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Thank you. Thank you. 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. Thank you, everybody. Okay, we're going to get right to it. We have an open session today. The first matter we have, matters surrounding monthly police department report with Chief Frost. Good morning, Chief. How are you?

Okay, we're moving along pretty well here.

Our number of criminal incidents was 158 as compared to 191 last year using the same reporting system, the NIBR system, so it's a good comparison. I also did look at the period from June. July, August, September of 2024 versus the same period for this year. We're down 249 criminal incidents. It represents an approximate 28% drop in criminal incidents. It's nice when you beef up the police department and see results like that. Yes. That's exactly what it was intended to do, and it's working like a dream. So if you're looking at page three and four, this is our NIBR's report. As you can see, we had 168 criminal incidents in August. We went down to 158. Again, I feel we're adequately staffed as the supervisor, and thanks to all the town board members, it definitely helps out with other specialized units. Like the crime control unit that goes against crimes that maybe the person left the scene. And we go back and put a case together and arrest them. It tells the bad people not to come here, do the crime someplace else. That's been reinstituted back with you. Correct. Yes. We didn't have that for a while because we were down in manpower, and now that there's an increase, you've got bodies, you can do those things. So it's ideal. Yeah. You know, we're working on, I know, Mr. Kern, our alarm billing is still an issue, obviously. We did a lot in the summertime because we had a summer intern. So we're looking at possibly, because our current system doesn't do it automatically like our old RMS did. So we're looking possibly at an outside vendor that would take a certain portion of almost like our parking tickets, like FBS does now, where at least we could get into revenue on a regular basis instead of like, you know, we'll have probably an intern over the winter. You know, like they're college kids and they do all like the manual, you know, getting all the reports together. And, you know, Central Records makes the bills and sends them out. So. And we want to pursue those handheld devices. That will help tremendously with issuing parking tickets. It's easy. It literally just prints the ticket out, takes a photo of the incident. It will be great. Yeah. I don't know if you have anything else. Obviously, there's a busy weekend all around. Around town, a lot of events. I'll be out on Saturday. A few of them. That's pretty much it. I don't know if you guys have anything else. Just repeat that. Crime is down. Yes. Thanks to all your efforts. Thank you very much. Thank you guys for doing the right job staffing. Thank you for working with what you have and doing what you're doing. It's a great job. This is month after month. Crime is down. It's just fantastic. Let's keep it that way. It's the quality of life. More police out on the street is a deterrence. Somebody wants to do something stupid, they think twice when they see a police officer in the area. And correct directed patrols in certain areas. Obviously, by paying attention to where the issues are and hitting it quick and fast and keeping it up, it helps deter the crime. It's great. I know as a first responder. Like. Riverhead PD are on the scene right away. And like so being a first responder in the 604 sector, it's like, you know, it's nice to go when you arrive there. They're there. There's the explanation at the door of what's happening and what you're walking into. Our response time is very low in general. It always has been even for decades. You know, it's great. Just a quick question, Chief. That for motor vehicles. So when they report the theft, you can track license plates right through the town? I guess I forget what that system is called. The LPR license plate reader. Okay. Yeah. I mean, these thefts, I mean, are they stealing them from people's houses, parking lots? It could be people's driveways, parking lots. Unfortunately, people do. You know, I suggest always locking your doors. Don't leave anything valuable out. But unfortunately, people do not always pay attention to that. And they leave. They'll leave a computer sitting out on their front seat. And then someone. You know, walking around neighborhoods or in parking lots, you know, 58. It could be anywhere, really, to be honest. Okay. Okay. The guy we saw in the parking lot last night? Yeah. After you left, I watched him for a while because he was walking up and down through all the rows. And I finally chased him out of there. But. That's what he was doing. Looking for an unlocked car. How could, you know, that's. Opportunistic. Yeah. But we'll arrest him if we get caught. People have to call. You know, that's the biggest thing. You know, that's what I always tell the public. You know, call. Absolutely. Okay. Good. Thank you, Chief. Excellent job. Thanks, Joey.

