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Okay, we have a town board meeting scheduled today with one public hearing. We will go now to our invocation, and not seeing a pastor here, I'm going to ask Deacon Wooten to please do an invocation. I'd be glad to. Let us pray. Dear Lord, we thank you for your grace. We thank you for this gathering and bless all those who care enough to come and invest their time and energy to help shape and mold our community. We ask for your spirit of wisdom to settle on our town board as they deliberate and listen to concerns and weigh the burdens and responsibilities bestowed on them as elected leaders. We ask that you continue to bless our first responders in our community and across this nation who volunteer their time and talent to serve the greater good. Keep our police officers and emergency personnel safe as they tend to their business of protecting life and property. Lord, we thank you for this community and for all those who choose to call it home. We ask these things through your son, Jesus. Amen. Thank you, James. Okay, at this point in time, do we have any announcements, Mr. Wooten? Or correspondence? Under correspondence, we received one letter from the board of directors of the Riverhead BID, reference to the Town Square development on Main Street. That's the only correspondence that came in. Reports came in yesterday, so I don't have them ready for this meeting. I'm at the next meeting. And that concludes reports and announcements. Okay. I do have an announcement I would like to make. The Riverhead News Review every year does People of the Year, Civic Person of the Year, Business of the Year. And this year they made announcements. And I think that's a really exceptional choice in picking our entire highway department as public servant of the year. And our highway department operates with 30-some-odd men and women. And they cover miles and miles and miles of roads and asphalt repairs and road stripe painting and plowing and drainage work and all kinds of stuff that they do with 30-some-odd people to keep them safe. Thank you. And I think that's a really important thing to keep this town functioning. And whenever we get hit with a big snowstorm and knock on wood we won't have one this year, but we always get compliments from our highway department on our highway department for the great job that they do in getting our roads open. Because we know fellow towns have maybe more issues, but we hear a lot of complaints on fellow towns. And Riverhead always has a really good rap for the way the roads are plowed and opened up in a timely fashion. So we appreciate that. And we want to congratulate Riverhead. We have Mike Zaleski here from the highway department. Congratulations to you and all the men and women of the department for the work that you do. And it was a very deserving award. And we thank Riverhead News Review for doing that. We appreciate that. So good choice. And that's going to leave me a little segue into what we have, something that we've been doing called Riverhead in Action. And we have a little video of some of the things that Mike does that's outside the scope of what you think he might do. So if we can run that over to you. Run that video. We will show you how it went. And we think it's very good. Hi. This is Tim Hubbard, supervisor of the great town of Riverhead. And you're watching Riverhead in Action, a media campaign designed to highlight the incredible work of the 350 plus employees that comprise Riverhead's 26 departments and sub-departments, town events, projects, job openings, local businesses, and other town happenings. I hope you enjoyed this video. I hope you find this informative and enjoyable. And thank you for watching Riverhead in Action. Hi, everybody. Hi. I'm Mr. Mike. This is Mr. John and Mr. Keith. We work for the highway department. We're going to show you some highway equipment that we clear the snow off the roads, and we take care of the roads. And we're going to teach you some safety. And if everybody remembers, one more thing at the very end, I'm going to give everybody a prize. We just need to remember one thing. Are you ready? Yes. We never want to play on or near the roads. Can you remember that? Yes. What kind of truck did I bring? Dump truck. [transcription gap] What's on the front of it? Shovel. Shovel or snow plow? Snow plow. Anybody know what goes in the back of this truck? When we're plowing. Yes. Sand. Sand. You're good. We put either sand or salt or both in the back. Sand gives you traction. Anybody know what salt does to snow or ice? What does salt do to the ice? It melts it. Salt melts the ice. So after we plow the roads with this big truck, we sprinkle salt, not pepper, salt and sand on the road to give us traction. What color is the plow? White. What color is the flat? Flat. What color is the truck? White. What color is my shirt? Black. Look at that. Right? See all the lights up top? Yeah. So who's like the tallest kid here? You are. Rayon? Come here, Rayon. Let's see how tall you are compared to this tire. The tire still got him beat. Look at how big these tires are. All right? All right? Look at how big this tire is. Yeah. Jefferson is this tall, but the truck is so much bigger than him. That's how big these trucks are. Thank you, Jefferson. This tire is so big, it's even taller than her. Everybody see that? Yeah. Yeah. These tires are big so it can drive anywhere. It can pick up anything. Even me. Yeah. It can pick up people. It can pick up markets. It can pick up people. We don't pick up people with it. And he'll show you, we can also grab things with the bucket. Can it carry people? No. No people. Can it carry water? You just want to carry people in this. Yeah, that's crazy. It can, but you don't want to put people in it. Can you take them? Do you want to go to school? I cannot pick up a school. Look at how big the school is. Alright. One last time. If you answer the question right, we have a surprise for you. We never want to play. On the road. Very good. I have coloring books for everybody. Alright. And after you get your coloring books. If anybody wants to take photos in front of this stuff. You're more than welcome. than welcome. It's up to you guys. Up to your teachers. Listen to your teachers. All right? All right?

