East Hampton Town Board Work Session MTK - 10/14/25

001East Hampton Town Board, we are live. >> Great. Thank you, LTV. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the East Hampton Town Board work session of Tuesday, October 14th, 2025. Carol, if you could please read the roll call. >> Council member Fleet, >> present. >> Council member Lee, >> present. >> Council member Rogers, >> present. >> Council member Caledon, >> present. Supervisor Burke Gonzalez >> present. If we could all please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> 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. >> So this morning we open with public portion. We ask you to please kindly keep your comments to three minutes. And then we have five topics today. Uh

002Becky Hansen will be taking us through the 2026 tenative budget. Uh we'll then have a presentation by David Lee and Jake Turner on the FIMP PBA. We're looking to sign that this Thursday. Uh Scott Wilson will be here to present the Carl Fischer restoration plan. And there's going to be a discussion of the chapter 10214 building construction certificate of occupancy. Again, that'll be led by Jake Turner. And then, uh, chapter 1419, fire prevention permits. Again, Jake will lead that discussion, followed by liaison reports and resolutions. So, first we'll start, I don't know, Carol, if anyone has signed up for public comment, so we'll show a look for a show of hands of who would like to address the board at this time. Anyone in the room? Okay, we're good. Jason, is there anyone on the

003line? Give me a second. Just putting the call in the public call-in number up right now. Um, let's make absolutely sure it sometimes there's a delay on that part. Um, just uh but currently we have no callers. >> Okay. So, we're going to move on to topics. Becky, welcome this morning. >> Good morning, uh, supervisor, members of the town board. Um, I am here again to present the 2026 tenative budget. Um, as I presented last week, the tenative budget is uh current uh spending is proposed at $ 109,910 $910,500, sorry, 109 million. This is a $5.9 million increase or 5.76%. The 2026 tenative budget does propose to pierce the tax cap by levying an amount um in a total of just over $70 million and that is for the four townwide funds. This amount is

004uh $2.1 million over the allowable tax cap by New York State this year. The total tax cap levy amount was capped at just over $2.2 million for um a home that has a market value of $1.25 million. If you live inside a village, your taxes are proposed to go up $2744. If you live outside a village, taxes are proposed to increase by $84.16. Over 63% of the current budget are expenditures related to salaries and benefits. Uh most of the unions and employee groups are due to receive 4% raises in 2026. When comparing the adopted 2025 budget to the tenative 2026 budget, uh full-time salaries alone is an 8.4% increase or uh just under $2.8 million. Since last week's presentation, we've uncovered some um salary and benefit adjustments within the finance department. um that and those

005can include things if someone was on an off grade. Um there were changes in health insurance allocations whether it's a single plan or family plan since the time we presented. So I'll just briefly go through those and I know uh some board members had reached out to me also um you know last week and over the weekend about some um changes that you wanted to include in the budget. So we can either go through those together if you want to present them yourselves but I have been able to calculate um what the what the net impact would be. So, just speaking um on salary and benefit adjustments alone for the A fund with um including revisions I've received from the town board, that would result in an overall decrease in expenses by just over $21,000

006in the A fund. This decrease we can apply to the tax levy. Small as it is, but that's where it can be applied. Um in the B fund, we are seeking a small increase of $29,645. This can easily be adjusted either through increasing um interest uh revenues either interest on bank uh bank accounts investments or through building department uh permit fees or you can split the difference. Um and then the other one that we uncovered which is within the highway fund that is resulting in a salary and benefit adjustment for um two employees that is going to be a decrease of $43,575. Uh the highway department has requested a reallocation of paving funds that are already contained in the budget. The request was to move $225,000 from the um 5112 budget which is permanent improvements

007and just reallocating it to 5110 which is um general repairs and that 5110 is the street paving budget. So right now there's no um impact on uh the expense. So therefore we don't have to adjust anything on the revenue side. So overall with the changes I just proposed on the salaries and benefits and also some of the things that town board members will mention, it's actually reducing overall expenditures by $34,959 for the the total budget, which would bring the total amount down to $109,875,540 if approved after um today's town board discussion. So again, if board members want to review their individual requests, we can go through that. And then just to schedule moving forward would be that um at Thursday night's meeting you will have two notices for public hearings. One will be to override

008the tax cap levy and also to notice the actual budget public hearing. Both public hearings would be held at the November 6th meeting. Um with the tax cap override to be adopted hopefully on November 12th and then the um budget itself on November 20th. >> Great. Thank you. Becky, you want to go? >> Yeah, sure. I I'll jump in first. Um just a question to the audience first of all. Quick raise of hands piece. Um, how many of people here have either themselves had a tickborn disease or a family member directly affected by a tickborn disease? Just Okay. So, this is one of the requests that I I've made for this year's budget is for the town to allocate around $45,000 to a program to manage tick populations in the town of East Hampton. Um,

009how exactly this is going to be spent is between two-fold um possibilities. We're examining with both the ticks action committee and the wildlife committee. So one option is to do a for poster program um which is a peromethine based program where feeding stations are set up in the town and the deer as they go in to feed are treated with peromethine and that uh reduces the tick population accordingly. The other is actually more direct measures to manage the deer population itself. Uh this would be through kind of hiring potential hunters to kind of bring down the population which would have a knock-on effect both on the tick population because per um Scott Campbell who's the Suffach County uh head of vector control disease management that is the primary reservoir that would be the the most

010effective impact in terms of any animal impact um we could take. So we're looking at those two options. We'll look to have a work session towards the end of this year to determine which one or potentially a combination of both we pursue. But this is something that I would like to include in this budget for next year because this is a problem we have to address. I mean we've had massive education. Everyone knows about tickborn diseases. But I think in terms of how we manage the land, I would like to take some action to address this issue across the town. >> Okay, great. >> So I I support that. If I think it's not hiring, it might be coordinating hunters with John Rashetta. Uh John Rashetta was in John Rashetta was actually in the town

011budget maybe about five or six years ago. We didn't take any action on it. I support it then. I would support it now also. Uh if you we want to move that forward that came out of the wild management committee. Myself uh requesting $10,000 and that would be for um the license plate readers that we have specifically in downtown Montalk here for our paid parking and time parking right now. And that's for annual expenses uh for um uh for that. And it also will allow us to expand that program into more sets of cameras. I also like to talk to the board as we have upcoming um uh 250th anniversary. Are you okay? Can I bring that up? You sure? >> So, I know we have a celebrations line very similar to what we did

012to the 375th anniversary for the town out of the supervisor's budget. I think there's 200 sorry $2,500 in the budget for this year. I would like to request up to about $15,000 as the 250th anniversary for America is I think that important that we also can include other historical societies and take on a leadership role to that as a township. That would be my my request for this budget and again it's a one-time thing. So come out of the budget for calendar year 2027. >> Right. >> And so I just quickly I'd be supportive of both of those. I would just say with the license plate readers where we're installing them. Uh I am a fan and proponent where any kind of CCT close-up cameras are installed just to have signage uh as possible to

013allow people to know that they are on camera. I think otherwise it can potentially become a big big brothery that we're filming everybody. So just simple signs to say you know recording in progress. >> Sure. These ones specifically are just ones in the in the car base for TCOS. But I understand what you're doing you're saying. >> Yes. Um so I support the obviously the um measures to address tickborne illnesses through ticks. Um as as we know with the uh lack of any freezing winters, this problem continues to be exasperated and grow. So I think it is time now to look at those impacts and to address them. Um I also support the license plate readers. I know they've been very successful uh for the town. Um, and again, it reduces cost of uh having

014to have staff uh try to manage this. Um, and also for the celebration of America. I think that's uh really glad you brought that up, David. >> Well, Kathy Kathy and I were discussing. >> Yeah, we had put money in, but David and I had a subsequent conversation that maybe it should be more than what we had originally allocated. >> Yeah, I I fully support that. Um, I think it'll be great to get everyone out for community events as well. It's always a plus for for our town when we do that. Uh, I've asked for additional $30,000 to uh monitor compliance for our rental registry um chapter, that's chapter 199 of the code, and to get a good handle on uh short-term rentals uh and their impacts on the community so we can in uh

015have informed decisionm. In my research, I found that many towns now are employing uh thirdparty technology uh to be able to monitor the rental platforms um and ensure that what we even have on the books right now is being complied with cursory views of the platforms. You see very few rental registry numbers which is part of what is supposed to be happening in the ads. So, in order to understand uh this the impact on our town, I um have requested that we put 30,000 into the budget um for monitoring hiring a uh tech company to monitor short-term rentals as many other municipalities have done. The model that I uh uh took from was uh a model that Southampton uh uh I'm not Southampton, Southold employed. And what I also found out is you can decide

016what services you would like the company to provide. It's not a blanket. The the town board with input from the community will be able to decide which services we'd like to see happen. But just for simple compliance for our rental registry co codes that were put into effect, um if we were to hire, we would need to hire at least one additional employee to be able to be full-time looking at this and chasing it down. At least one. And I find that uh going out for RFP for a tech company will save taxpayers money in pursuit of that. >> Thanks, Kate. >> I'm supportive of all the previous requests. I won't I won't list them all, but I'm supportive. Um, my request was just an adjustment in the number of hours in the tax receivers's

017office after meeting with the tax receiver uh and staff and talking about the needs of that office and the the newer structure and training needs, etc. Um, she requested 35 hours in the budget and I I'm fully supportive of that and asked Becca to add that. >> Yeah. And I support that as well. Ian Ian, you had one more, didn't you, about fragmitey management? >> Oh, yes, the fragmitey management. Yeah, the I've been speaking with the spring CAC for some time about fragmighting management specifically around Pussy's Pond. Uh Kim Shaw natural resources have been working on the permitting process. Um I guess there's been some work done in the past before my time with volunteers and in-house cutting, but there are needs for some supplies, equipment, and so $10,000 to be added to that budget.

