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Thank you. Thank you. Good morning, everybody. Today is Thursday, July 17, 2025, and we're here for a regularly scheduled work session. As we begin all of our meetings, we'll start with the Pledge of Allegiance. And we'll ask our town historian to lead us in the pledge today. Georgette, stand.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The chair is right behind you. Thank you, Georgette. And I'll just start by briefly saying the supervisor is out today. He had to attend a funeral for a family friend, so he's unable to attend work sessions. So we'll get started with announcements. The first thing is the Jamesport Fire Department Carnival is underway. They had the parade last night. It was a WAPES success. They had a really nice turnout. The weather cooperated. It was really terrific. And the carnival continues through Saturday. The hours are 6 to 10 tonight, 6 to 11 tomorrow on Friday, and 6 to 11 on Saturday with fireworks at 10 p.m. So everybody should try to come out. And support the fire department if they can. Also happening tomorrow, Friday, July 18th, is we have our Alive on 25 summer block party happening downtown Riverhead. Also going to be a great event. That's happening from 5 to 9 o'clock with a downtown crawl afterwards along various businesses on Main Street. So that's going to be a lot of fun. And then, of course, fireworks at 9 p.m. Anything else, Councilwoman, that you want to add to that? No. On Alive on 25? Okay. I have something to add to that. Okay. Go ahead. That's okay. So East End Arts also, actually this is July 18th, is going to have an Artists and Vendors and Live Music on their property. And I would say look forward to July 26th when Detour 6 will be back, which is an amazing art show. Okay. Great. Thank you. Thank you, Bob. Also, Riverhead in Action issue number 4 just dropped. Yes, it did. It was yesterday. So you can go online to the town website and click the link under Quick Links, and you can read all about what's been going on in the town of Riverhead, the various departments, and learn some interesting things about what's been going on. So it's a lot of work that goes into this, and we thank everybody involved with that for sure. Any of the councilpeople have another announcement they want to add? Comment. Anybody? No. I just have a question that came up with the Chamber of Commerce this morning. At 9 p.m., are the roads then open again? The crawl is going to happen, but are the roads closed still or are they open? That's a good question. They're going to remain. They will be closed for probably, I would say, probably until about 10.30ish. Okay. If we find the vendors leave it. Okay. Thank you. Because that was a question that was on the Chamber. Yeah, that's a good point. So just to clarify for the public, the roads will remain closed until 10 p.m. or so. Tomorrow night the fireworks at 9 downtown, and the roads will stay closed. So folks are encouraged to park and then walk in. Thank you. Also just to that, I'm sorry, yeah, just to that point, we'll just mention we sent a media advisory out yesterday that the Peconic River west of Turquoise will be closed to boating traffic tomorrow night to accommodate the fireworks which are going to be shot from a barge in the river. So that's the first time we're doing that. That's an exciting change. Absolutely. But it's just going to affect boaters if they had planned to come all the way to the riverfront and dock the boat at 9.30ish. And dock along the riverfront and attend alive on 25, they'll have to just make an adjustment there to their plan. July 22nd meeting. We can also mention, sure, as many are probably aware, we have a special town board meeting happening on July 22nd on Tuesday at 6 p.m. It's actually a town board and a CDA meeting combined. And there's going to be two public hearings on that day, and the notice is on the website and all the related information so folks can go on and read about that. Thank you. All right. I think that's it, right? Thank you. Okay. So we'll move on to our agenda. And the first thing we have is a really exciting topic today, and we're going to turn it over to Councilwoman Waskie to talk to us about the special guest we have with us today and then a Riverhead in Action video. Thank you, Deputy Supervisor. We are in for a treat today. We are joined by Mrs. Arlene Drozca. She is the Director of the National Water Service at the Riverfront. She is the widow of Dr. Drozca, who is one of our original doctors here in the town of Riverhead. And we were given the opportunity to take a tour of the inside of her home. For those that do not know, this is the lady responsible for the beautiful roses on East Main Street downtown Riverhead. So she's known as the Rose Lady. I have always seen her from afar since my childhood, taking care of your beautiful roses. And I finally had the opportunity to spend some time with you. And we'd like to show a video of what we did that day. So are you ready? Yes. Okay.