Okay. Next up, we have matters surrounding a monthly code enforcement report. Senior Investigator Downs. I don't know. We want the opposite. So crime is down. We want to hear code enforcement is up. Crime in status quo. No. How's everybody doing this morning? Good. How are you, Rich? Good. Good. All right. Complaint investigations. We opened up 64 new complaints. Bullet points you have before you. The high grass high weeds. We had three property. maintenance we had 14 unregistered vehicles we had six no building permits work without permits we had seven zoning violations we had five illegal rentals rentals without permits we had four litter debris we had two dangerous or unsafe structures we had two illegal signage we had one noise complaints one no CO no certificate of occupancy is three and some miscellaneous ones we had 16 those are the miscellaneous are mostly our property maintenance code moving on to the tickets we issued a total of 70 summonses for the month for no COs no building permits unsafe structures rubbish weeds rental permits a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a and those other misillaneous complaints lighting signage obstructions and hazards we issued a we had one Supreme Court action that we referred to the county attorney's office moving on to our rental properties we inspected 63 properties we didn't have any apartments this month permits that we issued we issued 84 a new rental applications that were submitted 63 and our revenue collected in September is twenty five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars year-to-date revenue is two hundred and sixty one thousand five hundred and fifty thousand fifty dollars rich I want to commend you and Victoria it's going to be up here shortly yes yes but what you did with Staples parking lot staying on top of that seriously it was a long time coming and it finally looks decent oh yeah yeah you don't get lost in a pothole in there yeah yeah yeah they finally did a nice job yeah yeah I really appreciate what you guys did thank you yeah I took a drive by there the other day and I did go behind the building so they did a lot of cleanup behind the building also and the landscape areas they took care of too so good just so the public knows this is something that you've been working on for a while to get them to do what they've done this wasn't because somebody put a video up on social media and claims that they're responsible for the parking lot being fixed something we've been working off quite some months yeah literally we had an absentee absentee landlord that we were dealing with but we finally got his attention great job yep I just want to ask with the illegal rentals is that good? I just want to ask with the illegal rentals is that good? I just want to ask with the illegal rentals is that good? I just want to ask with the illegal rentals is that good? has that gone down because you guys done a great job with code revamping it on the illegal rental you know and yeah it has it has gone down yes yes and we're proposing to do that transient rental law change so that will help things out with respect to the short-term rentals you open 64 new cases in September you had a hundred and fifty six ongoing so you acted you're currently working 220 cases I think that's important for the public to know oh yeah so these cases take time they take time to investigate and close out and that's quite a workload for the number of code enforcement officers we have so yes it is yep we're trying to keep up with the rentals you know we're falling a little bit behind with them because we lost a guy but we're looking to try to you know fix that situation that's a good every years a proposed to every two years now so you're getting every one Every one year we have annually. That's important. Yep. All rentals. Yep. Yep. That's a great achievement. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you guys. Appreciate it. Yep. Okay next up we have Matt of surrounding the monthly town clerk report with Clerk James Wooten. Good morning. You've been pretty busy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Gordon share the kids table now it's been a pretty steady month in a town but nothing really new for hunting licenses or up a foil request for just under 400 for the month of this is for the month of September it's easing up a little bit in October otherwise it's pretty cut and dry a lot of marriages a lot of yard sales over six over 60 yard sales Wow we had to plan would come in and they put 26 permits I guess having a bigger than a clip with this weekend so actually they're doing a whole I guess all of them so 26 people got your sales that well that's what I always do I always go to yard sales just to click stuff for my own you know I'm saying you have to make a lot of money and I'm not going to do that I'm not going to do that I'm saying you have to make enough to pay for the dumpster for the stuff that you didn't sell it but otherwise it's been it's been pretty steady 360 request for death certificates it's not uncommon I mean it's a funeral home or someone comes in you know they want tent or tent whatever family want oh okay you know it's it's a pleasure tent of them or it it was 360 oh I don't think I have that report how many people uses it people actually passed away. I know I do comparisons in my office between births and deaths but then again you know people, the