018Um you know, we we did a fragmite removal project as part of the bridge on Old Stone Highway. digging it out is very very expensive, but the fragmite is there. It's a problem and a cutting program, you know, for $10,000 worth of equipment. Volunteers just trying to make a dent in the uh the issue there. I know Dave has has talked about this too has some experience, but >> yeah, we have a new piece of equipment. This is an articulating arm that can go out about 14 feet to cut hedge and fragmitees that we can put an attachment onto the vent track. So we haven't used it for fragmitees but in when the research that Steve O'Brien myself and Tony Litman in advance did did for it uh the articulating arm can actually be in

019the water element just like that too. So but it's not going to get all the way out to all the fragmitees. So I understand the u the uh the types of equipment that might be needed for you >> right and this is conditioned on we get the DEC permits >> of course. Of course. Yeah. Yeah. The spring CAC has just been on on this for a while and it you know there was an event there uh previous weekend to last and you know it's a beautiful pond. I think the bridge work where they did remove fragmite is great. Um there's just more there but without investing hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is a way I think to make a dent and um look forward to working with Kim and the springs community. >> And

020we've seen we've already have witnessed fragmitey maintenance uh improving uh pond quality out in Georgia pond. So we know that maintaining the fragmitees helps with that water quality. >> Great. >> So I support >> I just throw So we got some history buffs here. There's individuals here from the Montalk Historical Society. And thank you for everyone for being here and supporting. Um I went to a lecture with Julie Sacharitis. Um she's from um board member of the New York Botanical and also on uh Ladies Village Improvement Society and others. And she said fragmitees came over and they were initially part of ballast and ships. >> Really? >> That's what fragmitees were initially used for and that's why they came over to America because it was used for ballast ballast and ships. So take that one

021away everyone. >> Also just want to say thank you to Becky because you've had to scramble a bit over a holiday weekend to sort of incorporate all these these requests. And so >> um I have I have one more. So and it's um for East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue. So, we had put $2,500 in the repair line for the repair of jet skis. And what we're finding is that given the age of the jet ski and whatnot, um it's costing more than that each year. So, I'm looking to I've reached out to them and we're increasing that line from 2500 to 7500. They said they needed $5,000 and that should get them set for 2026. we may need to do a budget modification for this year >> for uh repairs that are happening now. But

022um I think uh that's such a vital, >> you know, emergency responder. You know, they're on call 24/7 to water emergencies and I'm we need to support them. >> So the just for so I'll just briefly go through again just the impact on the fund. So, um, nothing that you mentioned here today with the highway fund, that was us internal and finance on salaries. For the B fund, the $29,645 that I said that we would need to increase the B fund by, that includes $30,000 for the short-term um, rental software, that'll be in the B fund it. Um, and then $10,000 for the uh, license plate reader program, which will be in um, obviously in the police department budget. That's B fund. So, for the A fund, um, all of the salary changes and benefits

023that I discussed, including for the tax receiver that council member, uh, Calder Pommont brought up, um, it also included $10,000 for fragmite management, which would be in the natural resources um, department, an additional $5,000 for volunteer ocean rescue, which is in the um, 8600 public safety department. They do have their own budget line. I had initially included in the supervisor's budget for the 250th celebration an additional 10,000 to bring it to 12,500. I know council member Lisa is not going to like that. >> If you want to add it up to 15,000 that'll be an additional 2500. And then for >> supportive for tick management um uh I had budgeted 40,000 um uh council member flight had mentioned 45,000 if you want to go up to the 45. So that would be from what I

024uh first brought up this morning an additional increase of $7,500. So that that would actually bring the total a fund decrease down to $13,529. >> Okay. >> All right. So last call. >> No. >> All right. So then changes can still come up at the public hearing as long as they're agreed upon by the town board at the public hearing. they it can still be adopted on the 20th of anything that's agreed to or brought up during the public hearing. >> Yeah. And and I agree that you with this budget, the supervisor's budget that she assisted with with the positions of marine patrol, PD, a lot of public safety in there then, too. So, as far as it increases, a lot of this is all going to be able to assist the residents as our

025population grows, expectations grows, but we want to keep the public safe and too. >> So, thank you, Madam Supervisor. >> Yeah. >> Beautiful. >> All right, that's a wrap. And I'll just stick around for the FIMP PPA if there's any questions. Sure. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, next up is the FIMP PPA. >> Uh David and and Jake. >> Yes. Uh >> and we posted in for under work session materials this week. The draft contract was up on the website for those that really want to geek out and get into the into the weeds on that. >> So, um I become a fimp geek, I guess. Uh I want to uh >> Yes, exactly. I want to thank the T town board. I al also want to thank the Hamlet of Montalk, uh Kim Shaw,

026Becky Hansen, uh John Janiki, and also Britney the deputy town attorney Britney Toadano uh for assisting us. Uh as Jacens here uh to uh assist the discussion here right now, uh the FIT project was 60 something years in the making. uh we were able to get all the real estate easements to actually have the project included on the FEMI project which is the fire island the merchous inlet portion of the project uh because of the type of mechanical needs of the hopper dredge that be happening happened about two years ago. There are many other couple other townships that haven't actually had any portions of the fint done in some other townships that have it completed already also and that's mostly sand nourishment. Some areas in Southampton need to get easements for raising of houses and

027those places also include Icelip and they're still working through that. If anyone's been down to the beaches uh this past uh last 42 72 hours specifically in downtown Mtok, you'll see that the FIMP project uh has held up. There's definitely been a lot of erosion of sand. To what percentage we don't know, but either way, I'm happy to have it there. We made it through a close hurricane. We've made it through uh a nor eastern now. But what the portion happens is after the installation of sand is that this is going to be the 30-year portion of FIMP, which means that the town has to work as the local non-federal sponsor with the state to be able to do four-year reourishments. a four-year reourishment cycle right now is what is in the PPA and that

028the Army Corps of Engineers would come back and renourish the beach to what the profiles that are in the original engineered plants. Those profiles are not just what you see from mean low water up to the dune crest mark, but you also even more importantly what's underneath the water. Just as like surfers know the brake, we want to dissipate wave energy out at sea prior to it hitting sand. And that's what the design of this spin project has done recently in these projects. We then after a hurricane swell or a large swell comes through, we hope mother nature will help us and give some healing southwest winds to heal back the beach and sort of what has happened since the last storm. We'll see what happens in the coming weeks. Now legally what has to

029happen is that the township has to move forward in working with the Army Corps of Engineers to move forward what's called a project partnership agreement. that project partnership agreement when it was signed under uh Kath and I signed it with with uh then supervisor Van Sko uh that allowed the uh Army Corp of Engineers to come do the initial uh laying of sand which is 100% paid by the federal government. The PPA now is the next legal binding contract that we'll have with the federal government, the Army Corps of Engineers in which they will come back and pay 50% of the project and that the town then the as a federal sponsor, the non-federal sponsor being the state and the township will then support the next 50% of the project with the township paying 30%

030of that 50% of the project over the course of the life of the expected project being every for for 30 years, every four years. Now, the numbers that are included in the PPA, as Jake will go through, total of nearly $27 million over the course of the project being uh 30 years right now. Now, those numbers, they might be those numbers are based at a complete refill of the beach, meaning about 450,000 cubic yards, but as we know, the beach heals, it could be substantially less, but it potentially also could be more. But what we do need is we need a contract with the federal government so they pay their portion of the project and don't leave the town and the state here uh out the dry with the full funding. The state has already

031had to initially bond the entire amount out for the 30 years which I think is nearly $2 billion already. But the town has to now think about the PPA as we go forward and how do we pay for that either through non-t taxable revenue, tax revenue, capital uh revenue. That will start happening probably in calendar year 2027. But we want to make sure everyone's aware of that and why we're signing on to that. What we're trying to work on today is the agreement with the federal government to make sure that they come and they and they stick to what their promises are and the town now has a binding agreement. The other portion of that and I think Jake will talk about this which is not on for today in discussion was be the on

032and m that's operating the operational and maintenance plan for the project that is minimal that is nearly I think estimated about $34,000 a year uh and it it escalates a little bit as the project goes and that is for the town to go out there and take videos pre-post of storm events like we've done this storm event and every one now uh for uh placement of beach, sorry, beach fencing on the beach, which as you'll see the buildings and grounds department doing already today. Any any other maintenance and removal of impediments that individuals might try to put on the beach, too. So, that's another portion of it that will be have to be budgeted and monetized into the uh budget for 2027. With that, that's my long-winded introduction. >> That was a great overview, David.

