April 16, 2024 — Town Board

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0:00Thank you.

0:30Thank you.

1:00Thank you.

1:25Thank you, Mr. Kahn.

1:26I feel funny calling you Noreen

1:27because you were my English teacher

1:29and

1:29and a favorite teacher

1:31I might add at that.

1:32Yes.

1:33Of many Riverhead students.

1:35But it's great to see you

1:37and it's great to see you.

1:38You've worked in the town

1:39and been active in the town

1:41for many years.

1:42So thank you for coming tonight.

1:44OK.

1:45As we start off,

1:46we do we have somebody

1:47for an invocation tonight?

1:49Why, yes, we do, supervisor.

1:50I know we do.

1:51I'm just teasing.

1:52But go ahead and announce her.

1:53We are very glad

1:54to have once again with us

1:55Reverend Mary Cooper

1:56and for joining us today

1:58as we always appreciate

1:59your wonderful work.

1:59Thank you.

2:01Thank you, sir.

2:03OK.

2:04Would you like to stand?

2:05Sure.

2:06Reverend Cooper,

2:11maybe just pull the mic

2:12down a little bit.

2:13Pull it down?

2:13Yeah.

2:15There you go.

2:16Perfect.

2:18Father, we thank you

2:19for this beautiful day

2:20that you gave to us

2:21to rejoice

2:22and to be exceedingly glad.

2:24We also thank you

2:25for the beautiful rainbow

2:26and the eclipse.

2:28We thank you

2:29for this opportunity

2:29and to be here

2:30and to be here

2:31as one community,

2:32oh God,

2:34that we may talk together,

2:35we may reason together,

2:37that we may pray together,

2:39that we may do things

2:41that make our community

2:42so beautiful.

2:44And Lord,

2:44we thank you

2:45for even on YouTube.

2:46They said that Riverhead Town

2:48is a place,

2:49good place to visit.

2:50We ask that you just continue

2:52to bless us,

2:53lead and guide us.

2:54Bless those who serve us,

2:55oh God,

2:56with wisdom,

2:57health and strength,

2:58oh God.

2:59We give you the strength

2:59and the strength

2:59of God.

2:59We give you the strength

2:59and the strength

2:59and we praise glory and honor

3:00in Jesus' name,

3:01amen.

3:02Amen.

3:04Thank you,

3:04Reverend Cooper.

3:08It's official,

3:09we're on YouTube.

3:11Great.

3:13Okay.

3:14As we have a community

3:16development agency

3:18meeting tonight,

3:19what we're going to do

3:20is get Dawn Thomas

3:22down here

3:23and we,

3:26we open the town board meeting,

3:28we're going to close it

3:29and we're going to

3:29have a meeting

3:30with the town board

3:30for matters for the CDA.

3:37Okay.

3:38That,

3:39that works.

3:41I can have a motion

3:42to close the town board meeting

3:44and open the community

3:45development agency meeting.

3:47So moved.

3:48Second.

3:49All in favor?

3:49Aye.

3:50All opposed?

3:51Okay.

3:52The CDA meeting

3:53is now open

3:54and we will turn it over

3:57to our CDA director,

3:59Mr.

3:59Dawn Thomas.

4:00Hello.

4:01Do you have

4:01Hello.

4:02Quick, I just,

4:04thank you.

4:04Sorry.

4:05Sorry about that.

4:07We would need

4:09open comments

4:10on CDA matters only.

4:11That's the first item

4:12on the agenda.

4:13There are no resolutions

4:14or minutes

4:16from prior meetings

4:17to approve, so.

4:19Do we have anybody here

4:20that would like to comment

4:21on the CDA matters only?

4:26Seeing nobody in the audience

4:27and seeing that we have

4:28nobody online,

4:29we can go ahead

4:31and close the meeting.

4:32CDA meeting.

4:33So we would need a motion

4:34and a second

4:35to close the meeting.

4:35So moved.

4:37Seconded.

4:38Waskie.

4:39Yes.

4:39Merrifield.

4:40Yes.

4:41Kern.

4:41Yes.

4:41Rothwell.

4:42Yes.

4:42Hubbard.

4:43Yes.

4:43Okay, CDA meeting is closed.

4:46That was a great meeting.

4:47Thank you.

4:47That was painless.

4:48That was completely painless.

4:50I know.

4:50Yeah.

4:51Very efficient.

4:53Okay.

4:53Supervisor.

4:54Yes, ma'am.

4:55We have announcements.

4:55Yes.

4:56We have any announcements

4:58that anybody would like to make?

4:59Councilwoman Waskie.

5:01Yes.

5:01Thank you, Supervisor.

5:03Sunday, April 28th,

5:06the Anti-Litter Committee,

5:09along with the Town of Riverhead,

5:10is hosting an Earth Day cleanup.

5:13You can come here by 9 o'clock

5:17on that Sunday morning,

5:18and we will have bags and pickers

5:21and T-shirts available

5:24for everyone that is participating.

5:26It's going to last only a few hours,

5:28and you'll be able

5:29to disperse to different areas throughout the township

5:33of Riverhead from Wading River to Jamesport.

5:37And we would love your participation.

5:39So please come on down and help us all out

5:43and get things cleaned up.

5:45Thank you.

5:47I have one.

5:48Thank you.

5:49Bob, you have one.

5:51Yes. So Saturday night is a huge benefit.

5:52It's called Rocking for the Homeless at Polish Hall.

5:56So this is a great event.

5:58Thank you.

5:58So this Saturday night,

6:01it's usually completely packed.

6:03There's a lot of bands that are playing for free

6:06to help the cause.

6:08So that's it.

6:09What time is it?

6:09Do you know about it?

6:11I don't know.

6:11I asked them to send it to me.

6:12They didn't get it.

6:13OK.

6:14All right.

6:14One coming.

6:15If we get that information,

6:17we can maybe put it up online too

6:19and let everybody know.

6:20Excellent.

6:21So I just want to take a moment, Supervisor,

6:24on your State of the Town address for the 100 days.

6:27You took the opportunity to do that.

6:28Thank you.

6:29And I want to thank you for your leadership.

6:30I know it's been an opportunity to thank all of us.

6:31But I think on behalf of all of us now to formally say thank you

6:33for your leadership, your guidance.

6:35It has been an absolute pleasure working

6:36with you since the first of the year.

6:38I've been fortunate to work with you for the past two years,

6:41three years prior.

6:42And I just want to say that it's really been great,

6:44your open door policy.

6:45And I thank you for your leadership.

6:47You're doing a great job.

6:48How much?

6:49Yeah.

6:51Well, thank you.

6:52That was very nice.

6:53Very nice.

6:53I mean, it's really.

6:55I appreciate that.

6:56Things have really been going well.

6:57It makes it happen.

6:58And I'm one vote, as everybody is up here.

7:01And having the five of us collectively working together

7:05has been a blessing for the town.

7:06So I appreciate all that each and every one of you

7:08do and the assistance.

7:09Yeah.

7:10And I'll echo that.

7:11Thank you.

7:11Because the one thing, there was no fat in that speech.

7:13It was all meat on the bone.

7:16It's just one good thing after the other.

7:18And a lot of things that are going on continue to go on.

7:20So it's good.