Hi, this is Tim Hubbard, Supervisor of the great town of Riverhead. And you're watching Riverhead in Action, a media campaign designed to highlight the incredible work of the 350 plus employees that comprise Riverhead's 26 departments and sub-departments, town events, projects, job openings, local businesses, and other town happenings. I hope you find this informative and enjoyable. And thank you for watching Riverhead in Action. Hello and welcome to another episode of Riverhead in Action. Today I had the privilege of visiting the home of Dr. Deroska. We were invited in by his wife Arlene to have a tour of this home. Most people only know this as the beautiful home on East Main Street with the beautiful roses. I had the opportunity to go inside, take a look around. It's absolutely beautiful. Everything dates back to the early 1900s. Arlene was wonderful today. It was a pleasure to meet her. It was a pleasure to spend some time with her. And I'd like to take you now for a tour inside of this beautiful home. Hello, Mrs. Deroska. How are you? Welcome. Councilwoman Joanne Waski, how are you today? Oh, hanging in there, as usual. Thank you for this opportunity today. So what can you tell me about this beautiful home? Well, see, I was married into this home on February 4, 1961. My husband bought this in 1933 and practiced medicine. And what year was the house built? 1902. Wow. Wow. My husband went to Villanova. I graduated in Villanova in 1920. Villanova, wow, what a great school. Oh, look at this. Villanova magazine. He used to have his own x-ray, his own fluoroscope. Which was big back in the day for a son of a doctor to have that. Well, there was no hospital until 1951. Wow. My husband used to make house calls at night. My... Never babies at home. Complete, complete care. Even put a, because he had the x-ray. Under the closet near the office. And he would have to go to the office to go on x-rays. What is your favorite thing about this home? Everything. Everything. That's beautiful. I remember as a little girl seeing you outside taking care of your roses. Everyone in Riverhead knows you as the Rose Lady. I know. Beautiful home on East Main Street with the roses. Will you tell us the secret to your roses? One of them is MGS04. MGS04. Magnesium sulfate. Oh, okay. Epsom salt. I would never have guessed that. Wow. Okay. Very good. Well, they are beautiful. Yes. They really are. And I can't wait to go outside and see them today. In the middle room that I call the English Room because of the rose. Is my mother and father's wedding present for January 1917. An old fashioned terracing lamp. Wow. And I understand that this home was built before there was electrical equipment. You know, like a power saw. It was done all by hand. Oh, that building. That brick building out there. Was made, was built for a gas generator. Wow. I love this china closet. This is absolutely beautiful. Well, a lot of this is old and I'm delighted. Some of the things I've added new. But, this friendship was from 1933. 1933. And my husband and I did all in Eden Point. Wow. You did the needle point. Yes. Wow. This is the original. Crystal. Lamp. And that is. Is. The. Original. Yeah. And I. Did the home. I did it. We did it. Needle point. That's needle point. Wow. Oh. And. That's beautiful. Wow. How long. Did it. Take. You. that? I don't know. I'm sure a very long time. And of course there's his bag. I love that. Oh my goodness. So he would get up in the middle of the night and make house calls, deliver babies in the middle of the night, grab the bag, show up and save the day. Is this a photo of you? Yes. Yes. Oh my goodness. Stunning. You were quite the looker. Dr. D'Orosco was a very lucky man. No, I was lucky. Well, you both were lucky then. God gave us our memories so we would have roses in December. Ah, I love that. I'll always remember you saying that. That's beautiful. Well, everything that I've seen today has been beautiful, especially the gold phone on the side of your bed. Every woman should have a gold phone. Okay. Wonderful. It was so good to see you today. Thank you. I'm delighted. Very nice. Very nice.
The only thing I can say is God gave us our memories. So we would have roses in December. That's right. Thank you very much for that lovely day. It was a beautiful day. And it was such a wonderful experience to see the world through your eyes and through your home. And we appreciate you letting us into your home. Well, I loved the home. I loved the owner. I loved it at first. And I happened to love a doctor. Other ones? No. Yes. He could show me up. He could do anything. If I could cut, come in the office. That's right. And when you think that he used to do his own x-rays and develop them, under the stairways there was a sink and they were near the doctor's room. So that was the dark room. He would deliver, he would do his own x-rays, read them and then take care of the patient. Wow. Wonderful. Incredible. Nowadays there's all these specialists. When you think that he would deliver a baby, show somebody up, take care of a night call. Yeah. Yeah. Whenever the phone would ring or anybody would come in, he would come in and he would take care of the patient. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He's so brave. He's brave. [transcription gap] He's brave. [transcription gap] when he was taking care of your brother? Yeah. See, it was meant to be. Well, thank you very much for joining us today. And to your friend, Georgette, our town historian, thank you for being here as well today. So. And Georgette, did you want to offer any additional information or context on the historical aspect of the house? I'm sure you have a treasure trove of information on that house. Mrs. Doroska did invite me to visit with her. And she did take me on a tour of the house. And it was spectacular. As to Dr. Doroska, I was having an asthma attack. And he knew exactly what to do. He came in the middle of the night and gave me some kind of medicine intravenously. And he stayed until at least noontime to see that I was okay. Well. Very special. Well, now I laugh when I see a sign, ankle and foot. And I wonder, is it left? All right. When he used to take care of any problem. That's wonderful. We need doctors like that again. Absolutely. Well, thank you both very much for being here today. And thank you, Mrs. Doroska, for making our home available. And allowing us all to come in and see what a wonder it is. And we have it. We have that video. That will be on our town website forever. So 50 years from now, folks can take a tour of your beautiful home. Well, thank you for all of your kindness and expertise. Okay. Thank you, guys. Thank you for being here. Very nice. All right. Great. Okay. We're going to move on to our next item on our agenda. And for that, we'll ask Police Chief Frost to come forward and review the last two months' worth of monthly reports. It's going to be May and June. We'll just give these folks a second to head out. I'll be there as soon as I get my . Thank you. All right. Thank you very much. Pleasure to meet you. Great. Thank you so much. Oh, and I would not put this on my worst day. Oh boy. Okay, we'll feel better. I've been destroyed by eyebrows. Oh, okay. All right, well, I'm in there. I can be grumpy about you. I would say so. Take care. Thank you. Bye-bye. Such a beautiful person. She really is. Okay, everybody has two months worth, right? Yes. Morning, Chief. Hello, how you doing? Good morning. We've been seeing you in a while because we missed a month. Yes. So we have to catch up here. Yeah. You know, in general, you know, I'm not a big fan of the We've been doing pretty well. I know Councilman Kern was concerned with our revenues collected, which obviously in May, you can see we jumped up to almost $20,000. We had an intern that was able to process the alarm billing fees. Oh, great. So, and you'll see in June, it'll be a lot more. So, incidents, you know, 136 criminal incidents. There's been a trend, you know, on the East End. I've talked to several East End police chiefs, and I think the city just came out with numbers. There's that, you know, the crime statistics are dropping a little bit, which is a good trend. I can't take full credit for that. I think it's just, you know, the area-wise. So, I know you guys, it was, in May, there was one non-fatal overdose. It was a 54-year-old woman. We, you know, gave two doses of Narcan for that one. So, I think that's a good thing. Any questions in regards to May? Chief, one question. When you talk about criminal incidents, is there anything that the public should be aware of or looking out for when it comes to that? I don't really see a trend in any specific crime. You know, I don't see it at all. Okay. Some of our biggest is probably still... You know, shoplifting. You know, as you can see in May, we have 33. We had 30 in April. And the other crimes are all, you know, other lawsuits as well is 11. So, that's a lot of, you know, people. So, with rape tyranny, if you get caught three times now, it becomes a higher crime? The same person, you know, shoplifting? Yeah, we've been working with them, and it actually gets into it being a burglary, which is a felony. So, we can actually do over a year. If you're in jail, if you're convicted of it. So, it's not, you know, it depends on the person, you know, his background, you know, his criminal history and stuff. Okay. Chief, I have one question. Go ahead. With regard to the new marijuana dispensaries that have been opened up, is there any increase in driving while impaired for drugs? Not that I'm seeing. It's still usually, you know, there's definitely not a big increase in that specific. Still mostly alcohol. We do get the impaired, you know. Sporadically. Okay. And, you know, obviously, we do have our DRE, and obviously, we're looking to get more, but the classes only come up certain times. Okay. That's good to know. Yep. I mean, not about the classes, but about the fact that it hasn't risen. Yeah. Yeah. All right. How is Harbor Patrol making out? I know it's their business season. Are they doing okay out there? We're doing well. We're filling it with our offices. I'm working with personnel. The person that I've hired is actually cleared. So, we're sure. Trying to get him to, you know, into a town board resolution to, you know, fully hire him. Okay. Yep. That's good. Okay. June? June. June.