death certificates I get are from Connick Bay Medical or Acadia Nursing Home and they're not necessarily Rivet residents. They may be located there from outside of Rivet Town. So although it's a death in Rivet, it doesn't mean it's a Rivet resident. Not always. As you would know. Yes, sir. Another thing I know there was a little bit of, I'm sorry if I seem defensive at the last town board meeting about the correspondence, what I always tried to do was put everything in so everybody could see. Public, everybody could see exactly what we get in and sometimes it's hard to differentiate whether they're Rivet residents or not. Because an email, they just sign it. So because of that, controversy and I got a couple of emails from people that suggested that you know when you come to the podium you have to announce where you're from. So I saw my website, I talked to my staff and I said well I think what we're gonna do is all correspondence will go to the board and only correspondence that will be published will have an address on it. So you have to stand and if you want your, you want your email or your correspondence part of the record and part of the agenda. You have to put your name in town. Your address. Your name. So we'll only publish those. So that way there'll be no question as to where they're from. So we will continue to get everything. You will. Okay. I think it bridges what the concerns are. But then again it might not. You know we might have to go back to old. Because some people I say wait a second. I'm transparent. I'm not getting everything. I presume if you haven't put your address on here, you're not from Riverhead. That's the way I always look at it. If you're giving us a correspondence and you didn't want to put your address, you don't. Then again, I just want to be transparent about all the correspondence, but it depends on the issue, too. Sometimes it's not an issue if it's something that's with the Sagittarius or whether it's charter school. I mean, we've got the same thing with Scott's Point, that they're flurry. So I think it depends on the issue as to whether it's an issue or not. I hate to say it like that, but it really is. But I know the board well, and I remember from sitting in that seat for 12 years that you have your own way of discerning. You know what it is, whether it's fluff. You know what it is. I mean, you make your decisions based on what's best for Riverhead. It doesn't matter how many people write it from outside. It doesn't matter how many people write it from inside the town. So I'm confident in that, but I don't think any thousand letters coming from all over the island is going to sway you one way or the other as far as what your decision is going to be. You'd probably get 20,000 for Splish Splash from all over the place, right? Well, the bottom line is you know, if you want Riverhead to be set up as a regional area, not just a local area, and that's what we're doing. So that's really your decision. But other than that, so we'll see if that works. I put it on the website. That's how we're going to address the correspondence and see how that goes. And that's it. Very good. Okay. Thank you, sir. Next up, we have matters surrounding the monthly Justice Court report with Counselor Pilo.

Good morning. Good morning. Does everyone have? Everyone has. Do you have? All right. It was stapled to the clerk's report. I have plenty of copies of you. It's hiding. There it is. Thank you. Okay. So blight mitigation you'll see went up a bit. I believe that is due to the increase in fines for no rental permit and things like that. We're finally seeing results from those. So we also have a little bit of an uptake in fire marshal, which is good now that we're able to few months ago when we were able to have the one violation level offense for the fire marshals. Now they're able to get some credit on those parking went up a lot. You'll see that because this was September. So these are all the summer beach tickets, things like that. Um, it'll go down in the next few months when there's less beach tickets, but they'll still be your, um, handicap parking. Okay. So we're going to have to get that back. Okay. So it's still there. You'll see it. You'll see it. You'll see it. You'll see it. You'll see it. You'll see it. You'll see it. You'll see it. You'll see it. You'll see it. You'll see it. You'll see it. You'll see it. Default judgments, you'll see, we had a couple of those. Those are pretty good because they will get the defendant's attention because once they get a notice that they have a default judgment against them, it will trip them up and it will also be the maximum fines on each and every charge instead of if they were to come to court, show remediation and get some sort of a plea deal. So it's always good to have those. I think I discussed this last month, the conditional discharges with the jail breakouts makes people think twice when they're out there drinking in public. And that's really all I have. I have a trial for October 30th. No CO. What we've been doing lately, we've been setting some things down for trial if people are dragging their feet on getting their building permits and COs. Two to three adjournments, some long adjournments are fine if they're really making an effort. If I see on the first date, they put in for the building permit. The second date, they were missing some items, we'll give them some