7:22Just wait.

7:22You know the things we have in the fire

7:24right now going on town wide.

7:25So they're only going to get better.

7:27Absolutely.

7:29Thank you so much.

7:31OK.

7:31I have Denise.

7:32Do you have anything?

7:34Other than to say thank you again for all your leadership

7:36and a great job.

7:37Thank you.

7:38I had the pleasure today of having a meeting

7:41with the good people from the Cornell Cooperative Extension.

7:44And I have to tell you, I knew a little bit of what they did.

7:50And I'll give you an example.

7:51I had a disease in my lawn.

7:53And I dug up a sample.

7:55And I knew I could take it there.

7:56And they would test the soil.

7:57And tell me what the pH was.

8:00And what maybe the disease was in the grass.

8:03And they did.

8:03And I had something called red thread disease.

8:06And they told me how to treat it and whatnot.

8:07So I knew they did that.

8:09And also, I had gotten my food service certificate

8:13back when my wife and I were in the restaurant business.

8:16And I renewed that one other time.

8:18And those were the two things I ever dealt with at Cornell

8:20Cooperative Extension.

8:22After meeting with them today, I was incredibly impressed

8:26on the number of programs.

8:27And things that they do.

8:30And I don't think the general public has any idea.

8:33And I'm going to touch on a couple real briefly here.

8:35But to get to full effect, I think

8:37we may have to ask them to come back to a work session

8:41and do a presentation to us.

8:42Because they have a little bit of something for everybody.

8:46They run the 4-H Youth Development Program,

8:48which we kind of knew.

8:50Up on Sound Avenue, they have property up there

8:52that they've worked with.

8:55They run the Peconic Dunes Camp, which

8:57is both a day camp and an overnight camp out

9:00in the town of South Hold, which has been running

9:02for a good number of years and been very successful.

9:05They operate the Suffolk County Farm up in Yapank,

9:08which is kind of an incredible place to go

9:10if you've never been there.

9:12They have a Marine Learning Center.

9:14And not just one, but they have several locations all

9:17around Long Island.

9:19And I know they have worked hand in hand with the Learning Center

9:22and the Science Center with programs in the past,

9:26to put specialty programs together.

9:29And they will, if you call them and you have a need for anything

9:33that they do, and they don't have a specific program

9:36for you, they will actually develop a program specific

9:39to your needs and put it together and come out

9:42and do the presentation.

9:43And they mention things like if you want to learn about llamas,

9:48we'll bring a llama out to you and tell you all about llamas

9:51and let you learn and touch and pet the llama.

9:54They do, you know, they have a lot of programs.

9:55They have a lot of programs.

9:56They have a lot of programs.

9:56They have a lot of technology for touch tanks

9:57with marine species, incredible stuff like that.

10:01And I suggested that maybe our Summer Recreation Camp,

10:05I'm going to put Ray Coyne, our Recreation Director,

10:07in touch with them, because they're always looking for things

10:10to do with the kids during the Summer Camps, to have them come

10:13out and do different programs with them,

10:15and they would love to do it.

10:17They love to get the call, and they love

10:19to put new things together that they don't currently have.

10:21So, I think that will be one good way

10:23that the town can immediately use them.

10:26They're heavily involved in agriculture.

10:29Obviously, we know they have the Cornell substation, I'll call it, for lack of a better term, up on Sound Avenue, Sound and Horton.

10:36That's all Cornell Cooperative.

10:38They have a clean energy program.

10:40And Augie, who runs that, as Bob Kern knows, they'll come out and do audits of both your home and your commercial business to let you know where you can make your house more energy efficient, whether it be through lighting or weather stripping or whatever the case may be.

10:57They'll come out, and this is all free of charge, all the stuff that they do.

11:01They do tons of community education workshops.

11:04And just about on anything under the sun, if you go through the information they have, it's just incredible.

11:10I was really impressed with the presentation.

11:13They can be reached at, their office is right here, Caddy Corner, across from us at 423 Griffin Avenue.

11:19They can be reached at suffolkatcornell.edu, suffolkatcornell.edu.

11:28And the executive director is a lady by the name of Vanessa Lockel, extremely knowledgeable, and her staff that came to the meeting, they presented a really good program.

11:40And I encourage you to at least go online, check them out, and if you have any need for anybody to come or help you with any of the things I mentioned, plus many, many more, if you go to their website, look them up, and they'd be happy to hear from you.

11:53Okay?

11:53I appreciate the time, and I was so glad they came out with us today, or came out and met with us today.

12:00Supervisor, before you move on, just to finish up on the councilman's comments about the event coming up for Rockin' for the Homeless, I was just given some additional information on it.

12:09Okay.

12:10Okay.

12:12Okay.

12:28they're found we'll post this on our town website yeah so we can do that but i'm just looking to see

12:34if there's a website here um doesn't appear to be rocking for the homeless 2024.eventbrite.com

12:41is what it says here okay all right excellent thank you so much thank you supervisor can i

12:46just mention one other thing about the cornell cooperative i was there in february they had a

12:51symposium for local fresh fishermen and they were asking for help they were terrific educating

12:57everyone in the audience and where our town is trying to work together to give them a fresh

13:01local seafood festival here in riverhead sometime in the fall we spoke about that today and that

13:07would be so tremendous if we could do that here um i mean i know like oyster bay does the oyster

13:14festival and i think sayville does a seafood festival but that's up west we're out east we

13:19have a lot of people out here that we can draw from and for our fishermen to be able to showcase

13:23what they catch locally and what they sell locally i think we'd

13:27be awesome and i look forward to that and i'm sure the board would be more than willing to help to do

13:31whatever it needs to take to make this happen so yes i'm working with good stuff i'm working with

13:36townscape uh mr giordano and uh tara mcclintock from the cornell cooperative extension excellent

13:42so hopefully that i do think that's going to happen in the fall that would be so awesome thank

13:46you thank you we can have justin do a little flyer about cornell prep extension how to reach them and

13:51battle yeah i can give him the information and get something up absolutely that's exciting stuff

13:57okay all right uh we're going to move on in the meeting and now it's going to i'm going to open up

14:02the meeting to comments on any resolution comments on any resolution before us tonight

14:09uh actually i'm going to backtrack that a second we have correspondence uh and reports from

14:16town clerk okay yeah we had the four letters that came in you can visit them on the on the

14:21web or either on the town clerk page or on the agenda page uh one letter from salman mangano

14:27drainage on main street that was referred to the state dot uh we got a letter from harry denny's

14:33reference to dale levitt um and then we got two letters one from jamesport civic and one from

14:38barbara glass both revolving around the comp plan and their additions to that and that's it for

14:44correspondence i i texted back with mr dennis he used to be a school teacher in the rivette school

14:50system yes i remember him well from back in the day and i i let him reminded him of that and also

14:56answered what he was saying and i think that's a great point and i think that's a great point and i

14:57agree with him about him about him about him about him about him about him about him about him about him

14:59Yeah, I reached out to him too.

15:01And I had a long conversation with him on Saturday or Sunday.

15:06Sounds like all your school teachers are keeping a close

15:08eye on you.

15:09Well, you know what?

15:10It's because of all my school teachers that I sit here today.