033Really, >> thank you. No worries. Thank you. I'll let Jake take you through some of the mechanisms here, some questions that are on there. Uh I want to thank again uh the uh uh individuals Becky's in the room here working John Jiki, Jake, Britney, uh Aram Traunian who also assisted us on this project and and specifically I want to thank all a lot of the property owners uh in downtown Malk for uh your assistance on this project over the last 10 years, excuse me, 60 years. >> Jake, take it away. >> Uh Councilman Lee, you've done and added more detail than I ever could. What we have here is a cooperation between three levels of government. The federal, the state, and the town to protect our natural resources. One of the greatest that we have,

034the beaches here on the east end. This is a regular course of conduct with a contractual agreement between multiple parties of different levels of government. We have reviewed the agreement. We feel as though it stands all standards that it upholds all standards that the town needs to protect our interests and we are prepared to move forward. Specifically, as you mentioned, 50% will be sponsored of the total cost by the federal government. The remaining 50% will be provided to by the state for which the town will be responsible for 30%. The estimated costs do appear to be over the course of the entire project $27.6 million. However, two things should be noted about that. First, the cost will depend on the actual work performed. Second, the first payment that the town would have to make is

035not expected to be until fiscal year 2027. So we have no immediate impact on our budget as we have seen already with the O and M. The town has already even before today done an amazing job at protecting our shores. And Councilman Lee, you will remember what we did approximately 13 months ago when somebody had built a structure into an ement area. We took proactive measures and removed such a structure. So we look forward to doing this moving forward so we can protect our shores. >> So I would just add Jake, you're absolutely right. Protecting our beaches is essential to the town and another benefit that it provides is protection of an economic resource as well. So it's a natural resource and coupled with an economic resource. Our beaches drive economies uh our economy here

036in many ways and downtown Malkque is essential uh economic engine for our town as well in terms of uh bringing out tourism to commercial areas and also for hiring u many many employees uh for folks that live in the town. So, um I'll just say that um when we look at a $27 million cost over 30 years, um I I think that that is appropriate for preserving those areas. >> Yeah, I I'll look I I I think from the get-go when this project was in its fruition, it was an acknowledgement that this is a a project that's going to buy us time. um we will continue to face coastal erosion no matter what and you know as we see with weather events they're becoming somewhat more unstable and you know our ability to predict what

037will happen is is is getting more challenging. Um so this buys us that 30-year timeline. Um I I think it's imperative as we make this investment. We continue um with council member Rogers's excellent project with the grant work to kind of ascertain, you know, how do we redesign some aspects of Monk to ensure its long-term future and and keep the character of what it is we have as an amazing town here. So, you know, what what's our critical infrastructure? Um you know, where do we need to start moving things and where do we need to start having discussions as to, you know, what the future looks like? Um I I think it's a lot of money. Um, no doubt that's an impact on the taxpayer, but I think it's an investment in our future and

038I think one that given what happened with the last project, we all saw how effective that replenishment program was for protecting the shoreline. Um, I I have full faith in in David and our federal and state partners to deliver an excellent project for the future of Mont. >> Yeah, I agree. I'm fully supportive of this. I think, you know, Kate and Tom nailed it. It's it's about our natural resources, our economy, and also just quality of life and public enjoyment. Our beaches are very important to us. So, I'm I'm fully supportive. I This is not the long-term solution if, you know, um we'll have damage and sea levels rise, but it buys us time, and I think it would be foolish to think that if we didn't invest in protecting our beaches that we wouldn't

039incur other expenses as storm hits. So, I think it's um I don't think the option is this or spend nothing. I think if we didn't do this, it would be irresponsible. And also just to sort of clarify the math, it's 30% of 50% of the total cost. That's 15%. And so the important step I think we're taking here today is ensuring that the federal government and the state also sign on to this. Um, and it's a lot of money, but 15% of an important project for the town, I think, is definitely the right move. >> So Jake, just a just a question clarification. So just with the exception of the dollar figure, and for us it's 27.6 6 million over 30 years. This um agreement, the the project partnership agreement, other towns are signing the

040same language, right? That it's >> correct. This is >> and I understand Babylon has already signed it, authorized the supervisor. >> So, we look at the Southshore towns across the island and this is the standard contract utilized for each of the municipalities that are are and have been participating in the program. We have reviewed the language and we are confident that it protects all town interests. >> Right. And I was on the board when we authorized the geoexile bags and there were some years where we had to spend a million dollars to put sand on the beach in order to cover them and have the the profile that we needed. So we had a summer on, you know, here in in Ma. But there were other years where we didn't spend a dime because the

041beach had replenished itself and it didn't need it. So this you know why we will be budgeting and we will need to be having a conversation on how we fund it each year. It's not a given that we will be spending that money and some years it may be more than we anticipated and other years you know it could be zero. >> Correct. So >> and just to add on to that madam supervisor also the county the county has a lot of county parkland uh that there has to pay to this even the state also and uh in the tally in the end the town of east sand is on the lower end of what's costing for these nourishments one of the things that we did initially I think it was about four or five

042years ago we signed initial PPA is we added on the betterment aspect uh and the betterment aspects would be also to evaluate other locations either either east of downtown Mtok or also Displane when the next nourishment comes. Now, the betterment uh portion of it would would be able to tie us into using the same uh dredge immobilization cost, which would save $45 million. But anything of the sand to be put onto the onto any of those betterment areas would have to be fully borne by the town of East Hampton in one way or another. But it allows for that discussion to continue going on and that's also written into this contract. I I think that's um an excellent contract adjustment. Um and look, it's something I know a lot of people we we've heard, you

043know, why didn't ditch happen last time and I think that was heard and it just shows how proactive we are and saying, okay, let's build in that capability. Um I will say from the project that took place um last time, we did actually see some beneficial SA movement to the east, which was somewhat surprising. Ditch Beach this year um you know was actually looked relatively good. Um irrespective we do bear the cost of placing sand there on occasion when it doesn't look its best. Um and you know this replenishment option any cost that we incur there would be offset by this project. So the true cost may potentially be less or missing. >> Yeah. And just to add on to what council member Rogers has completed now also with the engineering and uh the fortification

044of sand placement dish plains area then too that's an engineered beach. That's one of the reasons why we couldn't move forward with it in the past because there wasn't enough time to engineer that. Now that that's there, it sets the township uh up for the future uh if that came became calling at that time then too. And so does this PPA. >> Great. So we're going to have a resolution on for Thursday to approve the the PPA with FIN. >> Thank you. >> Beautiful. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Okay. Next up, we're going to hear a presentation from Scott Wilson on the Carl Fischer Restoration Plan. And we're grateful that so many folks from the Montalk Historical Society are here to support it. >> So, if I can tee this up a little bit, if

045you don't mind, >> um uh the uh as we know, some of the great history of MTalk Con is is baked in hundreds of years, but also some of it is only baked in a couple years. And that's what I think uh the partnership with the town of East Santon did with the Montalk his Historical Society and also the Aken uh property owners previously then too working out to try to save some of the history of Montalk is also saving some of the history of town of East Hampton but also America in general then too. What we find right now is that uh when we historically designated uh the Carl Fischer House, it allowed us for the funding for the rehabilitation of the house which be needed to be able to use that property effectively

046for the next 30 years in a way that we can continue to tell the history of Montalk. Um with that there are next vital steps and the next vital step is to look at the infrastructure at this location. How can we make it more invent environmentally uh uh uh stronger uh either as far as efficiency of the infrastructure units of septic systems but also safety wise then too and that can be fire escapes. All that is going to come into way here in which we do it and within the town code to be able to protect the historical nature of the building and Scott's going to take us through it. We want to let the board know what we're doing here and then have a discussion of this the path forward for the board also.

047>> And then we could also invite up members of the board here. So, if there's things that you'd like to add, we'd love to hear from you. >> Great. Great, great, great. Okay. Well, I'm excited to actually start this project and kick it off. So, I'm glad to be here to present in front of the board. Well, not really, but I'm glad to start this project. Um, nice to see you, too, Scott. >> Yes. Chelsea, would you click the next slide? So, look how grand this property was. I mean, there's a couple things that you could see in this shot, just how amazing it is. the size of the structures, the scope. Um, you hadn't seen this in Montalk before. Uh, also note that you could see sort of how rolling the property is uh

048just in this shot alone. Um, special attention to the color of this building. It is white back then. It is not white right now. So, we'll get into that in a moment. And also note um how low the vegetation is in this photograph. I mean, the views from this property, while they're stunning today from the third floor, but you have to jump on the third floor to see it. But back then it's a 360 degree uh view probably from ground floor. Next slide. This is actually one of the plaques that are inside displayed inside this building. And I'm just going to read it to you just in brief really quickly. Um the Carfisher House uh excuse me, Carfisher was a wealthy industrialist whose vision was to make Monttok a unique resort. He purchased the entire

049Montalk Peninsula nearly 10,000 acres in 1925. Mr. Fischer built his personal residence in 1926 which still stands today perched on the ridge of hills offering panoramic views of Monttoque. Left vacant after Fischer lost his fortune, the house was occupied by the military during World War II. In 1956, Robert Aken Jr. purchased the Colonial Revival main house and caretaker's cottage from Mr. Fischer's widow. Well, so it wasn't actually 10,000. was 9,632 acres and it was purchased for $2.5 million from the estate of Arthur Benson. The town then purchased the 7.53 acres from the Aken family in December of 2021 for 5.568 million. The property was designated local historic landmark on 10121 by resolution number 2021-1157. And the next few slides are just going to be some interior shots of the property. And just special note um

050to all the wood paneling, quaford ceilings. Um the property is pretty amazing. Uh Chelsea, next slide. >> Yes, the pool table is gone. I note that. Uh disappointingly. Hopefully it's still somewhere in storage. So David owes me a rematch. >> It's a lot of green on that pool table. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So this uh Okay. One more slide forward there. So, so the last slide I just want to >> Scott if I can just go back. So, part of what I want us to recognize when we get into some of the construction methodology and the design when we worked with Drew Bennett and historical society is that the inside of this property is quite beautiful to the age it was built then too. So, not to go in and start breaking that up. A

051lot of the construction methodology is going to go from the outside of the building as far as electrical conduiting, uh, HVAC systems, reclad it with historically correct, uh, uh, skinning, but to leave the inside intact because that is a very special, uh, spot inside there right now in design. >> Could I just interject something here? >> Please, Mr. White, go ahead. >> We owe a great debt of thanks to the Apron families and they bought it in 1956. the desert today probably they would have to worn it down and built something else. They didn't touch it. >> So what you see is what call Fisher did. Thanks to the Aen family for keeping it that way from 1956 until >> I agree with you and if you couldn't hear that Mr. White uh you're exactly