time for the CO. But if it becomes a problem where months are going by and there's no real effort and it's clear that they're making excuses or they're not coming in, we've been certifying those and setting those down for trial. Because at that point, there's really no sense in holding them open. So that's what I have on that. Victoria, thank you very much. I mean, working with you in code and getting the staples situation done, excellent. I'm glad he was able to meet with us and he took the Supreme Court action seriously. Go ahead. Thank you for the waiting. We have an address as well. What's the latest on that? So a great majority of the illegal occupants have been removed in the past week. I don't know an exact number. I'll keep it simple and say that there is a lot of frivolous litigation that is coming from the defense side as a tactic to delay. I'm addressing that. But they are actually actively removing the occupants based on the Supreme Court order and the DSS topic that we discussed last time. Thank you very much for all your work in that. I actually received a phone call from a Jamesport resident thanking you for a case that you were handling out in Jamesport. Oh, great. They were very happy. I appreciate that. Thank you. Thanks, everyone. Good job. Good job. All right. Until next time, thank you. Thank you. Next up, we have matters surrounding possible waiving of requirements for compliance with Article 48 for a proposed sign at the Riverhead Fire District headquarters at 540 Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead. And that will be with Greg Bergman from our Planning Department. Good morning, everybody. Good morning. So, this is really simple. So, the Board recently adopted a code amendment to the sign code, Article 48, to allow for a town board waiver when a sign doesn't meet the zoning requirements if it's submitted by someone operating under a political entity or a related governmental subdivision such as Riverhead Fire District, Riverhead Library, RVAC, etc. So, the Riverhead Fire District submitted an application for an informational sign at their headquarters on Roanoke Avenue. The way the code works, I just drafted up a quick memo. The plan was reviewed and approved by the ARB, so based on the fact that it's Riverhead Fire District, even though it doesn't meet the requirements of the business PB zoning district, recommending the town board waive those requirements. Super easy. I mean, I'll be honest. The Riverhead Fire District was sort of the impetus for the

code amendment. We were trying to figure out how to make it work, so this is the plan in action. Good. Yes. Very good. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Okay. Next up, we have a Riverhead in Action video, and it's regarding the Peconic Hockey Foundation featuring the official New York Islanders practice at Ed Westfall Arena. And I'll let you speak on it right now. Well, just before we roll in, I want to have a special thank you to John Ledecky, owner of the New York Islanders, the Peconic Hockey Foundation, and certainly the entire New York Islanders organization. They have been extremely supportive, not just financially, but just publicly coming out over the, since the inception of the arena. They particularly send out players that just kind of randomly show up at some point. So, thank you. You were saying it's a great day for them. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. hard they work. You know, there are some big guys out there on skates and watching them play was incredible. And then meeting them afterwards, they were all very friendly and it was their last pre-season practice before they opened their season up and it was well attended kids. I mean, I'm a big kid, but they were, the kids were enamored with them. They just went out there on the ice with them and took pictures and got autographs. It was really a good time. They went handing out hockey pucks and sticks and everything. Who were they, that team, the boys, the hockey team? All different branches of the Peconic Wildcats and just other members of the school that play. So it was kind of invited. There's a limit on how many people that we can have in the arena at the time of the practice. And then also they have to follow like NHL regulation. They are working on plays and so they don't allow certain filming and things like that, you know, cause they're working on their plays for the game day. But we had a lot of children that were also outside the arena as well. And so Leon has made a specific point to go outside and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's And it was a great day. I was a little kid, so you look at it, I look like a little kid. But I've been following them since I was five. It was great. It was like 85 outside that day. It was. It was. It felt good to go in the arena. It was nice. My favorite part was when they were practicing and all the kids were standing outside the arena looking through the boards, the glass boards, and the players would come by with their sticks and tap the stick right in front of the kid. And the kids were like, oh. It was really fun. It was really fun. It was a good day. I'm very sorry that I missed it. It was my mother-in-law's birthday, and I was hosting her birthday party. Happy birthday, Mom. That's a good reason. Yes. All right, if you're ready to roll it, I think you can go ahead, Justin. All right.