15:12So that is something to keep in mind because,

15:15and I directly blame that young lady sitting in the back

15:18because you had to take, I think it was called speech

15:22or oral communications back in the day in high school.

15:24And you had to take it to graduate.

15:26And it was my biggest nightmare and fear in school was

15:31to public speak.

15:33And she got me through it.

15:35And I don't even think twice about it today.

15:38I probably talked too much today.

15:40But it's because of people like that that were in your life

15:45that mold you into what you are as an adult.

15:48And so I have to give thanks where they are due.

15:50And they're due to many of the teachers that I had

15:53in the Riverhead District.

15:54So that one in the back row especially.

15:55Well, I think Mr. Dennis also was

15:56very early on with way back when with Mr. Smith and all

16:00that when they first started .

16:02Absolutely.

16:03He has history with it.

16:04Everybody has.

16:06Everybody can think back and name a favorite teacher

16:07that they had.

16:09And in my case, I can name a couple.

16:10But, you know, and they were important in your life,

16:13whether you were a second grader or a senior in high school.

16:16It's the way it is.

16:17They impact your life and they're so needed.

16:19So we appreciate that.

16:22Okay.

16:23Now on the reports, we have total tax collection

16:26as of April 3rd is $96,250,000.

16:31Total tax collection as of April 10th was $96,650,000.

16:36The total utility received for the March of 2024 is $351,415.48.

16:44The total building department fees for March is $184,185.50.

16:51And the town clerk March monthly report is $12,389.82.

16:56And that concludes all our reports.

17:00Okay. We're now going to open it up to comments

17:02on any resolution.

17:03Do we have anybody in the audience who would like to comment

17:06on any resolution?

17:07I see nobody in the audience.

17:10Online, do we have anybody that would like to comment?

17:13We have one comment coming online.

17:16Maybe.

17:26We are attempting to determine whether or not we have somebody online that is raising

17:37their hand and doesn't appear to be.

17:40Okay.

17:41Well, then at this point in time, I would ask the town clerk to read the resolutions

17:45and we will go through them.

17:48Okay.

17:49Resolution number 336.

17:50Authorizes the town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for food and meat products.

17:56So moved.

17:57Second.

17:58Vote please.

17:59Waske.

18:00Yes.

18:01Merrifield.

18:02Yes.

18:03Kern.

18:04Yes.

18:05Rothwell.

18:06Yes.

18:07Hubbard.

18:08Yes.

18:09Resolution adopted.

18:10Resolution 337.

18:11Authorizes the town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for street light and traffic

18:16signal repair parts.

18:18So moved.

18:19Seconded.

18:20Vote please.

18:21Waske.

18:22Yes.

18:23Merrifield.

18:24Yes.

18:26Rothwell.

18:27Yes.

18:28Resolution adopted.

18:29Resolution 338.

18:30Authorizes the town clerk to publish and post a public notice for a public hearing

18:34regarding an alleged unsafe structure located at 1092 Dolores Avenue, Riverhead, Suffolk

18:41County, New York, Suffolk County tax map number 0600-102.00-03.00-016.000.

18:51Proceed.

18:54Okay.

18:56Seconded.

18:57Waske.

18:58Yes.

18:59Merrifield.

19:00Yes.

19:01Kern.

19:02Yes.

19:03Rothwell.

19:04Yes.

19:05Hubbard.

19:06Yes.

19:07Resolution adopted.

19:08Resolution 339.

19:09Authorizes the town clerk to publish and post a notice for a public hearing regarding an

19:14alleged unsafe structure located at 650 Elton Avenue, Riverhead, New York.

19:19So moved.

19:20Seconded.

19:21Vote please.

19:22Waske.

19:23Yes.

19:24Merrifield.

19:25Yes.

19:26Rothwell.

19:27Yes.

19:28Hubbard.

19:29Yes.

19:30Resolution adopted.

19:31Resolution 340.

19:32Classifies the special permit application of 4592 Middle Country Road to construct a

19:39two-family dwelling as a type 2 action pursuant to SECRA and Schedule's public hearing for

19:444592 Middle Country Road in Calverton, New York, Suffolk County tax map number 600-97-1-79.1.

19:52So moved.

19:53Second.

19:54Vote please.

19:55Waske.

19:56Yes.

19:57Merrifield.

19:58Yes.

19:59Kern.

20:00Yes.

20:01Rothwell.

20:02Yes.

20:03Hubbard.

20:04Yes.

20:05Resolution adopted.

20:06Resolution 341.

20:07Order approving extension 99 of the Riverhead Water District, Marist Farm subdivision.

20:10So moved.

20:11Seconded.

20:12Vote please.

20:13Waske.

20:14Yes.

20:15Merrifield.

20:16Yes.

20:17Kern.

20:18Yes.

20:19Rothwell.

20:20Yes.

20:21Hubbard.

20:22Yes.

20:23Resolution adopted.

20:24Resolution 343.

20:25Appoints member to the Riverhead Conservation Advisory Board, uh, Advisory Council.

20:26So moved.

20:27Seconded.

20:28Vote please.

20:29Waske.

20:30Yes.

20:31Kern.

20:32Yes.

20:33Rothwell.

20:34Yes.

20:35Hubbard.

20:36Yes.

20:37Resolution adopted.

20:38Resolution 343.

20:39Appoints member to the Riverhead Conservation Advisory Board, uh, Advisory Council.

20:40So moved.

20:41Seconded.

20:42Vote please.

20:43Waske.

20:44Yes.

20:45Merrifield.

20:46Yes.

20:47Kern.

20:48Yes.

20:49Rothwell.

20:50Thank you, Michael Reikley.

20:51Yes.

20:52Kern.

20:53Yes.

20:54Rothwell.

20:55Yes.

20:56Hubbard.

20:57Yes.

20:58Resolution adopted.

20:59Resolution 344.

21:00Ratifies the resignation of a heavy equipment operator.

21:02So moved.

21:03Second.

21:04Vote please.

21:05Waske.

21:06Yes.

21:07Merrifield.

21:08Yes.

21:09Kern.

21:10Yes.

21:11Rothwell.

21:12Yes.

21:13Hubbard.

21:14Yes.

21:15Resolution adopted.

21:16Resolution 345.

21:17Accepts the retirement of a senior water treatment plant operator to be.

21:20So moved.

21:21Seconded.

21:22Vote please.

21:23Waske.

21:24Yes.

21:25Merrifield.

21:26Yes.

21:27Kern.

21:28Yes.

21:29Rothwell.

21:30Yes.

21:31Hubbard.

21:32Yeah, congratulations to Arnold Wolfratt.

21:33He's, uh, worked here for a long time.

21:34Uh, one of our better workers, uh, for the town.

21:36I know Frank Mancini, the head of the water department, speaks very highly of him.

21:40I've known Arnold for many, many years.

21:43Matter of fact, we're blessed with his sister works here in the assessor's office, another

21:48great employee of the town.

21:50And I just wish Arnold nothing but the best.

21:51I wish him nothing but the best in his retirement.

21:52Hopefully we see him around town.

21:53Vote yes.

21:54Resolution is adopted.

21:55Resolution 346.

21:56Accepts the retirement of an employee.

21:57So moved.

21:58Seconded.

21:59Vote please.