052correct that I agree we all agree with you that the Aken family was great stewards of the building and we we're working with the historical society and yourself specifically the town will continue to do the same. Thank you. the Aken family. >> Um that would not have been possible without the help a lot of local people who well didn't t say well Sharon and the Sarno Harrington they did the maintenance on daytoday basis. >> Yeah. M talk has great craftsman's and thank you for them then too. There's some names I did not know about the history of it then too. Appreciate that. >> Just the last note on this particular slide is that uh if you if you look at it closely you'll note that that is a concrete floor and uh I guess you

053can't see the windows that close in this photo but they are single pane windows. This property or building was not constructed with a year- round use in mind. So keep that in mind. So now we have a broader scope of use and so we're going to make some um alterations there. So this is the uh east elevations the primary entrance. So while the structure was and still is grand, the following photos are going to demonstrate a little bit more that the restoration that we're talking about here and having these plans is not a want, it's an absolute must. So next slide, Chelsea. This is actually the western elevation of the building. Um it's three stories tall. Um there is no ADA a access at this time. We do have a thirdf flooror use uh and

054as a semi-public facility we are going to have to install a thirdf flooror fire escape but that is also mandatory. And this next slide is this uh zooms into that sort of slate patio that's just underneath that uh porch. Um and I could tell you that you know you're looking at a 2D version. It looks like it's in poor shape there but the 3D version when you're actually standing there in person is much worse. Um, and to actually have uh ADA access up this ranch, walking on that sort of rocky tippy slate patio is not conducive. And so we'll be making some significant repairs there. Um, next slide, Chelsea. Let's see if I can get paperwork in order here. So, this is actually a shot that actually shows the uh where the ADA lays out

055where it's actually going to enter the building. And if you could see in pink on that slide on the left, that is the the uh the uh fire escape uh where that's going to be installed. It's it's the least impactful area. We uh obviously it's historic facade. Uh we want to be as least impactful as we possibly can and that's where it actually winds up working the best. Uh and working with the fire marshall and our engineers, Drew Bennett. Uh the next slide just shows how I mean if you could if you were really close you'll notice that dark shaded area is not shade those are topo lines and um and while we saw in that photo it was a little bit rolling you know when you look at a 2D and when you're standing

056on it in person I mean that slayigh riding hill is a bear I don't >> I think you'd be going 100 miles an hour by the time you got to the bottom of that hill. So, um, just note how, uh, the structures were actually all built on, you know, basically plateaus or hilltops on this property. >> So, some of the things that we're going to tackle here are, uh, widening the access for emergency services vehicles at least 12 ft wide. We're going to expand the parking working within the bounds of the existing topography. We're going to upgrade septic with innovative alternative systems. Uh, adding ADA bathrooms. We got a little chimney and roof repair. Uh we have window and door restoration and replacement, which I'll go over in a second. We're going to do a

057total revamp of the HVAC system, which probably makes couple of people in this room pretty happy because your heating bills are quite extensive. Um it'll be um electric as per town policy. Uh we're going to be inulating from the outside wall to preserve the interior facade and wood paneling and reshingling. Basically, we're going to peel that building, put on rigid insulation from the outside, add out all of the windows and doors, and then re-shingle over that. And so, behind that will be all the new HVAC lines, hopefully um electric um it's going to be it's going to look we're going to do our best to make it to look exactly like it was when it was first built. So when I mentioned before that the buildings were originally white and now they are no longer

058white in the end we're going for historic restoration here. So in fact they will be white again. So next slide Chelsea. So that's a sort of a schematic from within the plans from Drew Bennett. This is actually the first floor elevation and it's um basically a side sheet showing uh all the window restor window and door restorations that we're going to do on the second floor. On the next slide, um, we'll see that, uh, the majority of those windows aren't going to be, uh, refurbished. They're actually going to be replaced. I don't know what year the fire was in this building, but I know a lot of those second floor windows were replaced and unfortunately didn't hold up as well as we would have otherwise liked. And so, we do have some rot in those

059windows for such a short amount of time. That was a surprise. But >> third floor is completely fire was in 91. I can't tell you what was replaced in the second. >> So they do a almost a full replacement of windows on that second floor in kind. And the next slide um just shows the state of the main electrical panel uh and other infrastructure that are inside the building. And um if you could look closely at this picture, you'd recognize that in fact updates are required. We'll just put it that way. be kind to it. And then the last slide is just um we're working with our engineer Drew Bennett, our fire marshall, our planning department, our parks and buildings maintenance department, and of course the Montto Historic Society that licensed the property. And this

060is a rare opportunity for a collaborative uh effort to not only preserve the historic structures, but also to work with a partner that will continue to tell our story about history and our sense of place. And uh we really do appreciate that. So some of the next steps for us is well a presentation here so the public has an idea of what we have going on. The town board has been provided a copy of these plans and so if there's any questions this is a good time to bring them up to me so we can make corrections and changes because with your permission we want to actually go out for uh an RFP uh soliciting biders for this uh property. Um we're going to leave that out for at least 4 weeks. Um, and then

061we'll get those bids back and we'll review them with Drew Bennett, the board, uh, Monto Historical Society. So, we're all comfortable with uh, the contractors that we'll be hiring. Um, and then the goal would be to break ground in early 26 and this project will probably take at least right around a year. We're we're hypothesizing it's going to be about a year. So, I know you know all of that. Um, and so really this is a good opportunity if the board has questions with regard to this plan. Um, now's the time. >> So, thank you, Scott. Before I go around to the board, um, uh, primarily what we're looking to do here right now is is to look at the building itself. The building has history. The building will give us continued history on there

062to tell the stories, working with the lency also. But we need to protect the building. And this is not going to be a full gut. But what it's going to be is a very tastefully done in uh restoration on exterior but by trying to change a lot of the infrastructure needs in there uh working within town policy all electric town policy right now. right now I believe it's oil oil heat also by uh redoing the windows trying to have those energy savings and also putting f uh uh inch and a half thick uh fiberboard on the outside or insulation on the outside will give it a better RF value also on it then too uh the ADA ADA access to it it's not there right now uh so what we're going to do is we're

063going to make ADA access to the bathrooms uh to the interior spaces and also the public safety aspect of the fire escapes then Uh, one individual we didn't meet uh, discuss this. We've been discussing this also with our um, fire uh, sorry, chief fire marshall Dave Brown also has reviewed these plans also with us and been partner in this moving ahead. So that's what we're laying out to the town board. I don't know if we want to hear from the historical study or such uh, about the discussion, but that's that's what we're trying to find out. The board supports this plan moving forward. >> Yeah, I I mean I I'll go through the the projects and kind of give my opinion on each. Um so firstly the widening of the access for the emergency vehicles.

064Um look it's the code we have to do it. Um you know I know it might has it been reviewed with the fire department itself for their vehicles would be my number one question I would assume. So um the expanded parking um you we want this entity to be successful. We want people to be able to safely visit. So, you know, we need to have a parking plan that works for the expected flow of people there a and potentially to expand on, you know, special events occasions as well because we as we see these events happen, we don't want the parking on the street there. We want parking on the property. So, I appreciate where this is happening. The upgraded septic uh with innovative systems, um look, water quality obviously is is critical to our

065long-term future and I'm always supportive of this. Um I I will say it's important that they get year- round usage for them to work effectively. So you know having the offices um of the historical society there I think is going to benefit that as well. Uh the ADA bathroom of course is um I I think excellent um and will gets full support from the disabilities advisory committee as does the new ramp. Um the chimney and the roof repair. The roof repair um great perfect. the chimney. Um, I'm not sure does it, and I'm not saying get rid of it, but I'm saying in terms of what the project looks like here, does it serve any continued functional purpose or is is it solely architectural um for the aesthetic look of, you know, we want it

066there? Is there any kind of piping in there? Just if if it's solely an architectural feature, is there a way of actually doing that project so it has, you know, a stronger core within it to, you know, just require less investment in the future? something structurally stronger that doesn't need to be functional as much. Um cuz chimneys are ridiculously expensive to do. Uh window and door restoration and replacement. Look, I think we're going to see a high initial cost with this, but when you do these kind of projects, you have to do them right. You have to have the best equipment in there to last the longest. We see this with historic restorations globally. Um it's it's a high cost but it will have many many benefits to the building as a whole in terms

067of you know the energy requirements to heat um and just the general long-term um viability of this building. We want high quality doors and windows in there. Uh HVAC system as well. Um look this is this is the modern world we live in. Historically that was as you kind of noted early on a seasonal property for the owners. um we we now want to have more year- round use out of that and you know the the ability to have an effective climate control system I think is important both in terms of preservation of the historical documents and pieces we're going to have in there but also just to you know the ability for visitors to come and feel comfortable and and to kind of give this uh building its full effective use. So fully supportive

068of those. Thank you. >> Great. Thank So, um I'll just state that I agree with um Tom's uh uh presentation on support, but I think there's another element to be included, and that is when you think about the preservation efforts that were made by the Aken family and all the people that took care of this building uh in our community, the Montalk community over decades to preserve it. when we bought this property for me, we took on that responsibility to preserve and continue its use. Uh so I think that uh this is proper uh for us as as taking over that stewardship in in collaboration with uh the historic society essential for this structure. >> I agree with the previous board members. I won't go into all the details. Um but as as Kate's saying,