Can we do that resolution on Tuesday? Probably would be the next meeting. Yes. I believe, actually, he's going to come in for other personnel matters. But he's cleared his background check. Okay. Great. June. You know, crimes went up a little. Obviously, the weather, you know, getting nicer. Went up to 150. The big thing with this is 2024 in June, we're on the same reporting system now. So, you know, using the same parameters. So, in 2024, it was 222. We're down to 150. Wow. That's big. So, that's a good model right now. So, that's good. So, that's a good model. As well as, you know, Bobby's been, you know, look at the revenues. You know, most of that's alarm billing. And I'd like to thank the town attorney's office. They've been diligent with processing, you know, working with the person who violated the section. And, you know, getting fees collected. Great. So, Danielle Hurley has been doing a great job with that. That's such a huge increase from year over year. That's terrific. Well, we had a lower month. We have an intern. So, it was great. She processed it. You know, she helped us process all that.
For June, we did have another non-fatal overdose. It's a female, 49 years of age. And EMS administered a dose of Narcan for that. So, like I said, that's a big. I like the criminal instance being lower, obviously. And now we're on the same. Moving forward, we're going to be on the same reporting system, which is a big plus.
That's pretty much it. We also did get a list of officers. But I think RVAC also informed us that some of your officers over the past two months have participated in CPR saves as well. And so, got to continuously command the officers. So, we've got great staff over there that are generally sometimes first on scene until RVAC arrives, the paramedic arrives. So, we've got a lot of officers to take over. Yeah, I generate letters routinely for if a citizen calls in or I hear of an incident. I look into the background. And I write letters of appreciation to all the officers that were there. So, let us know. But it's great to know. Great work. So, very proud. And I don't know if it was brought up, but I did hire five additional public safety dispatchers. They all started. Oh, fantastic. Good. So, we have a full crew now. It's a little tight in there right now. That's what we want. A little tight in there. Chief, and the national night out is what day again? August 5th from 5 to 8, I believe, in the town square. We're doing it a little differently. A lot of the other departments have done. We used to go out to individual communities. The thought was to bring it all into one area. And I think the PBA, the SOA are donating like hot dogs to cook. We have another organization. That's bringing an ice cream truck. So, I think the Rotary is doing something as well. So, it will all be in one spot. That's great. Excellent. Makes sense to do it that way. That's great. All right. Good. Thanks, Chief. Good work. Thank you for coming in. Have a good day. Have a good day. Thank you. Okay. Next up, we have the monthly report from Code Enforcement. Maybe we'll jump to Justice Court. Okay. [transcription gap] I see Justice Court here. We'll do Code Enforcement in a little bit. Come on up. Are you doing code for Richie? Oh, I didn't know that. I thought we were waiting on Richie. Okay. All right. Sorry for the confusion then. Morning, Counselor. Good morning. [transcription gap] All right. Yeah. So, Rich had to run out for an investigation. Okay. So, I'm covering the code report. Okay. I just want to clear up just so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear up so you guys clear to have you know fire alarm notification systems when there's a malfunction or a false alarm and the fire department responds each property gets i think it's two free ones and then if there's continued continued false alarm responses they get charged pd tracks those and sends out bills to the various you know commercial businesses that that they that they go to and eventually if those false alarm fees don't get paid they refer it to my office and usually myself victoria or danielle will you know contact the owner send them a letter and work out a payment plan usually because once they once the false alarm fees build up they're usually somewhat substantial we also is it in coordination with as well for the western side of waiting river that's still town of riverhead that are dispatched by frez are we just you know for the multiple alarms are we still is that still being notified through riverhead police department as well to make sure we're getting our fees my assumption would be yes but you would have to confirm that with pd because we just we just get the outstanding balances how they how they bill it out and track everything is just don't know if it's strictly going through dispatch like you know that's who's keeping track of it yeah i mean we found that for you i mean we check with pd we've had we've had uh commercial entities that are in waiting river that we're you know working out payment