22:00Waske.

22:01Yes.

22:02Merrifield.

22:03Yes.

22:04Kern.

22:05Yes.

22:06Rothwell.

22:07Um, I think our town clerk has asked us all to vote no on this one so we can keep her

22:08around.

22:09Yeah.

22:10I don't think it's that simple.

22:11We're going to miss Julie.

22:12She's been awesome.

22:13I wish I could have done that.

22:14I wish I could have done that.

22:15I wish I could have done that.

22:16I wish I could have done that.

22:17I wish I could have done that.

22:18I wish I could have done that.

22:19We're going to miss Julie. She's been awesome. And myself from private business, always filing certificates and so forth into town clerk. She's always been wonderful to us. And after I was getting permits and things. So she'll be greatly missed. So thank you very much. So regrettably, I vote yes.

22:33I'm with you on that. Tremendous employee, great person, and she will be missed. And we wish her and her husband nothing but the best in her retirement. And although I have to say, I know we have somebody coming on board that I think we'll be equally happy with. But Julie, best of luck to you. And thank you for all your service for the town. We appreciate it. And again, good luck in your retirement. I vote yes.

23:00Resolution is adopted.

23:03Resolution.

23:03Resolution 347.

23:05Appoints a deputy town clerk. So moved.

23:08Seconded.

23:09Vote, please.

23:11Waske.

23:11Yes.

23:12Murrayfield.

23:13Yes.

23:14Kern.

23:15Yes.

23:16Rothwell.

23:17I think Vanessa's making her mother very proud.

23:20Yes, absolutely.

23:22Hubbard.

23:23Yes, absolutely.

23:24All right.

23:26Resolution is adopted.

23:28And that's Vanessa LaCon.

23:31Resolution 348.

23:33Setting terms and conditions of employment for Deputy Town Clerk Vanessa LaCon. So moved.

23:39Second.

23:40Vote, please.

23:40Waske.

23:41Yes.

23:41Merrifield.

23:42Yes.

23:42Kern.

23:43Yes.

23:43Rothwell.

23:44Yes.

23:44Hubbard.

23:45Yes.

23:45Resolution adopted.

23:46Resolution 349.

23:47Appoints deputy registrar of vital statistics. So moved.

23:49Seconded.

23:49Vote, please.

23:50Waske.

23:50Yes.

23:51Merrifield.

23:51Yes.

23:52Kern.

23:52Yes.

23:53Rothwell.

23:53Yes.

23:54Merrifield.

23:54Yes.

23:55Kern.

23:55Yes.

23:56Rothwell.

23:56Yes.

23:57Merrifield.

23:57Yes.

23:58Kern.

23:58Yes.

23:59Yes.

23:59Merrifield.

24:00Yes.

24:01Yes.

24:02Kern.

24:02Yes.

24:03Rothwell.

24:03Yes.

24:04Hubbard.

24:04Yes.

24:05Resolution is adopted.

24:08Resolution 350.

24:10Ratifies the approval of a leave of absence. So moved.

24:13Seconded.

24:14Vote, please.

24:15Waske.

24:16Yes.

24:16Merrifield.

24:17Yes.

24:18Kern.

24:18Yes.

24:19Rothwell.

24:19Yes.

24:20Hubbard.

24:21Yes.

24:21Resolution adopted. Resolution 351.

24:24Resolution 351, I would like to make a motion to table. We are missing information on this.

24:30And

24:31I

24:32!

24:32I believe the form was incorrectly filled out. So I'm going to ask that we table this and reevaluate it and bring it back up at a later date.

24:41Do I have a second?

24:41Yes.

24:42Second.

24:43Kern.

24:44Okay.

24:48Vote on a motion to table.

24:50Need to vote?

24:50Yes.

24:51You got to vote on it.

24:52Okay.

24:53We're waiting for you.

24:53Okay, Hubbard.

24:54I'm sorry.

24:55Waske.

24:57Yes.

24:58Merrifield.

24:59Yes.

24:59Kern.

25:00Yes.

25:00Rothwell.

25:01Yes.

25:01Hubbard.

25:02Yes.

25:03To table.

25:05351 is tabled.

25:07Resolution 352.

25:09Authorize the supervisor to execute a stipulation with Local 1000 AFSCME AFL-CIO Riverhead Unit of the Suffolk Local 852.

25:19So moved.

25:20Second.

25:21Vote, please.

25:22Waske.

25:23Yes.

25:24Merrifield.

25:25Yes.

25:25Kern.

25:26Yes.

25:27Rothwell.

25:27Yes.

25:28Hubbard.

25:28Yes.

25:29Resolution is adopted.

25:31Resolution 353.

25:34Authorizes the supervisor to execute an agreement with Parking and Mobility Consultants, Inc.

25:39So moved.

25:40Seconded.

25:41Vote, please.

25:42Waske.

25:43Yes.

25:43Merrifield.

25:44Yes.

25:45Kern.

25:45Yes.

25:46Rothwell.

25:46Yes.

25:47Hubbard.

25:47Yes.

25:48Resolution is adopted.

25:50Resolution 354.

25:52Ratifies the authorization of the town supervisor to execute a retainer agreement with S. Barslow Law, PLLC.

25:57Yes.

25:58Yes.

25:59Yes.

26:00Yes.

26:01Yes.

26:03Yes.

26:04Yes.

26:05Yes.

26:06Yes.

26:09Yes.

26:10Yes.

26:11Yes.

26:13Yes.

26:14Yes.

26:16Yes.

26:17Yes.

26:18Yes.

26:19Yes.

26:21Yes.

26:22Yes.

26:24Yes.

26:25Yes.

26:26Yes.

26:27Yes.

26:28Yes.

26:29Yes.

26:30Yes.

26:31Hubbard.

26:32Yeah, I just want to thank the Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, and Congressman

26:40Lallotta for their assistance and the monies we've gotten for these water extensions to

26:44bring clean, clear water to the residents up in the Calverton area.

26:48So absolutely vote yes.

26:51Resolution is adopted.

26:53Resolution 356.

26:54Ratifies submission of letter of intent and authorizes public notice and application for

26:59Empire State Development Restore New York grants.

27:02So moved.

27:03Second.

27:04Vote please.

27:05Waskie.

27:06Yes.

27:07Merrifield.

27:08Yes.

27:09Kern.

27:10Yes.

27:11Rothwell.

27:12Yes.

27:13Hubbard.

27:14Yes.

27:15Resolution is adopted.

27:16Resolution 357.

27:17Pave our potholes.

27:18POP.

27:192023-2024 Road Resurfacing Project Number 52315.

27:27Grant budget adjustment.

27:28So moved.

27:29Seconded.

27:30Resolution is adopted.

27:31Waskie.

27:32Yes.

27:33Merrifield.

27:34Yes.

27:35Kern.

27:36Yes.

27:37Rothwell.

27:38Yes.

27:39Hubbard.

27:40Yes.

27:41Resolution is adopted.

27:42Resolution 358.

27:43Capital Project 72217 Roof Repair Senior Center Closure.

27:46So moved.

27:47Seconded.

27:48Vote please.

27:49Waskie.

27:50Yes.

27:51Merrifield.

27:52Yes.

27:53Kern.

27:54Yes.