069I think that you know we we purchased this historical structure. We're blessed with with, you know, a wonderful history out here and as we purchase, you know, historical properties and structures, it's it's, you know, on us to make sure they're made. So, I'm fully supportive of this and look forward to the project going through. >> So, I have a question. We haven't talked about the funding mechanism. Can you touch on that? How this project is going to be funded? >> Uh, well, it's primarily CPF funding actually. Um, almost 100%. Um, it's it's an appropriate use for the fund. We knew what we were getting into when when we purchased the property. Um, we have an estimate from the engineer. It's it's around $3.7 million for this restoration project. Um, we do not have that much

070money left at the end of 2025. So, we'll commit the money that we have available. And so, part of the funding will be from 2026 money. We have a couple of other historic restoration projects coming in 2026 as well. Um, so we we definitely have a uh I've been putting these historic structures in my um management stewardship plan year after year and now we're actually going to actually bring these to fruition. So again, I'm very excited to move these projects forward, but yes, it's nearly 100% CPF. Yep. >> Yeah. >> Can I just say something to that? I I I want to thank Scott and the property management committee who's who's hasn't been as directly involved with this so much, but CPF there's 10% of allowance of CPF to go towards historical uh restorations. U

071but it doesn't roll over. >> And so I I think that you know there's been strategic planning on Scott's uh part property management committee to make sure that we're using those funds because we have a lot of these historical structures that we want to keep maintained. So, um, not the CPF money is free. It's, you know, town money, but it's definitely different than coming from, you know, the A fund, >> but but it also can only be used if a property was designated historically, locally, >> right? Yes. >> Terrific. And >> just lastly, again, thank you to historical society. Um, look, I I I think we're living in an age where it's all too easy to see buildings and structures like this torn down and destroyed, and this is such an incredible part of our

072town's history. Um, Bill, thank you to you and your family for your stewardship. It's been great. And and historical society, um, thank you for continuing to do what you do. Um, it makes our town special. So, I appreciate it. >> Well said. Tom, would you like Bill, would you like could you come up to the could you come up to the microphone because that what's happening now is folks at home won't be able to hear your comments. >> Yes. Um I'm I'm Bill Aken and my family was uh instrumental in making this uh occasion occur. Uh but I just wanted to clarify a couple of things that Councilman Fight asked about. Um on the uh chimneys there are three on the house. Two of them are extremely functional. The main uh chimney in the living

073room has been we even the historical society we've been using it u for presentations and and lectures and Christmas parties and it it it it's it's just fine. The other one is in the second large room uh which we I still call the dining room that has not been used because when the town purchased the property they didn't either inspect it or whatever and never got approval for use. But I can I can tell you that's an extremely functional fire. We use that one continuously over 60 years. Um there is a third chimney that uh emanates from a fireplace that is on the second floor uh the furthest south bedroom which I call the library. Um that is I have never seen that used. So that from practical purposes is decorative. Um, as for the

074house, yes, seasonal is probably correct for the first 20 or 30 years, but as the family grew, the ex the season extended so that there's been multiple Christmases there and um various members of the family coming out, god knows when, in February or whatever, if we were going to be able to slay ride. Um, so in the last 20 years it's been it's been more or less year round. That's all I >> Joe, did you want to say a few words? >> Thank you for joining us today, Joe. >> Thanks, Phil. Um, Joe Gaviola, president of the Montalk Historic Society and keeper of the Montalk Lighthouse. I always like to say that. a little noisy up there past few days to 70 >> but thank you for letting us uh come today in this presentation

075uh supervisor members of the town board. >> So basically a few thanks and some recognition. First our our board and other members who are here. You've seen Bill Aken already from the uh Fiser Aken Fisher House uh who we've worked with for a long time. I'll save this gentleman for last. Rory Fazo, member of our our board, Marilyn Bogdan, who is chair of our Fiser House committee and on the historic Society board, Julie Markley from the historic Society board, John Dagghastino from our board, and Jason Walter, who is um site manager for all our properties, and the one and only Dick White. Um I don't know how you characterize him. A little bit of little bit of everything. Um so I I guess I have to go back to 2017 when uh Bill and I

076first you know discuss this possibility and we put together a committee that Rory was on also and some others and um it was a great idea at the time said wow look at this fantastically historical house and you know can we save it and we put together a team we came before Scott back then in 200 2017 and 2018. We made a presentation to the CPF committee and we received very well. We then subsequently went to the town board and we were denied. There wasn't enough money basically in the CPF fund back then. So, uh that was a devastating moment for us um especially getting through this committee here. But lo and behold, unfortunately, COVID happened and all those funds uh on the transfer tax came into the CPF fund and we got a second

077bite at the apple and it usually never happens. and we put together our team again, work with the Aken family when real estate people had it and we were so nervous that it might get sold and and demolished and um then work with them and the town board and thankfully to you guys in 2021 you purchased it and we've become the lency now since February of 22. It is an extremely important project for us. It's an it's an extremely important property for us. I don't know if you've been there. Um, our latest exhibit was um, how dry we weren't about prohibition in Montalk. Um, last year we built a leisurama in inside the the Carfisher House, the main room. And help me out Marilyn. We probably had six lectures this year maybe with Hugh King

078on uh, everything imagined about all the drinking that was done back then and the rum running. Um and also the last year we did a lot of um lectures, panel discussions and finally we have a place to do that. I mean we really can't do it at the lighthouse. We have the oi um second house thankfully is up and running but we have a place to really really get into the history of MTO and everything we do is also recorded. You know me our executive director happens to be in London right now but we record everything which we've never been able to do before. We host amazing interviews in there and we're archiving everything and it's um it's just been a wonderful place. I'm so thankful to Scott for staying with us. Uh and David

079also and I especially want to recognize David's tie. He has a Muk Lighthouse tie on it's Christmas present. You could buy it at the Montalk Lighthouse, everyone. All right. >> Look looking very sharp. >> Thank you. Um, and thank you Rachel. >> And then Drew also Drew has worked and and David and Scott hand inand with us on okay, what do you guys need? Basically came to us with that what what makes sense for this property and having Bill as part of our team has been so important to the ins and outs and and what you know the nuts and bolts of of the property. You should also know you have a great partner with us. We consider you to be an amazing partner. We have a very strong I'm I'm blessed to have a

080a very uh strong and functioning and capable board here. We have a Fiser House committee. We meet monthly. Our board meets monthly. Our Fisher committee meets monthly. Marilyn does a great job keeping us together. And we are all in just like we are on Second House, just like we are at the Lighthouse. We are, I think, good partners for you and you guys have been great to us and so thankful to you for it. So to get to this point here starting in 2000 se 2017 2017 actually very emotional you know it's uh like a dream come true um for you to commit another you know $3.7 million to us it's kind of amazing for M talk especially you know the fact that we have this place forever bill is uh it's like as cool

081as it gets for us. So, I just want to thank all of you and anyone who I haven't thanked uh for getting us to this point and we can't wait to get it done. So, thank you very much. >> Thank you, Chair. >> Go ahead, Bill. This is >> I I I just take this for granted, but this is just to fill in some historical notes that the um the property was used for the first few fundraising events for the Montalk Village Association and it was also used as the to initiate the first few concerts for music for Montalk. >> So there have been a lot of community uh events there. get no slave. >> That was an insurance nightmare for >> we never we almost didn't want to talk about it. >> Thank you,

082Bill. Go ahead, D. >> So, I'm saying uh next steps as Scott mentioned and town board seem supportive here, we will finalize any of the plans with Drew Bennett to get RFP documents with the town's purchasing department. We'll go out to bid and look at the funding sources for calendar year 25 and 26 out of the CPF for what we're uh the uh the stewardship aspect of it and we'll come back to the town board and put that on for resolution a very upcoming meeting madam supervisor if that works for you sounds like a great plan you you know the M talk historical society is a tremendous partner and we value our relationship and thank you for all you do for M talk. Okay, we are going to move on. It's a good time for

083folks that, you know, want to sneak out. Uh, we're going to be talking Jake, you're up. We're going to be talking about chapter 102-14 building construction certificate of occupancy. >> Thank you, ma'am. Yeah. >> You ready? >> I am. >> Okay. >> Good afternoon, Madam Supervisor, town board members. It's my privilege to be back before you to discuss our updated CO ordinance for which we spoke last week and we will continue to speak. I have been in deep conversations with the building department as well as doing research in a number of areas and I think it's essential that we always start with our purpose here. The purpose is three-fold of the updated CO. First and foremost, it protects buyers so they are ensured that what they ultimately purchase has the appropriate levels of approval which

084ensures that it has passed the necessary tests of safety any structure that is. It protects inhabitants so those who are actually there they are safe and finally it does ensure proper taxation for all structures that are on properties. What we have though is we need to balance the speed and efficiency for obtaining the updated cos with those goals. The town board recently has taken a number of steps to help the building department specifically with staffing to and programming to ensure that the process can be more efficient and quicker. However, what we are looking at is specifically a code change and a series of code changes. one that will create greater flexibility to applicants to ensure that they can get their I'm going to use the term updated co, but we're going to come back to

085that. And we can do that through allowing third-party inspections for for structures that are on property to ensure that they have the necessary certificates of occupancy. And those third party inspections would be done either by a licensed engineer or a licensed architect. Now when we speak about this, what those engineers andor architects would be doing would just be ensuring that a structure on a property has the necessary certificate of occupancy. The third party inspector would not be reviewing the work done by a contractor. It is still the building department's jurisdiction to inspect for code compliance. A third-party architect or engineer would merely be comparing and contrasting the building department documents, a survey, and the property itself to ensure that any structure that is currently on a subject property has a requisite certificate of occupancy. If