plans and things for for their outstanding fees so i would assume yes good okay we'll confirm that thanks all right quick okay all right so uh rich gave me a consolidated report for may and june just kind of an overview new complaints opened over the course of the two months is 139. Among them, we have 21 no building permit complaints, seven noise ordinance ones, six for no rental permit, nine relating to zoning use violations, not too many high grass and weeds, which is good to see because this is usually the time of year where we get that a lot. I know there are properties out there that could use a little trim here and there. So if anybody sees those and wants to send them over to code, please do. And how we typically treat those is we don't just go out and immediately write violations, we give the owner an opportunity to get the weeds and grass knocked down and then if they're not responsive or something, then code will go out and issue violations. Over May and June, we issued total summonses of 101, including 17 for no CO, unsafe buildings and structures 10, unregistered vehicles. Those are the highest count ones. Other ones are other various violations for either clearing or clearing of that permit, excavation of that permit, that sort of thing. We had one referral to the state of California, which was a little bit different. We had a referral from code for potential Supreme Court action that is still under further investigation and review. So if and when there's an appropriate time to bring it to the board for a potential resolution authorizing the litigation, that'll happen then. And with our rental codes, revenue collected over May and June, we have 63,875 and that brings year to date, as of May, to about $1,000.00. That's the end of June to $210,250. That's kind of the code enforcement summary. If there's any other issues that the board wants to address or ask me about, you have an answer. I had questions from the public regarding the home on Wading River Manor Road. Okay. And District Attorney Pilo had said that that is now in the appellate division. We're awaiting a decision on that case. Is that right? Yeah. So Victoria did a great job. The judge in Supreme Court held a hearing on our application for a preliminary injunction. We waited a couple weeks for a decision from the judge. He issued that decision, granted our preliminary injunction with some pretty strong words for the defendant indicating that they were willfully violating town code and, I think he said, willfully flouting the town code. And so we got the preliminary injunction. The defendant filed an appeal of that decision with the second department and made a motion for a stay of the judge's order, which requires you to travel into Brooklyn and you conference with a law clerk in the appellate division and they review the application that's performed. So Victoria went in for that and successfully opposed their application for a stay. So her application for a stay is now in the court. Okay. So there's a motion for application for an immediate stay. So the motion for a stay is still pending, but typically the appellate division will deny that motion if they didn't give you the immediate relief. Right. So it's not 100%, but that's typically how it goes. And so we're just kind of waiting there. Otherwise, I believe if there's stays not granted, the house has to be vacated by the end of this month. Right, July 31st. That's great news. Yeah. Victoria did a great job on that. Yes, thank you very much. It was a lot of work preparing for a hearing over in Supreme Court so you have to meet with witnesses, prepare testimony, then cross-examine the witnesses that the other side brings. Based on the judge's decision, there's no way you can say she didn't do an excellent job. It was really good. And then to oppose the motion at the appellate level, there's usually a very tight time frame on that, and you have to put in pretty extensive and detailed papers, so she did a great job on that too. Great. Very good. Thank you. Thank you, Victoria, and you and the whole department on that. Can you do an update on where people are wondering what's happening with Crown and also what's happening with the Patriot, what's going on on that property as well? I mean, we get a lot. Call us on that. Okay. So I'll start with Crown, and I mentioned this a little bit earlier this week at the town board meeting, but we did have a roundtable with Suffolk County Department of Health and the DEC, and we had on our side code enforcement, fire marshals, myself, and Frank Mancini, and discussing Crown, my understanding is that Crown has retained an environmental consultant for the remediation of the property and cleanup of the property, so she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she's clear she So that, because the structures are burned, their intake of municipal solid waste is suspended indefinitely. And they need a structure for further receipt of municipal solid waste. So that's not going to be part of their operation until the burned up trash that they had there is all taken out and the building