27:55Rothwell.

27:56Yes.

27:57Hubbard.

27:58Finally a job that came in under budget.

27:59Yes.

27:59Resolution 357.

28:00Pave our potholes.

28:01Pave our potholes.

28:02Yes.

28:03Resolution 357.

28:04Waskie.

28:05Yes.

28:06Merrifield.

28:07Yes.

28:08Kern.

28:09Yes.

28:10Rothwell.

28:11Yes.

28:12Thank you very much Supervisor for your work on this.

28:13Hubbard.

28:14Yes.

28:15Resolution is adopted.

28:16Resolution 360.

28:17Grant agricultural worker housing permit for the

28:18Yes.

28:19Rothwell.

28:20Yes.

28:21Thank you Supervisor.

28:22Yes.

28:23Yes.

28:24Rothwell.

28:25Yes.

28:26Yes.

28:27Rothwell.

28:28Yes.

28:29Yes.

28:30Yes.

28:31Delalio Sod Farms LLC 422 Edwards Avenue, Calverton, New York, Suffolk County tax map number 600-117-2-8.2.

28:41So move.

28:42Second.

28:43Vote, please.

28:45Waskey.

28:45Yes.

28:46Murrayfield.

28:46Yes.

28:47Kern.

28:48Yes.

28:48Rothwell.

28:49Yes.

28:49Hubbard.

28:50Yes.

28:50Resolution is adopted.

28:52Resolution 361.

28:54Before I read this, Justin, keep note of this because this should go up also.

28:59Approved special event chapter 255 application for Long Island Antique Power Association

29:06tractables and fall show, September 28th to November 3rd.

29:12It's a great event.

29:14So moved.

29:15Seconded.

29:17Vote, please.

29:18It's a passage of fall for this to happen.

29:21So yes, I agree with you, Bob.

29:22It is a great event.

29:23Waskey.

29:24Yes.

29:25Murrayfield.

29:25Yes.

29:26Kern.

29:26Yes.

29:27Rothwell.

29:27Yes.

29:28Hubbard.

29:29Yes.

29:29Resolution is adopted.

29:31Resolution 362.

29:33Approved special event chapter 255 application for the Long Island Antique Power Association

29:38tractables and summer show, June 2nd through September 22nd, 2024.

29:44So moved.

29:44Seconded.

29:45Vote, please.

29:46Waskey.

29:47Yes.

29:48Murrayfield.

29:49Yes.

29:49Kern.

29:50Yes.

29:50Rothwell.

29:51Yes.

29:51Hubbard.

29:52Yes.

29:53Resolution is adopted.

29:54Resolution 363.

29:57Approved special event chapter 255.

29:59Application for the Duck Pond Society, Duck Pond Day.

30:03So moved.

30:03Seconded.

30:04Vote, please.

30:05Waskey.

30:06Yes.

30:07Murrayfield.

30:07Yes.

30:08Kern.

30:09Yes.

30:09Rothwell.

30:10Pray for no rain.

30:11Yes.

30:12Always rains on Duck Pond.

30:13Yes.

30:13I know.

30:15It's good for the ducks.

30:16Resolution is adopted.

30:18Resolution 364.

30:21Approved special event chapter 255.

30:23Application for the Home Depot outdoor plant sales.

30:25So moved.

30:26Second.

30:27Vote, please.

30:28Waskey.

30:29Waskey.

30:30Yes.

30:31Murrayfield.

30:32Yes.

30:33Kern.

30:34Yes.

30:35Rothwell.

30:36Yes.

30:37Hubbard.

30:38Yes.

30:39Resolution is adopted.

30:40Resolution 365.

30:41Approved special event chapter 255.

30:42Application for Riverhead Townscape Inc. Riverhead Country Fair.

30:47So moved.

30:48Seconded.

30:49Vote, please.

30:50Waskey.

30:51Yes.

30:52Murrayfield.

30:53Yes.

30:54Kern.

30:55Yes.

30:56Rothwell.

30:57Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is approved.

30:58Resolution 366.

30:59Approved special event chapter 255.

31:00Application for Hallockville Museum Farm.

31:01Fleece and Fiber Festival.

31:02So moved.

31:03Seconded.

31:04Vote, please.

31:05Waskey.

31:06Yes.

31:07Murrayfield.

31:08Yes.

31:09Kern.

31:10Yes.

31:11Rothwell.

31:12Yes.

31:13Hubbard.

31:14Yes.

31:15Resolution is adopted.

31:16Resolution 367.

31:17Approved special event chapter 255.

31:18Application for Riverhead Townscape Inc. Riverhead Townscape Country Fest.

31:19So moved.

31:20Seconded.

31:21Waskey.

31:22Yes.

31:23Murrayfield.

31:24Yes.

31:25Kern.

31:26Yes.

31:27Rothwell.

31:28Yes.

31:29Yes.

31:30Yes.

31:30Merrifield.

31:31Yes.

31:31Kern.

31:32Yes.

31:32Rothwell.

31:33Yes.

31:34Hubbard.

31:34Yes.

31:35Resolution is adopted.

31:36Resolution 368.

31:39Approved special event, Chapter 255, application for Riverhead Townscape, Inc., Blues by the River.

31:44So moved.

31:45Second.

31:46Vote, please.

31:47Waske.

31:48Yes.

31:48Merrifield.

31:49Yes.

31:50Kern.

31:50Yes.

31:51Rothwell.

31:51Yes.

31:52Hubbard.

31:52Yes.

31:53Resolution is adopted.

31:55Resolution 369.

31:56Approved special event, Chapter 255, application for Riverhead Townscape, Inc., Holiday Tree

32:06Lighting Ceremony.

32:07So moved.

32:08Seconded.

32:09Vote, please.

32:10Waske.

32:11Yes.

32:12Merrifield.

32:13Yes.

32:13Kern.

32:14Yes.

32:14Rothwell.

32:15Yes.

32:16Hubbard.

32:16These past few resolutions have been all events that the Townscape are putting on this year,

32:22and we're very thankful for all the work that they do, and they help beautify our downtown

32:26area.

32:26Plus all the events that they work so hard to put together.

32:29So we appreciate it, and I vote yes.

32:31Resolution is adopted.

32:33Resolution 370.

32:35Rescinds Resolution 2024-286 and Resolution Number 2024-324, Scramble Elite.

32:44So moved.

32:45Seconded.

32:46Vote, please.

32:48Waske.

32:48Yes.

32:49Merrifield.

32:49Yes.

32:50Kern.

32:50Yes.

32:51Rothwell.

32:51Yes.

32:52Hubbard.

32:52Yes.

32:53Resolution has been adopted.

32:55Resolution 371.

32:57Corrects Resolution 2024-278.

33:02So moved.

33:03Seconded.

33:04Vote, please.

33:05Waske.

33:06Yes.

33:06Merrifield.

33:07Yes.

33:08Kern.

33:08Yes.

33:09Rothwell.

33:09Yes.

33:10Hubbard.

33:10Yes.

33:11Resolution adopted.

33:12Resolution 372.

33:14Accepts performance security for Overlook Home subdivision.

33:18So moved.

33:19Second.

33:19Vote, please.

33:21Waske.

33:22Yes.

33:22Merrifield.