Mike, I think you should have been a teacher. Mike, kudos to you and the entire highway department on a job well done. And let's hope winter treats you kindly this year. And let's hope we don't have to use a lot of salt and we'll save it for next year. All right? Thank you so much. Absolutely. Come on up.

Don't run. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. That was very nice. Justin did a great job. Thank you, board. Thank you for always supporting us. On behalf of my whole department, we're just very humbled by it. We try our absolute best and I've always said to myself, if I ever get in a position to give back in any way I can, as the highway superintendent, it's more than just fixing potholes and plowing snow and stuff like this. It makes people smile and it's good that we do that in the fall. We have another event in the fall. And the summer that we do with children where they come to my yard, it's a big show and tell thing. And again, with the news review giving us a very humbled, we're very appreciative, honor and award on behalf of my department. I just want to thank everybody. Thank you. Thank you, Mike.

Hey, Mike. Mike. Sister Quentin would be really proud of you right now. Mike and I, I met in kindergarten at St. John the Evangelist here in Riverhead and went all through school together. And we find it great that we both ended up serving our great town together. So it's been a pleasure working with you. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Thank you, everybody. Thanks, Mike.

Okay, we're going to move on to our public hearing. We have a public hearing scheduled for 2 o'clock and it is now 2.13. The special hearing will be regarding the special permit for Sandy Pond Golf Course. If we could have Greg come on up and lead us off. Thank you. For the record, Greg Bergman, Senior Planner with the Riverhead Planning Department. So this is a public hearing for a special permit application submitted by Sandy Pond Links. The special permit application proposes the expansion of a pre-existing non-conforming use. The site's located at 1495 Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead, New York. More particularly identified is Suffolk County Tax Map number 600-82-1-12.1. This application currently proposes the construction of approximately 3,100 square foot clubhouse with covered porches with 25 bar seats. The construction of a approximately 1,040 square foot property manager's residence, which will be served by a new curb cut on Roanoke Avenue. The construction of three 7,200 square foot trade shop buildings along with new 67 parking stalls for trade shop use. Seeker coordination has been undertaken. Seeker coordination was distributed to involved agencies. We're awaiting responses from other agencies currently. We do have representatives from the application here. If the board has any questions regarding specific uses of those trade shops or anything of that nature. If the board has any questions for me, I'm more than happy to answer. Anything. So just one thing. What would you think will be the use for the trade shops? Thank you.