is demolished and a new one is put in its place. So that's going to be some time. Now, under their DEC permit, they're also permitted to bring in a certain amount of yard waste and construction debris. That is all on a separate part of the parcel that was, according to the DEC, unaffected by the fire. So that part of their operation can continue. Right now, subject to the cubic yardage restrictions that are imposed pursuant to the permit. So, a patriot, and please correct me if I'm wrong on this, but when somebody does mulching, they can mulch up to, I think it's 300, 300 cubic yards at a time? So there's two different tracks here. There's what's required under the DEC's Part 360 regulations. And that for intake of compost material mulch is $3,000. So that's $3,000 cubic yards annually. $3,000. That's the limit before you need to get a registration from the DEC. And a registration allows you to take in 3,000 to 10,000 cubic yards. And then if you're going over 10,000 cubic yards, that requires a permit from the DEC. Now, under our town code, that's Chapter 229, we have, in general, everybody needs, a 229 permit for importation, exportation, or clearing and grading. There's an exemption for agricultural properties up to 3,000 cubic yards per year. That is, but that requires ongoing agricultural production. So agricultural production, in fact, that the imported material is supported by. That, that right now, in my interpretation, they do not qualify. They do not qualify for it because there is no ongoing agricultural production there. So they were issued a stop work order by code enforcement. That occurred, I forget which day it was, but they did violate it that night. So code enforcement went back. They will be receiving violations both for the 229 importation without a permit. They're going to get, I think, two of those. One for what's. What's come on there before and what they brought on after the stop order was violated. They'll get a violation for violating the stop order. They'll get violations for unpermitted use. Do we have an idea of who's tracking and is there a tracking mechanism to get to the 3,000 cubic yards? We don't know if they're under or over. So the DEC, my understanding, has been out there a number of times to check that. Now, the DEC. The DEC. Look there's there's a what they consider to count towards your 3,000 cubic yards. It's not the entirety of the of the truckload. So if you have a hundred cubic yard truckload, a certain percentage is considered the compost. And then another percentage is considered the bulking material. Whatever you're bulking it with doesn't count towards your 3,000 cubic yards. thousand cubic yards so if it's 50 50 which wouldn't according to the DC be an ideal mix but if it's 50 50 only 50 cubic yards of that hundred cubic yard trailer would count towards your 3,000 cubic yards so that's no it does but as the DC looking are they monitoring each load because if it is the question you know because the how much bulking material is there now so you know so Patriot is supposed to be keeping records of all the truckloads of where it originates what's in it where it goes how much it is they told me they can ask Patriot for that pretty much whenever they want so when we met with them earlier this week I asked them to please ask right and afford it to me thank you excellent job thank you appreciate it I'm sure the public is very that concerned public very thankful as well okay next up mr. clerk matter surrounding the monthly town clerk report and that'll cover of course May and June good morning morning well basically you have the reports it's a pretty cut-and-dry it's just a four-hour request for a little bit more in June than they were in May up to almost 300 before request which isn't that we're hoping that the next request out of software that we have going to I'm going to start using that probably in the next few weeks so I think that will help we're hoping everything's with civic plus is all networked together and we were slowly polishing all that up which is really nice it's very exciting in our office actually now fishing licenses marriage license is all up first are up at the 30 births in June alone so that was pretty good and correspondences are are up in June but what's going on in the town people weighing in on different areas that we're working on that's basically it but the big thing in the clerk's office we have a new Spanish interpreter or bilingual clerk she's in her third week now she's coming on nicely she's very good with the public she's great really great it's good she seems to be enjoying it I think from what from what she says and what she was really not to love in my office I mean getting to work with you to this obviously a prize for everybody what can you just confirm her hours just so people are aware because I know she's she works 11 to 2 30 every day so it's five days a week but 11 to 2 30 11 to 2 30 and some and we know we I work with the staff a lot sometimes she has two young children so sometimes she might say can I come a little earlier but she's always there in the midday more