33:23Yes.

33:24Kern.

33:24Yes.

33:25Rothwell.

33:26Yes.

33:26Hubbard.

33:27Yes.

33:27Resolution adopted.

33:29Resolution number 373.

33:32Purchase of new servers.

33:34So moved.

33:35Seconded.

33:36Vote, please.

33:38Waske.

33:38Yes.

33:39Merrifield.

33:39Yes.

33:40Kern.

33:41Yes.

33:41Rothwell.

33:42Yes.

33:42Hubbard.

33:43IT is great, but without, with old servers, it's not so great.

33:47So we're about to make it great again with new servers.

33:49I vote yes.

33:50Yeah.

33:50What this does is put, it builds in redundancy.

33:52Right.

33:53So if we lose something over Pulaski, it's here.

33:56Right.

33:56It's here.

33:57We're safe.

33:57Yeah.

33:58Resolution has been adopted.

33:59Resolution 374.

34:02Pays bills.

34:02So moved.

34:04Seconded.

34:05Vote, please.

34:06Waske.

34:06Yes.

34:07Merrifield.

34:08Yes.

34:08Kern.

34:09Yes.

34:09Rothwell.

34:10Yes.

34:10Hubbard.

34:11Yes.

34:12Resolution has been adopted.

34:14Resolution 375.

34:17What?

34:18Oh.

34:21It authorizes the town board to enter into an agreement with an employee.

34:25So moved.

34:26Seconded.

34:27Vote, please.

34:28Waske.

34:29Yes.

34:29Merrifield.

34:30Yes.

34:31Kern.

34:31Yes.

34:32Rothwell.

34:33Yes.

34:34Hubbard.

34:35Yes.

34:35Resolution has been adopted.

34:37That concludes the resolutions.

34:41Okay.

34:42That concludes all of our resolutions we had on for tonight.

34:45At this point in time, I'm going to open up the microphone for public, open comments from

34:52the public.

34:53I have anybody who would like to make any comments from the public on any topic.

35:00Seeing nobody in house and nobody online.

35:05Where is everybody today?

35:07It's too nice out.

35:08Okay.

35:09Yeah, right.

35:09Spring fever, I guess, everybody has.

35:11Okay.

35:12Well, this concludes our town board meeting for the evening.

35:14I thank everybody for coming out and everybody for tuning in.

35:19Have a great evening and a great weekend.

35:21Thank you very much.

35:22Good night.

35:23Good night.

Full Transcript

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Kahn. I feel funny calling you Noreen because you were my English teacher and and and a favorite teacher I might add at that. Yes. Of many Riverhead students. But it's great to see you and it's great to see you. You've worked in the town and been active in the town for many years. So thank you for coming tonight. OK. As we start off, we do we have somebody for an invocation tonight? Why, yes, we do, supervisor. I know we do. I'm just teasing. But go ahead and announce her. We are very glad to have once again with us Reverend Mary Cooper and for joining us today as we always appreciate your wonderful work. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, sir. OK. Would you like to stand? Sure. Reverend Cooper, maybe just pull the mic down a little bit. Pull it down? Yeah. There you go. Perfect. Father, we thank you for this beautiful day that you gave to us to rejoice and to be exceedingly glad. We also thank you for the beautiful rainbow and the eclipse. We thank you for this opportunity and to be here and to be here and to be here and to be here and to be here and to be here and to be here as one community, oh God, that we may talk together, we may reason together, that we may pray together, that we may do things that make our community so beautiful. And Lord, we thank you for even on YouTube. They said that Riverhead Town is a place, good place to visit. We ask that you just continue to bless us, lead and guide us. Bless those who serve us, oh God, with wisdom, health and strength, oh God. We give you the strength and the strength of God. We give you the strength and the strength and we praise glory and honor in Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Thank you, Reverend Cooper.