Hi, this is Tim Hubbard, supervisor of the great town of Riverhead, and you're watching Riverhead in Action, a media podcast about the great city of Riverhead. It's 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. Thank you.

That was great. My kids are out here. They're having fun. It was just a fun day for everybody, I think, and we're happy to be out here, and I know the smiles on their faces is what it's all about. I was in their shoes not too long ago. I mean, I'm only 18 years old still, so to come out and, you know, just show them what it's like, show them, you know, it's so lucky to have a rink out here. Not many people get this. It's a great facility, and it's fun times for them, too.

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I've been by this, you know, to get to know more, to teach other more and I think players love that. Excellent. Great job. Great job. Very nice. It was so great with the kids. It really was. It was a great day. So thank you New York Islanders and John Ledecky. Absolutely. So now I keep asking you, can you get the New York Mets to play on our ball field sometime for practice? We'll work on it. We'll work on it. I shouldn't say this but I think our ball fields are too nice for the New York Mets. Very disappointed in them this year. Very disappointed. Okay, the fan mail is coming in already. Good morning everyone. Good morning. Oh, good morning. Good morning. If we're ready we'll go through resolutions. Yes. Time for resolutions. Okay. Resolution number one, Water District Capital Project number 82517, Summer Wind Farm Subdivision Budget Adoption. Resolution number two, Ambulance District Fund Balance Transfer, Chassis and Body Remount. Number three, a Men's Town Board Resolution 2022-527. Okay. 22-580. The difference in the unspent developer fees. Number four, a Men's Town Board Resolution 2022-583. Same thing. Project. Number five, authorize the removal of fixed assets. Antiquated computers. We're getting rid of them. Number six, appoints an automotive equipment operator. Number seven, appoints a senior accountant. Okay. Number eight, appoints an office assistant. Number nine, ratifies the appointment of an automotive equipment operator. Number 10, ratifies the appointment of a call-in food service worker. Number 11, terminates a principal accountant. Number 12, appoints a principal accountant and deputy financial administrator. Number 13, ratifies the termination of an office assistant. Number 14, acceptance of 2024 audited financial statements. Number 15, assumes lead agency status, issues positive declaration pursuant to SECR for the special permit and site plan application of Duffy MX Motocross Track 2822 River Road, Calverton, New Jersey. Number 15, assumes lead agency status, issues positive declaration pursuant to SECR for the special permit and site plan application of Duffy MX Motocross Track 2822 River Road, Calverton, New Jersey. Number 16, approves fireworks application for Main Street Agency and Associates LLC, Halloween Fest, October 25, 2025. Number 17, approves fireworks application for Baiting Hollow Club, October 28, 2025. Number 18, approves special event, Chapter 2,

for Sale Sale Sale Sale for Sale Sale Sale for Sale Sale Sale for Sale Sale Sale for Sale Sale Sale for Sale Sale Sale for Sale Sale Sale for Sale Sale for Sale Sale for Sale Sale for Sale Sale for Sale Sale for Sale Sale for the supervisor to execute a license agreement for site access and staging with Long Island Electric Utility Service, LLC, as agent for and on behalf of Long Island Lighting Company, DBA, LIPA.

Resolution. Just want to touch on that for a second. That worked out really well. They staged, from what I'm told, approximately 100 vehicles up on the runway during this past week's Nor'easter, and the response time, because they had crews come up from all over the tri-state area, the response time was great, and any outages were handled quickly, and they were well prepared, and the location was ideal. So that worked out very well. I thank the town attorney's office for putting that together and making that happen in a very short time period. It works for them, and it works for us, so it's a good thing. Resolution number 22 authorizes the town clerk to publish a post notice to bidders for the Seamline M Series M1 Unit Melter Applicator or Equal. I have one in my car. I should have just given it to him. Good. I don't even know what it is. Resolution 23 authorizes the town attorney to bring legal action against the Office of Cannabis Management, the Cannabis Control Board, and the State of New York.