086a property owner does not, then that property owner must then apply for the necessary building permit to ultimately get the certificate of occupancy. Finally, we're secondly, we're also looking at exceptions for when a building an updated CO would not be needed. Uh we've seen since this law has been enacted times when there is a proposed demolition that would not require a an updated CO because house is going to go down. Uh we're >> and because currently it does require Yes. And so this is something we're looking at to to not have it be required >> and and that would include not just so what what folks look at is also not just the principal structure but any pool that was put in that it was code with fencing and stuff and that everything was put

087on. If you're demoing the house none of that will exist. >> Correct. >> I'm if you're demoing the entire property none of that will exist. >> Exactly. in the point if we go back to the purpose of why we have the updated CO it's really negated with a demo permit taking those things away so >> makes sense >> and finally during my discussions with Richard Nurmoil who I hope is before this board next week and we can talk more what we have discussed is renaming the law and reclassifying it from the term updated certificate of occupancy to a letter of compliance. This will ensure that letter that any and all structures on a property have the appropriate certificates of occupancy. And that's what we're doing. Just showing what's there is legal. >> Yes. So, um

088are you finished, Jake? >> I am. Please. >> So, I'll just uh start because I um this was one of the first code changes we made when we were amending the zoning codes. Uh this was that's that's a process that started two years ago. They request that East Hampton join other municipalities like Southampton in uh requiring uh uh that this structures on the property that there's insurance that they are were built with building permits and inspected and are uh in compliant with our safety codes. um that uh was that request came from the chief building inspector at the time um because it was very difficult to go to properties and try to find out what was in the CO and when properties changed hands if it wasn't a requirement you didn't always you didn't always

089you weren't always able to ensure that what was on the property was built properly and in compliance with our code. So the board uh we presented to the board and the uh we had a unanimous vote to institute uh updated CO. I fully agree that what we needed to do after time looking at it was to take a look at the process that we have for that and make changes to it in order to um still ensure as you said that the safety requirements and the building requirements of the town are followed. um and uh protect the buyer. Um I know that certainly when I was a buyer uh there were structures on my property that did not have proper cos and that can potentially not only cause the person to have to go to

090the building department for a building permit but if it's built out of setbacks etc. Now they got to take the journey through the zoning board to correct something they had nothing to do with. So I think there's a fairness aspect to requiring it. Um when I did research on it originally most uh land use attorneys um required it whether it was a town requirement or not um and I had their support on it as well but I absolutely uh support making changes to the process as you just outlined. I think that makes perfect sense and the u the intent was not to make something more ownorous but to just ensure that there's compliance and if we can do it this way that's a win for everybody. Yeah, I'm I'm fully supportive as well and I

091appreciate this. I think this is an important thing to do to look at, you know, the code as it currently is and see how we could could make it better. This is relatively new code as Kate said and as you said, I think that everybody is in favor in concept of making sure that that properties and homes have cos so that everybody knows what's there and what they're getting. It it protects, you know, as as I've spoken to many attorneys, as Kate says, um most people would would have required this before it was officially part of our code. Um, I think the issue and some of the feedback we've had and is the timing and and the goal here is was never to, you know, delay transfers or or, you know, impede transfers at all.

092And I think this proposal of allowing a third party to come in and and to be clear, we want the an updated CO for no new complicated structure to be a quick process coming from the town. So, there shouldn't need to be a third party, but in the case that there, you know, somebody's in a real hurry, uh, I think this is a good option to offer. Uh, and some people might use that. And another thing that I think is really important is the demolition. You know, as as somebody who sits on the town town board, you never want to hear about a rule that somebody's having to to to go through that doesn't make sense. And if you're demoing your house, it you shouldn't use town resources and your own money to have to

093get an updated CO just to come demo it. And so that was uh just an oversight is as you know, it's going to occur all the time and I think it's the right thing to do to correct that. Uh, and lastly, I think that the the um it's a little bit nuanced, but an updated CEO versus letter of compliance. I spoke to Rich Norm oil about this the other day, and I think it shows what a qualified person he is. Because, you know, me here, an updated CEO, yeah, great. We want to make sure everything's But the the nuance here is that something that was CODed 20 years ago and is legal might not meet current code. And so, it's a it's a very fine point there. Um, but it's more accurate and and I

094fully support that as well. >> I just have one question on the demo. If if they're only demoing a part of the property like principal structure but all the other structures pool whatever are going to remain what what would be the mechanism in that circumstance >> we'll have to look at it when we define the exception >> okay >> to ensure that unless any and all structures on the property marked by the survey are to be demoed with a demolition permit then a letter of compliance updated CO would not be needed. Great. Thanks. >> Any other comments? >> Yeah, I'll just jump in quickly. I mean, I think look, I think as we craft policy like yes, the goal is kind of perfection, but you don't get that. It's about progress. I completely understand why

095we bought this change in initially. I think you know the concepts of the safety and and in you know effective taxation of what's there like these are things that should happen. So we needed to do this but you know as it came into place you know concerns were raised and we ran into issues ourselves you know in terms of some staffing challenges we had and you know we don't want that to be a bottleneck ever. So the ability for people to go into the private sector and have someone come in and do that inspection to ensure that things keep moving I think is a really good move but the possibility of having it done by a town and building inspector is always there for the public as well as your taxes. you know, this is

096just another avenue by which we can kind of increase our efficiency um of town operations as a whole. So, I'm fully supportive of that. Um yeah, thank you for bringing the changes. >> I have much extra to say. I look forward to it. Thank you. >> So, I was going to save this to my leazison report, but as long as we're talking the building department now, I there's something I wanted to just run by the board. So, you know, over the past several months, we've taken important steps just to strengthen our building department. We've added new staff. Uh we brought in outside support to help with backlogs. We've got H2M looking at applications. And we welcomed two weeks ago our new building inspector, Richard Normmoil, um who started at the end of September. As Jake

097mentioned, uh, we've I've spoken to to Rich and he's going to be at our work session next Tuesday to share his first impressions after it'll be three weeks on the job and he'll talk about where he sees opportunities to make the department work better. Uh, we know that there's a backlog of applications and we want everyone to know that this remains a top priority for the board. We're continuing to use outside plan review services, added staff, and we're looking closely at internal processes so applications move through more slowly. >> Smoothly. Smoothly. Certainly not slowly. More smoothly. We've also heard from residents and contractors who have recommendations on how to improve the new open gov permitting system, which is still basically in its infancy, right? We only rolled it out a few months ago. And um

098I know I talked to to contractors, folks in the business, and they're keeping a list of things that they think could make it work better. And so what we're, you know, after speaking to Rich this morning, uh we want folks to know that we're listening and we want to work with the community to improve the system. So to help with that, I'm recommending to the board that we set up a dedicated email address, open gov building.gov, gov where the community can share feedback and and suggestions on open gov. We would ask folks to include their contact information. So if they've come out with suggestions, you know, Rich or Allison or somebody in that department could follow up with them. And I think we could also share it with um it because Chris Adams and Heath

099Leeman have been really instrumental in rolling out open gov. Uh Rich is completely on board with this and um because our goal here is to keep uh working together to strengthen that department and serve our residents and the building community. We want to be responsive, transparent. We want the system to be easy to navigate. And I think you know with you know as Jake alluded you know Rich has decades of experience in the building industry. He's was worked at uh town of Babylon, town of Huntington's. He's seen how it works at other uh building departments and I think that you know he is looking to restructure that department and um I think helping to you know fine-tune open gov for the building department will be a good uh next step. So if board members are

100good with >> I'm good with that moving forward. >> I think it's important to have that feedback also not uh on open gov. so that uh it also can get uh suggestions or comments from the community on maybe possible tweaks or uh or changes to that. Uh I think that roll out was incredible um and uh so necessary for us to be able to have faster and more efficient processing through actually more than just the building department, all the departments that it's been instituted in so far. Um, so I think that's a good idea to have a feedback uh dedicated feedback email. >> Yeah. And I'll just I mean I'll just say like again we had Heath do the presentation last week. We are really fortunate with our IT department. Um we we get this

101feedback already via email to ourselves or whatever. So you know one one question was um you know we have a housing crisis you have um you know housing projects um to address this. Is there a way to kind of earmark those in the open gov application so they can be looked at accordingly? So, we've implemented that change. You'll see now when you're going in for a building permit, you know, you can kind of now click that check box and kind of that will ensure that it goes down the right avenue to kind of be processed at at an accelerated rate um as as we kind of want to do as a board. So, we do hear you and it's just about getting that feedback in more open formats, too. >> Yeah. And it's I mean

102one of the inquiries I got was somebody wanted to put a pod on a on a a property in order to get the floors redone and you have to go through open gov and you have to go through a building permit process whereas there's probably ways again a checkbox if it's just for a pod and it's for a very short period of time then you know we we need to make that easier. Well, this is how we make things uh more efficient by going through these processes >> and hearing from from folks that are, you know, doing this every day, right? That are, you know, because we've gotten I know all of us have heard from uh members of the community on uh you know, how they feel that we could do this better and

103that's what we're here for. We're listening. >> Yeah, I I agree and I'm supportive of all that. And I think that the you know, Tom worked really hard in open gov as did it and others and I've been through a few open gov presentations. I think the important thing to realize is it can be tailored and changed in in many different ways. Um we just don't know everything that's going to pop up and so that's why feedback is so important. Um but I think the public should have confidence that you know the problems that might might arise you know with a new system like this can be corrected. So don't assume that we want to make it difficult. Nobody does. Just let us know and we'll we'll fix it. And again, I I I I

104want to again acknowledge, Tom, that unrolling this this type of a platform is is a big thing and uh I I think it's going to help it down immensely. >> Right. So, I I haven't set up the email yet. We're I've got to go back. We got to talk and um exactly who would re it would be forwarded to, you know, so um maybe who in it and then in the building department. So, don't start emailing us yet. It's but it's coming soon. We just need to figure out that last link. or just email individual, you know, any of us. >> And just lastly, I want to just shout out to the other members of the uh IT department. I know Talia's worked really hard on uh this as well as the whole department. So,