It's official, we're on YouTube. Great. Okay. As we have a community development agency meeting tonight, what we're going to do is get Dawn Thomas down here and we, we open the town board meeting, we're going to close it and we're going to have a meeting with the town board for matters for the CDA. Okay. That, that works. I can have a motion to close the town board meeting and open the community development agency meeting. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Okay. The CDA meeting is now open and we will turn it over to our CDA director, Mr. Dawn Thomas. Hello. Do you have Hello. Quick, I just, thank you. Sorry. Sorry about that. We would need open comments on CDA matters only. That's the first item on the agenda. There are no resolutions or minutes from prior meetings to approve, so. Do we have anybody here that would like to comment on the CDA matters only? Seeing nobody in the audience and seeing that we have nobody online, we can go ahead and close the meeting. CDA meeting. So we would need a motion and a second to close the meeting. So moved. Seconded. Waskie. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Okay, CDA meeting is closed. That was a great meeting. Thank you. That was painless. That was completely painless. I know. Yeah. Very efficient. Okay. Supervisor. Yes, ma'am. We have announcements. Yes. We have any announcements that anybody would like to make? Councilwoman Waskie. Yes. Thank you, Supervisor. Sunday, April 28th, the Anti-Litter Committee, along with the Town of Riverhead, is hosting an Earth Day cleanup. You can come here by 9 o'clock on that Sunday morning, and we will have bags and pickers and T-shirts available for everyone that is participating. It's going to last only a few hours, and you'll be able to disperse to different areas throughout the township of Riverhead from Wading River to Jamesport. And we would love your participation. So please come on down and help us all out and get things cleaned up. Thank you. I have one. Thank you. Bob, you have one. Yes. So Saturday night is a huge benefit. It's called Rocking for the Homeless at Polish Hall. So this is a great event. Thank you. So this Saturday night, it's usually completely packed. There's a lot of bands that are playing for free to help the cause. So that's it. What time is it? Do you know about it? I don't know. I asked them to send it to me. They didn't get it. OK. All right. One coming. If we get that information, we can maybe put it up online too and let everybody know. Excellent. So I just want to take a moment, Supervisor, on your State of the Town address for the 100 days. You took the opportunity to do that. Thank you. And I want to thank you for your leadership. I know it's been an opportunity to thank all of us. But I think on behalf of all of us now to formally say thank you for your leadership, your guidance. It has been an absolute pleasure working with you since the first of the year. I've been fortunate to work with you for the past two years, three years prior. And I just want to say that it's really been great, your open door policy. And I thank you for your leadership. You're doing a great job. How much? Yeah. Well, thank you. That was very nice. Very nice. I mean, it's really. I appreciate that. Things have really been going well. It makes it happen. And I'm one vote, as everybody is up here. And having the five of us collectively working together has been a blessing for the town. So I appreciate all that each and every one of you do and the assistance. Yeah. And I'll echo that. Thank you. Because the one thing, there was no fat in that speech. It was all meat on the bone. It's just one good thing after the other. And a lot of things that are going on continue to go on. So it's good. Just wait. You know the things we have in the fire right now going on town wide. So they're only going to get better. Absolutely. Absolutely. Thank you so much. OK. I have Denise. Do you have anything? Other than to say thank you again for all your leadership and a great job. Thank you. I had the pleasure today of having a meeting with the good people from the Cornell Cooperative Extension. And I have to tell you, I knew a little bit of what they did. And I'll give you an example. I had a disease in my lawn. And I dug up a sample. And I knew I could take it there. And they would test the soil. And tell me what the pH was. And what maybe the disease was in the grass. And they did. And I had something called red thread disease. And they told me how to treat it and whatnot. So I knew they did that. And also, I had gotten my food service certificate back when my wife and I were in the restaurant business. And I renewed that one other time. And those were the two things I ever dealt with at Cornell Cooperative Extension. After meeting with them today, I was incredibly impressed on the number of programs. And things that they do. And I don't think the general public has any idea. And I'm going to touch on a couple real briefly here. But to get to full effect, I think we may have to ask them to come back to a work session and do a presentation to us. Because they have a little bit of something for everybody. They run the 4-H Youth Development Program, which we kind of knew. Up on Sound Avenue, they have property up there that they've worked with. They run the Peconic Dunes Camp, which is both a day camp and an overnight camp out in the town of South Hold, which has been running for a good number of years and been very successful. They operate the Suffolk County Farm up in Yapank, which is kind of an incredible place to go if you've never been there. They have a Marine Learning Center. And not just one, but they have several locations all around Long Island. And I know they have worked hand in hand with the Learning Center and the Science Center with programs in the past, to put specialty programs together. And they will, if you call them and you have a need for anything that they do, and they don't have a specific program for you, they will actually develop a program specific to your needs and put it together and come out and do the presentation. And they mention things like if you want to learn about llamas, we'll bring a llama out to you and tell you all about llamas and let you learn and touch and pet the llama. They do, you know, they have a lot of programs. They have a lot of programs. They have a lot of programs. They have a lot of programs. They have a lot of technology for touch tanks with marine species, incredible stuff like that. And I suggested that maybe our Summer Recreation Camp, I'm going to put Ray Coyne, our Recreation Director, in touch with them, because they're always looking for things to do with the kids during the Summer Camps, to have them come out and do different programs with them, and they would love to do it. They love to get the call, and they love to put new things together that they don't currently have. So, I think that will be one good way that the town can immediately use them. They're heavily involved in agriculture. Obviously, we know they have the Cornell substation, I'll call it, for lack of a better term, up on Sound Avenue, Sound and Horton. That's all Cornell Cooperative. They have a clean energy program. And Augie, who runs that, as Bob Kern knows, they'll come out and do audits of both your home and your commercial business to let you know where you can make your house more energy efficient, whether it be through lighting or weather stripping or whatever the case may be. They'll come out, and this is all free of charge, all the stuff that they do. They do tons of community education workshops. And just about on anything under the sun, if you go through the information they have, it's just incredible. I was really impressed with the presentation. They can be reached at, their office is right here, Caddy Corner, across from us at 423 Griffin Avenue. They can be reached at suffolkatcornell.edu, suffolkatcornell.edu. And the executive director is a lady by the name of Vanessa Lockel, extremely knowledgeable, and her staff that came to the meeting, they presented a really good program. And I encourage you to at least go online, check them out, and if you have any need for anybody to come or help you with any of the things I mentioned, plus many, many more, if you go to their website, look them up, and they'd be happy to hear from you. Okay? I appreciate the time, and I was so glad they came out with us today, or came out and met with us today. Supervisor, before you move on, just to finish up on the councilman's comments about the event coming up for Rockin' for the Homeless, I was just given some additional information on it. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. they're found we'll post this on our town website yeah so we can do that but i'm just looking to see if there's a website here um doesn't appear to be rocking for the homeless 2024.eventbrite.com is what it says here okay all right excellent thank you so much thank you supervisor can i just mention one other thing about the cornell cooperative i was there in february they had a symposium for local fresh fishermen and they were asking for help they were terrific educating everyone in the audience and where our town is trying to work together to give them a fresh local seafood festival here in riverhead sometime in the fall we spoke about that today and that would be so tremendous if we could do that here um i mean i know like oyster bay does the oyster festival and i think sayville does a seafood festival but that's up west we're out east we have a lot of people out here that we can draw from and for our fishermen to be able to showcase what they catch locally and what they sell locally i think we'd be awesome and i look forward to that and i'm sure the board would be more than willing to help to do whatever it needs to take to make this happen so yes i'm working with good stuff i'm working with townscape uh mr giordano and uh tara mcclintock from the cornell cooperative extension excellent so hopefully that i do think that's going to happen in the fall that would be so awesome thank you thank you we can have justin do a little flyer about cornell prep extension how to reach them and battle yeah i can give him the information and get something up absolutely that's exciting stuff okay all right uh we're going to move on in the meeting and now it's going to i'm going to open up the meeting to comments on any resolution comments on any resolution before us tonight uh actually i'm going to backtrack that a second we have correspondence uh and reports from town clerk okay yeah we had the four letters that came in you can visit them on the on the web or either on the town clerk page or on the agenda page uh one letter from salman mangano drainage on main street that was referred to the state dot uh we got a letter from harry denny's reference to dale levitt um and then we got two letters one from jamesport civic and one from barbara glass both revolving around the comp plan and their additions to that and that's it for correspondence i i texted back with mr dennis he used to be a school teacher in the rivette school system yes i remember him well from back in the day and i i let him reminded him of that and also answered what he was saying and i think that's a great point and i think that's a great point and i agree with him about him about him about him about him about him about him about him about him about him Yeah, I reached out to him too. And I had a long conversation with him on Saturday or Sunday. Sounds like all your school teachers are keeping a close eye on you. Well, you know what? It's because of all my school teachers that I sit here today. So that is something to keep in mind because, and I directly blame that young lady sitting in the back because you had to take, I think it was called speech or oral communications back in the day in high school. And you had to take it to graduate. And it was my biggest nightmare and fear in school was to public speak. And she got me through it. And I don't even think twice about it today. I probably talked too much today. But it's because of people like that that were in your life that mold you into what you are as an adult. And so I have to give thanks where they are due. And they're due to many of the teachers that I had in the Riverhead District. So that one in the back row especially. Well, I think Mr. Dennis also was very early on with way back when with Mr. Smith and all that when they first started . Absolutely. He has history with it. Everybody has. Everybody can think back and name a favorite teacher that they had. And in my case, I can name a couple. But, you know, and they were important in your life, whether you were a second grader or a senior in high school. It's the way it is. They impact your life and they're so needed. So we appreciate that. Okay. Now on the reports, we have total tax collection as of April 3rd is $96,250,000. Total tax collection as of April 10th was $96,650,000. The total utility received for the March of 2024 is $351,415.48. The total building department fees for March is $184,185.50. And the town clerk March monthly report is $12,389.82. And that concludes all our reports. Okay. We're now going to open it up to comments on any resolution. Do we have anybody in the audience who would like to comment on any resolution? I see nobody in the audience. Online, do we have anybody that would like to comment? We have one comment coming online. Maybe.