Brian Stark, applicant. The use will be contractors, landscapers. Last time we had shops there, there was a welder in there. I think it was a welder. [transcription gap] But there was a garage door opener. So it's more of like a storage area. Yeah, I'm just thinking who had leased prior. So any kind of trade contractor, plumbers, there was a whole bay of contractors there were up there for years in the building. there was a landscaping there. Wood of landscaping there. I just didn't know there was like three individual shops like a golf pro shop or something else. Well, that's basically a clubhouse. No, the store is there. But there's a lot of space there. No, the storage will be contractors, and then the clubhouse will be for the golf use. Male Speaker 2. Got it. Male Speaker 3. Okay. Male Speaker 4. I appreciate what you've done. I'll open the property. It cleans up. Male Speaker 3. Oh, thanks. Male Speaker 4. It's looking really nice. Male Speaker 3. Thank you. Male Speaker 3. So I wish you the best of luck. Male Speaker 3. Thank you. Male Speaker 3. I've got to pick up my game. Male Speaker 4. It's a short game. It's all about the short game. Female Speaker 5. It was a nice presentation at work session. Male Speaker 6. Yeah, Brian, I just agree. I mean, it's been a great improvement to the area. And to have mini golf back in town, that's my kind of golf course these days. So we appreciate it. The place does look great. And I know you're not done, and I know the finished product is really going to be even finer. So we appreciate it. Anybody have any comments or questions? Male Speaker 4. No, I just agree. It's really done a great job over there, Brian. Male Speaker 5. I'd just like to note that the applicant did come in and put the notice. We clocked it in. The notice is in the certified mailings. Male Speaker 6. Okay. Male Speaker 5. So we will. We'll close the public hearing, but keep it open for written comment. Male Speaker 6. You got one online, I think. Male Speaker 5. Oh, I'm sorry. What's that? Male Speaker 6. Any members of the public? Male Speaker 5. Yeah, that's what we're going to do. We got one online.

Kathy, can you hear us? Female Speaker 6. Yeah. Female Speaker 5. Yes. Female Speaker 5. Hello. Male Speaker 5. Hello. Kathy? We can't hear you.

Can you hear us now, Kathy? Kathy Bevin- Yes, I can. Male Speaker 5. Hello? Kathy Bevin- Yes. Can you hear me now? Male Speaker 5. Yes, we can. Okay, great, thanks. I apologize for my voice. I'm Kathy McGraw from Northville. And let me preface this by saying I and all my family have enjoyed playing Sandy Pond for years and years and years, and we have a lot of happy memories there. I'm glad Brian Stark is improving the course. It is a great facility. That said, I have a problem with the process. Not the project, the process. And I think there's a right way and a wrong way to accomplish a goal. Sorry. I apologize. Regretfully, I don't know whether it was on