105I just wanted to make sure that they were included as well. >> All right, beautiful. Okay, last topic we have today is chapter 1419, fire prevention permits. Jake, you're you're up again. >> Thank you. Uh this deals with uh this deals with tents and the permitting process within the fire marshall's office. In 2007, the town board passed a resolution which created the tent permitting process under the fire marshall's office. In 2021, the town board updated that in relation to the fees. Unfortunately, when that was done, a section of code was dropped. Our research indicates that this was dropped inadvertently. It was not the intention of the town board to strike that portion. It's a paragraph that helps further define tent in the timing thereof. So what we have done is we've researched this determined date

106was inadvertent and if the town board wishes we can notice this appropriately to reput that back into the town code. >> Yeah. And if I could, I was the sponsor for this legislation because it came out of our special events committee and really it was just the way it was noticed for public hearing back in 2021 and the way e-codes interpreted it when they made the update um to the e-codes system. It got dropped. Uh I I didn't ask Buzzy to come out because I didn't feel he needed to sit here for an hour and a half, but he's he's completely supportive. he'd like to see this uh uh put back into the code. So, it would require I guess we would have to go to public hearing again in order to get it reinstated,

107but it's something that the chief fire marshall recommends and it really was just I it's too big to be a scrier's error, but that's basically what it was. It it got it got dropped in translation. >> I I tend to agree. Either way, we will clear it clean it up and put it back on. >> Yeah. So folks are >> yeah I'm supportive. I mean being on the special events committee I I I have heard and I see see the need for this and this is kind of one of one of the areas that you know tents are a complex thing. Uh they vary from the little twoperson tent up to things that often have like concrete foundations put on them. Yeah. No, I mean it's it's a you know so I think cleaning up

108this code to ensure we can effectively manage is key. >> I I just I agree with everything that Tom has said being on the special events committee. Um just so folks know it's not just looking at there's a fire rating. We see the engineering specs and then um approved uh the fire marshall approves those and then uh the day of the event the fire marshall goes out and inspects that the tent is uh to coat. So it's extremely important for public safety. Um just a question under 21C uh which is would be part of the exemptions uh tents singly or collectively not exceeding uh 700 square foot erected on premises designated by local zoning for one family dwelling. You you're just talking about a party tent. So not a dwelling tent. >> Correct. >> I

109just wanted to clarify that. >> And that's already in the code. >> Yeah. >> Yes. Thanks. >> That's it. >> Yeah. I'm supportive. I think >> Okay. So, could is could this possibly be on for Thursday to notice? >> Yes, >> that'd be great, Jake. >> Thank you, guys. >> All right. Thank you. >> All right. Leaison reports. Tom, you're up. >> Thank you, Madam Supervisor. Uh um Amigans Citizens Advisory Committee, uh we will be meeting again, reminder, Monday, October 20th at the Amigans School Library, 6:30 p.m. Uh human services. Um, a reminder to my colleagues, uh, and I unfortunately will not be able to make this, but on Friday, October 31st, 2025, 11:15 a.m., uh, there is the Halloween event at the senior center. Um, please wear costumes if you can. Be great to

110see you guys there. Um, additionally just want to kind of call out that through the uh human services partnership with the H uh the um YMCA um we're introducing some new classes including functional fitness with Tracy osteoporosis prevention with Lee. Uh it's just great wonderful partners to work with. Um we also you're going to see coming up on the resolutions tonight. Uh we're adding an educational component um as well. It's a program called healthy vibes through nutrition. Um this uh is going to be cost a town $100 per class, seven classes for the year. Um you know, this is the idea of kind of nutrition and nutrition importance is something we definitively hear from our seniors is like how to improve their health. So I think this is going to be a really great program

111to to help do that. The classes will be on Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. in the lounge. Um, then moving on, just want to call out uh for the Disabilities Advisory Board, we have a meeting on Friday at 1:30 p.m. The Eastampton Youth Task Force is meeting on Friday at 11:00 a.m. and the business committee is meeting tomorrow at 2 p.m. >> Good. >> Yep. Thank you. Great. Great. Thank you very much. Uh, couple things still Army Corps related. I had a convers um, uh, conversation with some of the representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers. the crossovers that are still downtown MTO talk part of the FIP project they're going to be noticed for bid and hopefully removed potentially by December of this calendar year then too uh just we'll we'll keep tracking that one

112also for the Army Corps of Engineers uh Lake Malk inlet dredging uh project again once again madam supervisor thank you for your support on that project and getting that forward to the final hurdle here uh we uh they have actually given the notice to proceed for that project and we'll be having um a meeting on Monday as far as the contractors and stakeholders including with AR uh sorry including with the Coast Guard uh and I will come back to maybe by next Tuesday. Obviously more information about when that project might start but having the notice to proceed is a major underdoing there. Um also going back to Westlake the Westlake boat ramp project we've received our permitting for that project. Um, and I will see if there's any uh needed changes to that then to

113I'll bring it back to the board on Tuesday and then maybe we'll just quickly discuss on the laser report if everyone's still comfortable moving that forward to uh RFP so we can potentially get that installed for this wintertime when it's not in use. It's going to be substantially to substantially to the same uh same design that we saw in the past already. Um the Nature Preserve Committee did send over a management plan for the uh multiple properties at the headarters of H Hall Creek. If you can please maybe just review that in the town code. We have to put that on for a public uh discussion and hearing within a certain time frame. And I would like to try to do that potentially in November if that's okay. Madam Supervisor, >> um I want to

114let everyone know uh that uh the highway department, I want to thank Superintendent of Highway Steve Lynch and his crews. They are milling and paving multiple roads uh part of the townwide uh paving uh initiatives and many of those roads have been milled and there will be paving so there will be some obstructions. Again, the town of East Hampton put nearly another $300,000 into the budget for uh capital budget last year so we can mill more of the roads and try try to actually have the paving of our current infrastructure at historically high rates then too. So please just be aware there might be some inconveniences there then too. Also in discussion with Steve Lynch talking about the storm last night. I know supervisor will probably discuss this a little bit more. There were numerous

115about 50 large trees that were down and damaged some flooding and overwashing but overall the highway departments out there cleaning up many of the uh the local roads right now uh and also along with our buildings and grounds and some of our parks. So just be very careful as you drive around. M talk CAC did meet last week uh and I punt it to this week. Uh but we had a presentation there from Captain Greg Martin from the East Hampton Town Police Department going over the pros and cons of the summer what they saw. uh members of the uh public wanted to discuss uh public safety initiatives uh that would they would like to see at some of the areas uh along on Flamingo Road down by uh uh some of the parking initiatives downtown

116MTalk and also some of the traffic flow over by the train station on there. Uh he's going to be taking back that back to the PD so for further discussions and we'll bring that back to the board. Um two thank thank yous. I want to thank uh John Barley Dunn and the members of the East Hampton Towns aquaculture program and specifically the community aquaculture program. Uh I went to the East Hampton Seed Project um uh this past Saturday it was >> uh and they taste tested oysters. Okay. And I mean didn't have to twist my arm too much there. Definitely had to buy a beer to go with them because they only taste better that way. But for me personally, uh so my little my little daughter, my senior and uh Brinley and I were

117there taste testing them, ranking them on salinity, texture, sweetness, and it was just a really nice event. So I want to thank all the resident volunteers for shucking there. Uh it was great to see them all. Uh and they were all winners to me on there. So thank you to John and aquaculture department. I also want to thank uh uh Reverend uh Shambo uh to having uh representation from the town of East Hampton um including myself PD and other community leaders talk to their congregation. It was a very nice outreach that we've that they've now done the second year. Also, lastly, if you're not listening, Bonak football is on a tear right now. A little bit unlike Penn State football. I'll say that cuz I'm a Penn Stater. Okay, I'll say it right now. I'll

118take it on the chin and I'll do it. Okay, I did it. So Bonic football played West Hampton this past week and after the Chowderfest before the Oyster Fest, my daughter and I went up and we saw the Bonic Love Fest for Bonic football. They whooped up on the first quarter 20 to nothing on West Hampton who did very has done very well in Bonik football under the Tutelage and the coaching of Joe McKe and others are doing great. I want to let the general public know that their last home game is this weekend is October 18th at 1 p.m. They're playing West Icelip. Uh their team is just playing with vigor, uh intensity, confidence. Really nice to see the public out there. The students support their their fellow students. And the last Bonnet football

119game is this October 18th at 1 p.m. Granted, there's a lot of other sports also, but I want to let you know that one because it's tough for me to watch. College football, right? >> Glad you have something else that's positive. >> Oh gosh. Yeah. Oysters. >> I think I'd rather the town win. Sorry, David. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Thank everyone for not texting me as much about that. Yeah. >> Um, so I have >> as the gentleman in front of us sits with an Iowa shirt on right now. >> Oh, is that what that says? >> Sorry. Sorry, Kate. I apologize. >> That's okay. Um, so first I'll I'll start with something that I've made a mistake on. I've been reporting that over three years 13,000 pounds of food scraps have been diverted

120from our waist stream by our town uh sponsored compost program. But actually the real number is 23,000 uh pounds of waste over uh food waste over three years have been eliminated. And not only does that bring us back to that circular economy of um food but also uh reduces cost for uh town residents as well as we we pay for our our um sanitation to be taken out of town. Uh next I uh am just uh finishing up. We're finishing up on the last um necessary requirements for the easements uh so that the ditch plains dune construction project can move forward and and this is simple surveying for meets and bounds that should be completed quickly and then we'll be moving forward with that project as well. We continue to have uh New York State