Resolution 24 waives requirements for compliance with Article 48 for a proposed sign at the Riverhead Fire District, Headquarters 540 Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead, New York, Suffolk County, tax month number 600-126-4-31.1. We just kicked back to the last one with the town attorney to bring legal action. Eric, could you just come up and explain so the public has a good idea where we're going with this? Good morning. Good morning, sir. Good morning. So last week, my office had a company that was going to be a legal action against the Office of Cannabis Management, and I was going to be a legal action against the Office of Cannabis Management, and I was going to be a legal action against the Office of Cannabis Management, and I was going to be a legal action against the Office of Cannabis Management, and I had a conference call with Southampton and our outside counsel on the 1086 LLC Brian Stark Enterprises matter. John Wagner is our counsel on that. He was also retained by Southampton to work on their cannabis matters that are pending, and based on the advisory opinions that have been issued by the Cannabis Control Board, and in our consultations with Southampton, we agreed that it appears that that regulatory agency is overstepping their legislative mandate as set forth in the cannabis law and intruding upon the time, place, and manner authorities that were conferred upon the towns pursuant to Cannabis Law 131. So we are agreeing to join with Southampton by retaining John Wagner to commence legal action against the appropriate parties, including but not limited to Office of Cannabis Management, Cannabis Control Board, and or the State of New York. Thank you. I think people just need to know that, you know, we set up drug-free school zones back in the 80s, and it's 1,000 feet from the schools, and it is written under federal law as well as state law. And so the Office of Cannabis Management has gone outside of those boundaries, and they just said, well, we say 500 feet. And they've even issued multiple licenses throughout the state for less than 500. And so we've been a strong proponent for the drug-free school zones to keep it away, and this is now we're battling where the Office of Cannabis Management thinks that they can just set up new rules and terms going against their own New York state law. So they're not a regulatory body. They're not writing law. But they seem to be granting these licenses just based on their, you know, the ultimate authority. And so we're going to fight them in court to protect those school zones, to protect our kids, and, again, the laws that we wrote for the town were participated in by the school districts. They were participated in by the police department, by the civic associations, residents, as well as retailers and growers. It was our law and our regulations were well thought out, well planned, and when needed adjusted, they were adjusted. And so I always firmly stand by them and the regulations we have, and the state or judge has no right to take away time, place, and matter from us, and we'll fight them. We'll fight them. Yeah. And that's with the two cases that we've had recently, I think TINC and E and 1086 LLC, the decisions that came out of Supreme Court really seem to imply that they're interpreting the regulations as state law. It's not the same thing. The regulations are generally established by a regulatory body. They have to be adopted in the proper manner. But they don't constantly. They don't always constitute state law. So right now what we see is a conflict between the state law and the regulations that are being established. And we think that it needs to be sorted out one way or the other through legal action. It will probably end up going to an appellate court at some point. But I mean in my analysis, the limitation on the town's time, place, and manner authority is conditioned by unreasonably impractical rules. So I think that's a good point. I think that's a good point. I think that's a good point. The current regulations that are in place have a procedure for determining what unreasonably impractical means. What it seems to me is that the way that that's being interpreted by the Cannabis Board is as it applies to a particular licensee, right? So it's not so much whether our zoning makes it unreasonably impractical for a cannabis operation to be located in the town. It's being applied specific to the applicant as to whether they can open in a location that they want to open at. Right? So but that's what zoning is. And everyone else has to comply with zoning. So what the Cannabis Board appears to be doing is making exceptions to people who have to comply with zoning. And that's one of the things that we feel was reserved under municipal home rule. And that's what we're looking to have litigated. 