advisors' advice, it appears the wrong way, the wrong process has been used here. And that you are about to acquiesce and not follow the law by splitting this project into two parts. Phase one and phase two. If we look at the history back in January of 2023, two years ago. Mr. Stark told us that he was planning to improve the Par 3 course, add a mini golf course, a club house, a golf simulator. And... Uh... no mention of any food service. But like beer, ice cream and soda at the club house. And he said back then that it would be done in two phases. The first would be the mini golf course and its parking. And the second would be the club house. Which would include rebuilding storage buildings that had been demolished. And it's important to note that in January of 23 those buildings had been demolished. The point of point of point of demolished. He further explained he didn't yet own the property. He was leasing it from the estate of Mr. Buchholz and was in contract to purchase it from the estate. Later that year in April 2023, there was a work session when the special permit that he had applied for and the site plan on phase one was discussed. This was the mini golf course and its 62 parking spaces. It was pointed out during that work session that he still didn't own the land. He was leasing it pending the closing on the purchase of the land. During that work session, Mr. Bergman, presenting the application, noted that Mr. Stark had illegally clear-cut a large swath of land. He paid the fine and that was taken care of. He then went on to say that she didn't own the property. He admitted she didn't own the property. He admitted she didn't own the property. He admitted she didn't own the property. [transcription gap] This permit was just going to be for the mini golf course. But the problem is he didn't own the land for the mini golf course either. And yet he was moving forward on that permit. But you all bought the argument and let phase one move forward. You agreed to look at that special permit which was only for the mini golf course. Not the entire plan. And so a SECRA was done and that review was done only on the mini golf course in the 62 parking spaces. Not the entire project. Projects are supposed to be looked at as a whole. That is a tenant of SECRA. And that didn't happen here. Phase one moved forward. The special permit was approved. SECRA was neg-decked. The site plan was approved and construction was underway. In late 2024, a second special permit application and site plan were submitted for the second phase of this project. This second application, as we all know, is the subject of this hearing. The plan includes a clubhouse, as described by Mr. Bergman, three trade shops and 67 more parking spaces. It's important to note that the plan for the three trade buildings was one that had been completed for Mr. Stark a full year before in October 2023, the very same time when phase one of this project was pending before the board. There was a drawing for this. On November 14th, this second application was discussed at a work session. It too was categorized as a SECRA type one action due to the additional 67 parking spaces. Mr. Bergman at that session explained. This further expansion had been planned right from the beginning in 2023. But could not be included in phase one. Because Mr. Stark had not yet taken title to the property. Well, I'm sorry. I don't really buy that. Because he. He didn't have title to the property when he was seeking the permit. For Part. 1. Phase 1 of this process. Excuse me. So clearly, Phase 2 could have been reviewed at the same time that Phase 1 was done. I don't understand why the two phases had to be separated and segmented for secret purposes. In January of 2023, Mr. Stark had completely described his plan, and I don't see why the planning department allowed the segmentation of the SECRA review in this process. And it's the process that I object to. I think the town gives lip service to SECRA and just blows it off. And this is a classic example. This is a classic example of that being done, and I think it should stop. But more importantly now, there's a second problem with this pending application. The construction of the three new trade shops is problematic. These shops are not an expansion of the non-conforming golf course use. They're an expansion of a different non-conforming use, namely the storage buildings. Trade shops that had been there for years and fallen. They went into disrepair. They were demolished in late 2022. Now, under Town Code 301-222C, no non-conforming use may be reestablished where such use has been discontinued for a year. While the exact date of this special permit for the second phase I don't have, I know that it was not reported on until September 1st. Until September of 2024. And maybe Mr. Bergman can tell us the exact application date, but it certainly wasn't acted on. The work session to discuss it was not until, I believe, November of 2024. If that application was filed more than one year after the demolition of the construction of the new trade shop, If that application was filed more than one year after the demolition of the new trade shop, [transcription gap] code, that non-conforming use of trade shops cannot be re-established. And I would simply say that if that is the case, to allow those trade shops would be a violation of your own town code. And unless you want to violate that town code, you would need to deny the trade shops. And again, please understand, I'm not making these comments in opposition to the expansion of this golf course. I think it's fabulous. I simply think the town needs to follow its own rules. And I thank you very much for the opportunity to speak. Thank you, Kathy. Greg, do you want to address anything? Okay. All right. Do we have anybody else online? Or do we have anybody else? Anybody in the audience who would like to comment? Nobody online? Okay. So I will just actually comment very quickly. The segmentation issue, this was not segmentation. Again, the ability to submit the application for the trade shops, clubhouse, manager's residence was not within the project sponsor's capability. So it is not a segmentation issue. We did not perform an invalid seek review on it. We did not give it lip service. This was not segmentation. Secondly, to the point of the abandonment of the pre-existing nonconforming use, I met with the applicant in October. It was shortly after we moved to this building so it was about October of 2023. Operating in good faith, I informed the applicant that while I was aware of the abandonment, you know, the one-year statute, in operating good faith, knowing that this was their intent, I said, Submit the application. I believe the application was submitted on November 14th of 2023. As the Zoning Officer, I accordingly admitted that this was their intent. I said, Submit the application. I believe the application was submitted on November 14th of 2023. As the Zoning Officer, I accordingly admitted that this was their intent. I admitted that this was their intent. zoning officer i would make the determination that i would preserve that right to continue those trade shop uses even though they had been abandoned again i will fully acknowledge that those trade shops were very dilapidated if they had been followed under a blighted property code they probably could have been taken action on but i made the determination again operating in good faith knowing that the project sponsor was going to construct a good project i made the determination that i would consider that preserving the right to expand those pre-existing non-conforming uses and if i'm not mistaken we all agreed to that too so yeah correct okay thank you greg thank you sure