or less in the middle of the day and the bulk of our we get a lot of walk-ins I mean we could really have a very busy day but most of that is geared around lunches between 11 and 1 is right most people when they're out for their lunch they've been right they run over to town hall licensing going on with the state with the real license and the enhanced licenses they need copies of birth records and marriage records and all of that so a lot of them come in on their lunch hour to get that back and forth and I think that's a great way to get that done so it's good that she's here to help with that good we are going over to civic plus for the agenda management which we're still working out yeah some kinks not really kinks it's just a learning curve you know it's just trying to adjust over so I'll be working again with the minutes today and I thought I finished him yesterday but I found that there's a different way to do it so and Jim ran his portion of the town board meeting the other day from the laptop that's the first time that's ever been done right right did all of you it was and now I'm doing the paper backup in case the electronic one didn't work out but that was a good that was a good test right yeah it is and it gives some nuances because we'd like to you know we'd like to put the movers and seconders ahead of time so that sometimes creates emotion that I have to so it's just working out semantics so that we can but also the goal is for you to be able to manage your meeting in real time electronically from that platform that's a life that's the goal it's a live meeting it's a live meeting so that's a great thing and the good thing is it is a board portal so let's say let's say you're on vacation or you or let's say you're in a different area you can actually take you can actually join the meeting and live meeting and actually weigh in and vote that would be noticed accordingly that's a whole thing yeah that's always I mean that's the concepts there yeah and it's and we're able to do that now so you won't be you'll be able to weigh in and be on it but we're excited about all of it and that's the goal. I'm excited I can't wait to get back and start I tell you our IT is next to none I'm really one of the best IT sections around but I was talking with Chip today we were going through how we could clean up the minutes and and we figured out a way to and so is this I can't wait to go. Yeah the way IT and the town clerk's office have been collaborating in the rollout of this new program in terms of the lead up to the rollout and then the actual accomplishing the rollout and helping all the different departments get out so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so love it. We love that you love it. I like it. Well, you know, because it's going to be so much easier for the public to go ahead and find out exactly what was said and when it was said and how it was written and how it was prepared. A lot of times people are reactionary to something they heard. Well, listen to how it was said and maybe you'll understand the reaction. You know, so it's much better that way. It's much more clear. It's more transparent. So good. Thank you. And I appreciate you, Joanne. She came in and did a little interview with my office a couple weeks ago. So that was really, really well, too. Good. Yeah. You were a little bit tired. You like the Riverhead Action. That's a future Riverhead Action. Riverhead Action. Clip coming soon. I know it's one in the area on General Hospital, so this is like the next. I remember Dr. Droska very well as a teenager. And his wife, she still walks Main Street in her house. I didn't realize the inside, the outside of her house was immaculate. Right. So the inside matches that. I'll tell you the video. Nothing for you, Justin. You did a great job, but it just doesn't. It doesn't do the house justice. It's really to see it in person. I can't even imagine. I go by it every day. Yeah. It's encouraging. All right, Jim. Well, thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. And last, certainly not least, a matter surrounding monthly justice court report with Counselor Pilo. Good morning. Good morning. Here comes good news, I know. Yeah, no bad news. I mean, I don't think. I hope not. So total fines for June were 45,000. May was 29,000. So it was a 57% increase between May and June. Just means there were more dispositions in June. So blight mitigation in May, it's around 19,580. June, 33,415. And everything else is listed, I think, on the version that you guys have for June. I didn't know. Okay. Okay. So you give a grand total. Yeah. So that's the 45,880. Sorry. What else? So I had quite a few jail sentences, quite a few jail breakouts, which I'll explain to you if you don't know. Some individuals, if they have a couple of priors, the judge will give them a conditional discharge to not pick up another open alcohol. They generally do pick up another one within a week, not even a year. And then they're kind of matched. So they're married to the original jail sentence that was promised. And then you can, you know, go from there. So there