121internal grant meetings uh with uh staff to ensure that the contract uh we fulfilling the contract requirements for the state and finalize the contract for the vendor that we've selected. Uh that also is coming to an end and uh that will be getting further movement on that uh grant process and and formation of the uh steering committee for the grant. Um I uh lastly I just would like to say that last Saturday was a great day for community events in East Hampton. I was uh here in Mtok for the um fall festival. Uh I saw the lines for chowder. It was amazing. Um and great community turnout. Then went to the Springs Chowder um chowdown which also which that that uh event benefits the spring food pantry. Tremendous turnout. great event and I navigated through

122tasting so many different types of chowder in one setting. So, it was really fun and congratulations to everybody. I thought all the chowder was delicious. Um, and then went to the seeds event for oysters. So, it was a full food day for the community and myself. And uh it was not that saying that we don't love coming to work sessions and town board meetings, but getting out having the opportunity to get out into the community and have fun with everybody else is priceless. And uh that's all I have. >> Ian, >> uh yes, thank you. Uh last Thursday the egg advisory committee met um and they've been working on suggested code changes to recognize agriculture as different from residential and and commercial. Um they've been working on this for for some time. Uh I'm hoping

123that actually I think that they're ready to present at a work session um with suggested changes. I think that that's the next step to take. The planning department has also weighed in in in very broad brush strokes both in both cases. You know what the egg committee is looking for and what the planning department um suggests are the next things to look at. I think that there'll need to be other departments involved such as the building department um etc. But I would hope that we could present the ad committee could present their ideas, the planning department's comments and sort of get board direction before I take up too much town, you know, staff time with an attorney and and building department. I think that that could happen in November or December or whenever um the

124agenda allows. Um preferably in an East Hampton location just because most of the farmers are coming from that direction. Uh property management committee will meet tomorrow uh Wednesday at 4:30 um in the main meeting room at town hall. Uh I'm hoping this will be the final review of the Osborne management plan. Um the previous meeting we had a lot of people from Wayne Scott come. I was at a Wayne Scott CAC meeting subsequently. Um I think that the management plan as well along the way at least to come to a board discussion and and see what the board feels and then go to public hearing hopefully. But look forward to moving that management plan and and and property forward in general. Spring CAC will meet next Tuesday on the 21st. Uh don't have an agenda

125yet. I will reach out to Lauren Bulier. Uh this meeting will be in Ashwog Hall and I'm I'm hoping to talk about parking in Springs. There was an event a couple weeks ago that was great and I think parking remains to be something that we can improve upon down there. Uh and then follow up on the fragmighty um plan that we mentioned earlier with the budget. Uh community housing advisory board meets next Wednesday on the 22nd uh in the planning department conference room at 5:00 p.m. Uh the public is welcome to attend that as well. Uh and then I was just going to say the same thing about the events last weekend. You know, again, you're reminded of how I think I've done this the last couple of lay on reports, but how how great

126our community is when these things happen. Uh it's nice to see how many volunteers there are. You know, in Montalk the local people come out and visitors too, but you know, everybody wearing their yellow shirt are locals volunteering to help and all for a good cause. Uh same thing with the Springs Chowder Chow Down. Um it actually sold out. Um that's to benefit the Springs Food Pantry who are you know just wonderful people uh all for a good cause and it's it's was great to see people enjoying themselves and also just the all the restaurants the people making the soup to to show their commitment to our community. Uh and then you know uh barley and the oyster program here. I'm not an oyster fan myself to eat them but I appreciate what they do

127to clean our waters. Um and since you know I've learned about this programs it seems like it just continues to grow and be successful. Um and it's wonderful to see. Can I just add one more? Uh, I want to thank Tom also and Kate uh for working with the Montto Chamber of Commerce and specifically all the town entities, fire department entities to move because of the weather from the fire uh the fireworks from Sunday to Monday and thank Leo and Mok Chamber for their flexibilities. Uh after all that, my family came out here and sat in the car and we watched fireworks that night and it was a great easy time. So, um, when you have lemons on July 4th weekend, they made a lot of lemonade this weekend, but a lot of they came

128to the coordination to get that done in a quick time frame. Um, so I just want to thank you to everyone involved on that also then too. >> Yeah, I agree. A lot of departments um flexed with their schedule to kind of be there and make that event work. A lot of volunteers stepped out to help it operate smoothly. So, thank you to all involved. It was a lovely evening. Okay. So today uh there will be a resolution for then the town board will vote to sever the relationship with R2 architecture. This gives us an opportunity to pause, listen and take a fresh look at how we move forward. This project began as a new senior center and that purpose remains at its core. But over time we've heard from residents who want the center

129to be more than one thing, a place that offers programs and services to people of all ages. We're taking this moment to listen carefully to residents, reimagine the design, and make sure that we build tr we that we build something that truly fits East Hampton, not just for today, but for years to come. Our goal is simple, to build something that feels right for this community and that people are proud to be a part of. And then I just wanted to wrap up to talk about the noraster that we just experienced over the long weekend. And I want to take a moment to thank our town highway department who worked, you know, round the clock, our police department, marine patrol, dispatchers, and all our emergency responders for their hard work over the last several days

130from clearing down trees to assisting res residents. Their efforts keep our kept our community safe and our roads open under very challenging conditions. I also want to say that I had um been outreached. I spoke to County Executive Ed Roma. He called me, texted me and called me yesterday to make sure we had what we needed. I also had outreach uh received outreach from Senator Schumer's office in Congressman Loa's office and they all wanted to know, you know, how they could help. And as you know, the the the governor declared a state of emergency uh for Suffach County and I was in contact with with her staff here on Long Island as well. Um, you know, and you had mentioned that there were 50 trees that come down. I I mean, Kate and I drove

131around town for about three and a half hours, uh, yesterday morning and, you know, I have, you know, a town car and with a police radio and that was going nonstop from it. It was just we and fire department had to respond to some events because a tree, you know, was on fire. They were waiting for PSCG. I will say PSCG really uh they were prompt. They had a number of teams out here. They brought in folks u from Hogland, from Aspund. Steve mentioned um Steve Lynch mentioned that what was great is if they you know got a call for a tree down, it was caught in the wires. Aspen was there to cut the the limbs free. Um I know uh as of yesterday morning there were about 400 households that were without power.

132PSCG worked to get those pe folks online. Later around 5:00 in the afternoon, there were like 600, you know, um households. Many of them were in Springs, uh because of the, you know, tight neighborhoods over by where we all live. Um and that was res, you know, resolved in a very short amount of time. So, we're just really grateful for all of the first responders and uh our town staff who um you know, and I just want to express our sincere appreciation for their teamwork, their professionalism, and their commitment to our community. And that's what I've got for my liaison report. And now we can move on to resolutions. We only have a handful of them. >> All right, >> Tom, you're up first. >> Thank you, Madam Supervisor. I'll start resolution 20251347. This is

133to establish a leave bank time share for human service employee Thomas Mallori. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> 1348. This is as mentioned earlier wellness 60 plus healthy vibes nutrition educational classes be resolved that the town by hereby approves seven wellness classes um at a cost of $100 per class not to exceed $700. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. It's my pleasure to offer resolution 2024 1335 and I'd like to table this to this Thursday, please. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> for 1336. I would also like to table this to this Thursday. >> Second. All in favor? >> I for 1349. This is a mo resolution retain historical preservation is Robert Hefner. uh and this is to has worked as a historical preservation consultant and services to the

134town to look at the property at 803 and 807 fireplace road and springs and this he dated his proposal October 3rd 2025 not to ex exceed $15,000 to examine guide work and assess report of the history of the cottage. Second. All in favor? I >> I >> uh 1350 is retain Mickey's Lawnscapes for historical exploration work at the same property of the Julius D. Parson's Historical uh landmark. And again, this is not to exceed $5,000. >> Second. All in favor? >> I have resolution 1351 and this is to pay outstanding invoices to MLAN Associates for work associated with the traffic analysis for the Springs Fireplace. Be it resolved that the outstanding invoices shall be paid from the appropriate budget account up to the remaining balance of $10,561.50 on the appropriate purchase order uh consistent with

135the originally authorized amount. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I have resolution 2025 1352. It's a bud budget modification for the police department for anticipated year-end costs. We decreasing health insurance in the amount of $14,700 and increasing training expense, uniforms, and equipment repairs in the same amount. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> 1353 is to amend resolution 2025 1322 because the wrong yearly agreement amount was listed. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I have resolution 2025 1354. Terminate agreement with R2 architecture. Whereas the town entered into an agreement with R2 architecture for professional and engineering services for a new senior center on February 14, 2025 pursuant to town board resolution 2021 1379. And whereas the town board has decided to terminate the agreement with R2 architecture. Now therefore, be

136it resolved, the town board hereby authorizes the town supervisor to terminate the town's agreement with R2 architecture effective immediately. Second. All in favor? >> I. Uh do folks have any other things they want to bring up? >> Um just one, but um very sad to report that the uh one of the town employees passed away last week. Um Bobby Leland. Um I just want to know that our thoughts are with him and his family and thank you to him for his wonderful service for the town over the years. >> I agree. >> Yes, absolutely. >> He was a great equipment operator and sanitation. >> Yeah. And I believe that the Steve's office is going to be sending out to town employees the when the arrangements are uh Okay. Hey, do I have a motion to

137go into exec session? >> Yes, I'd like to go into executive session. I'd like to make a motion to go into executive session for CPF, personnel, contracts, and real estate. >> Second. >> All in favor? I