good afternoon my name is john weiss um i live right across the street from sandy pond for coming up on 60 years and uh everything that the stark family has done in there is just nothing but made it better he's actually going to every neighbor there house to house and ask them hey is everything all right or is this an ad i don't know of anybody who's built anything that i that i've heard of is going to house to house and asked and welcomed them to come over so i thought that was very honorable um and as the longest neighbor um everything that's been done there is is it turns out beautiful i mean they're there to to make it beautiful and nice and something they want first if it pans out after that i really that's what i think means makes it work so much the more worried about that it's it's exciting it's exciting they want to do this um um mr stark i think even worked there 50 years ago or we you know in between ice skating and sleigh riding and he in work there so there's a lot of heart to this it's not a i'm not looking at it as a neighbor it's a big business thing here i think this is uh people that local people uh who want to make something nice uh for everybody and the people and kids in town and uh they're ready with the sidewalks and curbs uh and the work that's been done on the golf course i think it's it's just all positive so whatever comes out i'm sure this will be a positive thing for everyone in town that's really all i have thank you thanks john john if you grew up in this town you learned how to slay right on that hill oh yeah i mean there's no doubt about it in the olympics after right yeah yeah but uh it's just i think it's an all positive thing and it's someone you can actually talk to and not trying to you know it's not someone from another town or county this is people right here in town and i think that means a lot yep thank you all for your time thank you john very well said thank you do we have anybody else kim

good afternoon kimberly judd 737 roanoke avenue happy new year i just wanted to let you know i sent out 46 certified mailing notices to the neighbors within 500 feet i got two phone calls one phone call was a gentleman who asked me if i could get him a job at sandy pond and the second phone call was another gentleman who was annoyed so she's head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head me one six months ago, why are you sending me another one?" I said, sir, the one from six months ago is from any golf, we're proposing another project. I just wanted to really quickly, I feel I have the job really here to correct several inaccurate statements by the person who spoke earlier on abandonment. The timeline she gives as to when things were abandoned and so forth are just not correct. I will just say that when Mr. Stark came to lease the property from the Buchholz family in 2022, there were four tenants on the property, Bloss Seal Coating, Jimmy Walsh Welding, George Woodhull Landscaping, and a garage door company, in addition to Riverhead Cement Block, which also had their equipment stored in the buildings. Now the demolition permit was issued November 26th, I'm sorry, November 22nd of 2022, pursuant to New York case law. Abandonment period does not begin to run until the last of the nonconforming uses and structures are removed. An abandonment does not incur or discontinuance is how it's worded in your code, does not incur until there has been a complete as opposed to a partial cessation or removal of the nonconforming use. I know, Mr. Stark knows, the last wall of that building, the last tenant did not come out until February of 2022. So, pursuant to your own discontinuance statute, we have until next month. Now, what also was not reported from the objector earlier was we submitted our application for a special permit November 14th, 2023, as Mr. Bergman stated, pursuant again to New York State case law, when you submit an application to a municipality that tolls or stops the abandonment or discontinuance clock. So, the fact that November 14th, 2023 is the date of the nonconforming use, is the date of the nonconforming use. So, the fact that November 14th, we submitted our application, the abandonment clock stops, right? It starts again once you issue all your approvals. We still have to go to the planning board for site plan if you approve the special permit. So, until the day that you, the town of Riverhead approves our building permit, the clock has stayed. And that's pursuant to very well-established New York State case law, which I did share with council and planning. So, I just felt that that had to be. I just felt that that had to be. Thank you. I felt that that had to be addressed because I felt that there were a couple statements that were not accurate. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, councilor. Anybody else like to comment? Nobody online? Okay. At this point in time, we'll close the public hearing. Keep it open until you do have one. Okay. Oops. Okay. Thank you. [transcription gap] limit on the time you can talk but go ahead okay i just have a question or two i was told that those buildings were demolished in november 2022 um evidently that is not the case um i would also like to know whether that permit application was for the second phase the one that was filed in november of 2023 was it for this first phase or the second phase that's all i'd like to know thank you thank you kathy greg uh the special permit application that was filed on november 14 2023 was for the trade shops the clubhouse and the manager's residence which is what we're considering now okay thank you thank you okay we'll try this for the third time we have nobody online right okay nobody in the audience all right like the auctioneer would say sold to the guy in the front row um we will close the public hearing and keep it open for written comment until january 17th 2025 at the close of the day okay that's it on the public hearing we don't have any more we're going to move on now to comments on resolutions comments on any resolution okay we have two people online let's take one online so [transcription gap] of hearing this raspy voice, I'll be brief. I know my comments on Resolution 2025-88 ratifying the settlement with Island Water Park will fall on deaf ears, but I feel compelled to speak. I'm at a loss to explain or understand how you, our elected officials running this town, can be so devoid of a sense of right and wrong. You're good people, a lawyer, a former detective, folks who have respect for the law. Yet over and over and over again, you've turned a blind eye to the constant flaunting of laws, rules, and regulations by Eric Scott at Island Water Park. It serves no purpose for me to go on a rant about the law, but I'm going to go on a rant about the law. I'm going to go through the long, sordid history of the serial offender's actions. It's all been spelled out in factual detail by the local press. He's ignored the rules, he's operated without required permits and certificates of occupancy, he's built all sorts of additions without building permits, and he's done all this in plain sight, blatantly advertising his actions on social media. While government officials of this town have been

