoes, and then they reline the inside of them so we save money utilizing PBS brakes.

Um does anybody have any questions on this one?

So, Chief, I had a question for 62.

I'm sorry.

Um just for clarification, that's the 62 is just for the new, not for the repair.

Right?

Because there's two, right?

Usually say that one more time.

So for the uniform, there is one for the to purchase new uniform, and then there's another that used for repair to repair the uniform.

No, um, so what happens is right, every year every year on our uh collective bargaining agreement.

The firefighters get $500.

That $500, they're only able to go spend it at either Lewis or United to buy new uniforms.

If they're gonna have them tailored or repaired, they go to those two shops to get that done in the city.

So if they wanted to tailor it's part of this, right?

It's not a different contract, right?

Say that one more time.

Just not a different location.

This is all of it.

This is it, yeah.

Lewis and um united is over on Erie Boulevard, Lewis is over on Townsend and uh Butternut.

Those are the only businesses that they can go to.

I guess I do have a question.

You said you give each um firemen five hundred dollars a year.

If they don't use it, what happens?

Um it goes back into the general fund.

Okay, yeah, but as we get towards the end of the uh fiscal year, when there's money in that that's left over, I figure out other items that we still need to do operationally, and I try to use that money to buy operational mission critical equipment.

So, and then whatever is left over at the end of the budget, it goes back to the general fund or it goes to if there's any overages anywhere.

I don't know if you talk about it.

Okay, all right.

Okay, um, we're good with 63 about the breaks.

Item 64.

We're good, no questions.

Item 65.

Does anybody have any questions?

Um, Rev Group, we buy we buy our fire trucks.

Um, Rev Group is the only authorized dealer that we can buy parts from to fix our fire trucks, so the warranty remains um intact.

Does anybody have any questions for that?

No.

Um, this is the same thing.

United Radio is the only authorized dealer.

We have Motorola radios.

Um the 911 center uses Motorola and in this territory.

United Radio is the only vendor that is approved by Motorola to repair our radios and parts.

Does anybody have any other questions?

And then uh Council Majuk, I'll follow up with you offline about um the training facility, and Councillor Nave, I'll follow up with you about um the um elderly people to get access to smoke detection.

Yeah, we thank you for all you do money.

Thank you.

All right, does anybody else have any questions?

No, okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Um item 67 is for an honorary sign that will be installed at the intersection of Seymour and Southwest.

Um, for Anna Thompson Perez, who um is the person that started Syracuse Lovey?

And was the very first executive director.

There was a board of director that brought her into the job.

Yes.

Um item 60.

Oh, that's it.

That's all I got.

Council.

Thank you.

Yeah, uh Council Williams.

I have items 68 through 76.

Um 68, 69, 70 were held from last week to make technical changes.

Um Joe?

Yes, good afternoon.

Joe Barry, first assistant corporation counsel.

Um so following up on these items that were held last meeting.

Uh I think Leah, uh she did give a good expl explanation of the policy reasons behind why the change is needed.

But law requested that the items be held because there was some technical issues with the legislation.

On your last agenda, there were two items, but now you see that there are three.

Because we're dealing with not only the administrative law judges of the BAA, but the parking violation bureau hearing judges, which are distinctly different.

So, what we have today is a local law which will amend the BAA administrative law judges.

The local law is needed because BAA Bureau of Bureau of Administrative Adjudication was created by state law.

It was a it's in the state general municipal law, and we enacted it by a local law back in 2018.

Item number 69 was established.

The BAA are included in the property conservation code.

So they uh they're found in those general ordinances.

And likewise, but somewhat similar but without a local law.

Item 70 is the parking violations bureau, which um has similar language for the those hearing examiners.

So what you would do potentially on Monday is introduce in table number 68, which is the local law.

Uh hold number 69 because it's a companion piece to 68.

Uh item 70 is separate, so with 70 would be eligible for a vote on Monday if you uh so desired.

Okay, great.

Thank you, Joe.

You're welcome.

Right.

And item 71.

Hi, Kristen Bennett, uh Director of Accounting.

71 is to adopt the determination so that we can go ahead with the JSCB phase three construction.

And 72 is to authorize the bond anticipation notes for said construction.

Thank you.

What's that?

And then item 73, 74, 35, 76, we'll all be discussed in executive session.

Okay.

Thank you, Madam President.

Excellent.

Um, so we don't have counselor called General Strasser.

Are you taking that in?

Yes, thank you.

Um, this is an installation of an honorary street sign for one year from the date of installation at the intersection of South Avenue and Daisy Street to be designated as Ozeetta Rosemary Jackson Way.

Adams on that.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Are you gonna take the next one?

This is um to amend the agreement to counselor generals rouse, all right?

That one you want me to take.

President.

I'm sorry, I do K.

Yeah, I can take that one.

So item 78 is a request for us to amend an ordinance from June last year.

So we are just changing out the account number and increasing the amount from 9,000 to 40,000.

This will support architectural services for our blight busting program.

So I think when we initially came before council, we had been awarded community project funds, but they hadn't been set up in an account yet.

So now that that's been done, we're just making a short amendment.

Okay, so the funds have come come through.

Okay.

So that's a big jump.

Okay.

Yes, correct.

Okay.

Any questions?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Counselor Monte.

Thank you, President Penny Arc.

Why have 79 through 81?

Good afternoon, counselor.

Uh Nate Penn from zoning.

I'm zoning planner.

Um Jake is out for off um conference, so I'm covering him for today.

Items number 79 is a special use permit for uh restaurant in 07 Rengo Street.

Um they're pretty much just selling the chicken wings and wage and uh in the area.

Wait, wait till you taste that sassy sauce, you're gonna be real happy.

Yes, yeah, yeah.

Okay, and number 80.

Um number 80.

It's for another special use permit uh for utility majors um in 751 when so uh when Renselera Street.

Um it's uh energy center, but I want to make clarification that is this is not the um better storage facility is pretty much in that new um system that national agreement trying to use for uh extract the wastewater for providing extra heat um or coding system in the lake from like a future development.

So this is a geothermal technology, it's not geosermal, they track the heat from uh wastewater from you know wastewater plan from and then turn once they're tearing it back the energy to change their wastewater back.

So the thermal conversion, yeah, it's servo, but it's not geostermal.

Yeah it's servo but it's not geosermal eighty one so we do one um is it's only Matt of Mammoth um Q seven Hodson Street so we're trying to propose uh um zone change from R five to R two.

Uh the primary reason for this is a companion uh resub application.

We don't want to have a uh split zone so this is a pretty much just for the Matman purposes any questions thank you.

Counselor McGill Thank you um we had a RFP meeting last week so counselor can tell us like street lighting manager.

Um item eighty two is to continue an agreement with O'Connell Electric to perform our street lighting maintenance through the city for the next three years.

Not to exceed two million dollars here the whole time for that questions and to discuss legal aspects of item number in eleven and all the contracts.

I have an no I say I should know that's probably what happened when we say we are not see what happens.

That's what we're talking about.

Looks like I'll I'll just think about it.

They've been asking about it since last week no response we only have five press pause.

Sorry big I mean sorry you had a good answer but we call your logic

I don't think we can have one there.

Okay.

And then and then give us another guy, right?

So like right now, I heard it jumped in the way.

We're not getting