We are attempting to determine whether or not we have somebody online that is raising their hand and doesn't appear to be. Okay. Well, then at this point in time, I would ask the town clerk to read the resolutions and we will go through them. Okay. Resolution number 336. Authorizes the town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for food and meat products. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 337. Authorizes the town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for street light and traffic signal repair parts. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 338. Authorizes the town clerk to publish and post a public notice for a public hearing regarding an alleged unsafe structure located at 1092 Dolores Avenue, Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County tax map number 0600-102.00-03.00-016.000. Proceed. Okay. Seconded. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 339. Authorizes the town clerk to publish and post a notice for a public hearing regarding an alleged unsafe structure located at 650 Elton Avenue, Riverhead, New York. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 340. Classifies the special permit application of 4592 Middle Country Road to construct a two-family dwelling as a type 2 action pursuant to SECRA and Schedule's public hearing for 4592 Middle Country Road in Calverton, New York, Suffolk County tax map number 600-97-1-79.1. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 341. Order approving extension 99 of the Riverhead Water District, Marist Farm subdivision. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 343. Appoints member to the Riverhead Conservation Advisory Board, uh, Advisory Council. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 343. Appoints member to the Riverhead Conservation Advisory Board, uh, Advisory Council. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Thank you, Michael Reikley. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 344. Ratifies the resignation of a heavy equipment operator. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 345. Accepts the retirement of a senior water treatment plant operator to be. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yeah, congratulations to Arnold Wolfratt. He's, uh, worked here for a long time. Uh, one of our better workers, uh, for the town. I know Frank Mancini, the head of the water department, speaks very highly of him. I've known Arnold for many, many years. Matter of fact, we're blessed with his sister works here in the assessor's office, another great employee of the town. And I just wish Arnold nothing but the best. I wish him nothing but the best in his retirement. Hopefully we see him around town. Vote yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 346. Accepts the retirement of an employee. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Um, I think our town clerk has asked us all to vote no on this one so we can keep her around. Yeah. I don't think it's that simple. We're going to miss Julie. She's been awesome. I wish I could have done that. I wish I could have done that. I wish I could have done that. I wish I could have done that. I wish I could have done that. I wish I could have done that. We're going to miss Julie. She's been awesome. And myself from private business, always filing certificates and so forth into town clerk. She's always been wonderful to us. And after I was getting permits and things. So she'll be greatly missed. So thank you very much. So regrettably, I vote yes. I'm with you on that. Tremendous employee, great person, and she will be missed. And we wish her and her husband nothing but the best in her retirement. And although I have to say, I know we have somebody coming on board that I think we'll be equally happy with. But Julie, best of luck to you. And thank you for all your service for the town. We appreciate it. And again, good luck in your retirement. I vote yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution. Resolution 347. Appoints a deputy town clerk. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. I think Vanessa's making her mother very proud. Yes, absolutely. Hubbard. Yes, absolutely. All right. Resolution is adopted. And that's Vanessa LaCon. Resolution 348. Setting terms and conditions of employment for Deputy Town Clerk Vanessa LaCon. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 349. Appoints deputy registrar of vital statistics. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 350. Ratifies the approval of a leave of absence. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 351. Resolution 351, I would like to make a motion to table. We are missing information on this. And I ! I believe the form was incorrectly filled out. So I'm going to ask that we table this and reevaluate it and bring it back up at a later date. Do I have a second? Yes. Second. Kern. Kern. Okay. Vote on a motion to table. Need to vote? Yes. You got to vote on it. Okay. We're waiting for you. Okay, Hubbard. I'm sorry. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. To table. 351 is tabled. Resolution 352. Authorize the supervisor to execute a stipulation with Local 1000 AFSCME AFL-CIO Riverhead Unit of the Suffolk Local 852. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 353. Authorizes the supervisor to execute an agreement with Parking and Mobility Consultants, Inc. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 354. Ratifies the authorization of the town supervisor to execute a retainer agreement with S. Barslow Law, PLLC. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Hubbard. Yeah, I just want to thank the Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, and Congressman Lallotta for their assistance and the monies we've gotten for these water extensions to bring clean, clear water to the residents up in the Calverton area. So absolutely vote yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 356. Ratifies submission of letter of intent and authorizes public notice and application for Empire State Development Restore New York grants. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waskie. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 357. Pave our potholes. POP. 2023-2024 Road Resurfacing Project Number 52315. Grant budget adjustment. So moved. Seconded. Resolution is adopted. Waskie. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 358. Capital Project 72217 Roof Repair Senior Center Closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskie. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Finally a job that came in under budget. Yes. Yes. Yes. Resolution 357. Pave our potholes. Pave our potholes. Yes. Resolution 357. Waskie. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Thank you very much Supervisor for your work on this. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 360. Grant agricultural worker housing permit for the Yes. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Thank you Supervisor. Yes. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Yes. Yes. Delalio Sod Farms LLC 422 Edwards Avenue, Calverton, New York, Suffolk County tax map number 600-117-2-8.2. So move. Second. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 361. Before I read this, Justin, keep note of this because this should go up also. Approved special event chapter 255 application for Long Island Antique Power Association tractables and fall show, September 28th to November 3rd. It's a great event. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. It's a passage of fall for this to happen. So yes, I agree with you, Bob. It is a great event. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 362. Approved special event chapter 255 application for the Long Island Antique Power Association tractables and summer show, June 2nd through September 22nd, 2024. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 363. Approved special event chapter 255. Application for the Duck Pond Society, Duck Pond Day. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Pray for no rain. Yes. Always rains on Duck Pond. Yes. I know. It's good for the ducks. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 364. Approved special event chapter 255. Application for the Home Depot outdoor plant sales. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waskey. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 365. Approved special event chapter 255. Application for Riverhead Townscape Inc. Riverhead Country Fair. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is approved. Resolution 366. Approved special event chapter 255. Application for Hallockville Museum Farm. Fleece and Fiber Festival. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 367. Approved special event chapter 255. Application for Riverhead Townscape Inc. Riverhead Townscape Country Fest. So moved. Seconded. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Yes. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 368. Approved special event, Chapter 255, application for Riverhead Townscape, Inc., Blues by the River. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 369. Approved special event, Chapter 255, application for Riverhead Townscape, Inc., Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. These past few resolutions have been all events that the Townscape are putting on this year, and we're very thankful for all the work that they do, and they help beautify our downtown area. Plus all the events that they work so hard to put together. So we appreciate it, and I vote yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 370. Rescinds Resolution 2024-286 and Resolution Number 2024-324, Scramble Elite. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution has been adopted. Resolution 371. Corrects Resolution 2024-278. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 372. Accepts performance security for Overlook Home subdivision. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution number 373. Purchase of new servers. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. IT is great, but without, with old servers, it's not so great. So we're about to make it great again with new servers. I vote yes. Yeah. What this does is put, it builds in redundancy. Right. So if we lose something over Pulaski, it's here. Right. It's here. We're safe. Yeah. Resolution has been adopted. Resolution 374. Pays bills. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution has been adopted. Resolution 375. What? Oh. It authorizes the town board to enter into an agreement with an employee. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution has been adopted. That concludes the resolutions. Okay. That concludes all of our resolutions we had on for tonight. At this point in time, I'm going to open up the microphone for public, open comments from the public. I have anybody who would like to make any comments from the public on any topic. Seeing nobody in house and nobody online. Where is everybody today? It's too nice out. Okay. Yeah, right. Spring fever, I guess, everybody has. Okay. Well, this concludes our town board meeting for the evening. I thank everybody for coming out and everybody for tuning in. Have a great evening and a great weekend. Thank you very much. Good night. Good night. Good night.