were a few of those. I had a couple of trials, one of them being a front yard parking trial, which that kind of goes along with the, it's basically indicative of an overcrowded house. So when there's front yard parking, there's usually means that there are illegal tenants there. So we start off with the front yard parking trial. If they have other tickets on a different docket that's related to it. We approach those on a different day. But it's one way to kind of put some pressure on the homeowner to comply with the town code. You'll see that fire marshals are finally, not so much in May, because that's when it started out. But now the fire marshals are able to do that misdemeanor to violation amendment so that you can see more clearly that the fire marshals are, there was tickets on a different day. so you'll see more clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear around 30% so we want to kind of have that match with the times and also for the fine to match the severity so we're looking at just a few to name off because I'm compiling a list great chapter 289 the weight limit restrictions we want to see those go up right now they're only 250 for a first offense 500 for a second I think you know being able to take care of the roads and all the things that go with that the fine should definitely be reflective of that chapter 301 which is all of your site plan type offenses you know that's still at zero to a thousand I'd like to see the floor raised a little bit on that because obviously that hasn't been refreshed in a while and another one for example is unpermitted storage of explosives that's 250 to a thousand I think you know that's a it the fine should match the risk on that so those are the three that I believe my myself and can't do that for you. Councilman Kern have been looking at that we'll start off and then we'll keep digging through the code and seeing what needs to be refreshed. That's great because it's been years and years since some of these fines have been looked at. Yeah so just little by little because as you know all these you know we have to do the public hearing so we kind of have to you know work through it but I think three at a time going forward should be manageable. You know it would be great and I really it's great working with you Victoria I know this is this is you have to hunt for these. You know because there's no you know you just can't go fines. Yeah. And everything populates. Yeah. But I think the goal not only with your department but with other other departments is to have a spreadsheet that we can look at in at the end of November. Right. And add CPI to it so that it becomes automatic so that attorneys in the future town boards in the future never have to go through this again where something hasn't been changed. Right. 20 or 30. Yeah. So that's what I have. You did a lot of work. Thank you. No problem. So got some things going on and as you heard a few different courts. Thank you very much. You did a great job in that case. It's I'm confident you're going to win there too. I appreciate that. Thanks. That's what I have for the last two months. OK. So until next time. All right. Great. Thank you very much. Thanks. Today is your day Victoria. Yeah. Feels like it. Yeah. All right. Thank you everybody. So that concludes our open session agenda. In a moment we'll go into executive session to discuss one item possible litigation with counselors Howard and Hurley. And that is it. We amended the agenda so that's the only thing we'll have on the docket there. You're giving me a look. What is the problem? Oh, right. Good thought. So we wanted to just mention we were discussing with our town historian. And next year as everybody knows America turns 250 years old. So next year July 4th 2026 is going to be a big deal obviously across the country. And we want to celebrate acutely here in the town of Riverhead. So we are going to be forming a committee America 250 committee. The details of which we're going to put out in a flyer tomorrow Friday. But we're inviting the public to consider. Taking a look at that and consider participating in some capacity on that committee. So we're going to have folks from within town hall participating. Of course the town historian Georgette has a lot of good ideas about what that celebration might look like next year here at the town. So she'll be involved as well. And we're encouraging folks from outside of town hall to consider participating. So folks can keep an eye out for that. As I said we're going to put the flyer out tomorrow. The town board can circulate that. The town board can circulate it as well of course. We're looking for a lot of ideas and a lot of enthusiasm around what should be a really great event next year. I'm excited. Yeah absolutely. It's going to be great. Thank you for the recall on that Debbie. I had forgotten that. Alright so with that I'll ask for a first and a second to go into executive session. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? So moved. Thank you very much everybody. Have a good day. Thank you so much. [transcription gap] Thank you.