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Mr. Rothwell you want to mention what's going on at our back so it's big weekend so on Saturday October 18th this Saturday from 2 to 4 our back is also publicly unveiling their plans for the new building in addition it is a fundraising event so there'll be some food there it'll be 96.1 radio station will be there the idea is that it's a fundraising event for everyone in the town from the smallest donations to get a lawn sign out there. it's also it's a firsthand. it's also it's a firsthand. it's also it's a firsthand. it's also it's a firsthand. it's also it's a firsthand. it's also it's a firsthand. it's also it's a firsthand. to be utilized to build the facility. But also it's a first-hand look at residents to really come up there and see what they have been battling for many years, to see the antiquated facility as well, so they understand the whole design and necessity for this new facility. So please join us at ARVAC on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m., and it's going to be a fun day. Maybe bring your wallet and purse. Absolutely. Looking forward to that. And on Sunday, October 19th, we have Racetrack Not Street Fall Motorsports Racing Events. That's from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. And the annual Aquabog Elementary Fall Festival, which is another great outing, that's on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and that's at Aquabog School on the corner of Edgar and Main Road. And they have a lot of nice stuff there. It's a good time to stop down. All right. Ken? You have one? Sure. Yeah, just one more. It is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so there is hosted by, in partnership with Northwalk Radiology, no-cost breast cancer screening event is going to be on Saturday, November 1st, from 10 to 2. That's at 1333 Roanoke Avenue. So in Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we just ask everybody to get checked out, please. It is a no-cost event working with Northwell and Peconic Bay Medical Center. So please, women, get checked out. That's a great event. I mean, that's a great program that they're doing, and it works in conjunction with the committee you have set up. Yes, so Dr. O is on our committee for the Hispanic Development Center, but it's an event for everyone in the town, townwide, but he has been a great promoter of a lot of health events and wellness events, and we're probably going to have a health and wellness fair coming up in the spring to do these things. But they just, you know, when people are concerned about health insurance, finances, things like that, these are the ones you really need to pay attention to because, again, this is a no-cost event. So come in and get yourself checked out. Denise, you have something? I was going to mention, Sue, you may have said it and I didn't hear it, I apologize, but stop at the Riverhead Garage, I believe it's also Saturday, from 8 in the morning until 2 p.m. Your old TVs, paints, everything. Bring that down there. Get rid of it. Do some fall cleaning. It's done twice a year. It's done twice a year and it won't happen again until late spring next year. So if you've got stuff sitting around and you're looking to get rid of it, that's the place to go. The stuff you couldn't sell at the garage sales. Yeah. The old paint cans and motor oil and everything else they take. Commodore 64 computers, who's got them? They're worth money. They might be worth money. Absolutely. All right, in a moment I'm going to – I'm sorry, go ahead. Just looking a week ahead in the future, Saturday, October 25th, we have our Halloween Fest downtown at the Town Square. There will not be trick-or-treating this year at this. It's going to be more focused on community. There will be vendors for food and different things. We're going to have a pumpkin derby. There will be – I can't remember what the website is right now. I'll get it out to everybody somehow. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. But it starts at 4 o'clock. At 7 o'clock there will be a parade, which is going to be fantastic. We have something very impressive that will be at the end of the parade, and then that will be followed by fireworks. So here comes Deputy Supervisor Higgins with my information. The website you're looking for is HalloweenFestRiverhead.com. Thank you. Okay. HalloweenFestRiverhead.com. You can get more information there. get more information on all the great things that are going on. So we hope to see everybody October 25th. MR. Excellent. Can't wait. Okay. In a moment, I'm going to close out the open session, and we'll go into executive session to discuss under contractual matters surrounding possible sale of real property with Howard, matters surrounding contractual agreement between the Town of Riverhead and Rosemar Construction Corp. That's with Testa and Dillingham. Under litigation, we have matters surrounding litigation with Traditional Links Golf Course and the Town of Riverhead, and that will be with Howard, Tenenberg, Lipinski, and Brown. Okay. If I could have a motion to close open session and go into executive session? MR. So moved. MR. Seconded. MR. All in favor? MR. Aye. MR. All opposed? Okay. Open session is closed, and we are going to go off to executive session. Thank you, everybody. Have a great weekend.

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