! And county have heaped praise and adulation on his enterprise. Something just isn't right. I'd ask you all to step back. Look at this settlement with a conscience. Something too many of us seem to ignore these days. There should be no settlement with this developer. His illegal additions should be torn down and disallowed. Period. As crazy as our world has become these days, they're still right and wrong. And all of you, I know, know in your heart of hearts that what Mr. Scott has done is wrong. Please don't let him get away with it by settling this lawsuit. I ask you, not to ratify this settlement and do the right thing. Thank you. Thank you, Kathy. We have one more. Mr. Cullen, come on up. Sure. Hi, John Cullen, also from Northville. Kathy took a lot of words from me. I'm going to talk about the Island Water Park, Scott's Point. Obviously, the resolution for a public hearing is not going to be held because this is it right now. Because today's the day you're going to make the vote. So I just want to pack that in. And it's not just the three, the pickleball court, the whatever. And then also the parking lot that was extended that the DEC didn't like. But while we, well, the list never stops with these bullies. From taking in contaminated soil to use for foundation while shipping out truckloads of sand at all hours of the night. Former town attorney Bob Kaz had to ask the Island Water Park then representatives at a town board meeting like this to stop the ! Mr. Cullen, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

fireworks, attractions without necessary safety approvals for CO for a building with no permits from the fire department. They ignored DEC when they were told not to use the water park this past summer which I went by many times on my bike. As you know I ride the bike trail twice a week. I see what's going on over there. I see what's going on around the whole circumstance of that park. Went by many times. I never saw more than 10 kids using the park at one time. Sometimes I went by there were zero kids children on that water park when it was sunny and 85 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. And even during heat waves when I'd ride nobody was out there but the lifeguards standing around doing nothing. They ignored. I'm sorry. The mentions that I mentioned earlier. The go-kart track. I grew up this way. And I went to Hampton Bays in this. Sorry to say 50 years ago. When they had carts of go go. And they also had an amusement park down the road. You have a go-kart. And when you're 13 and 15 years old. You get out of the owner's sight around the back. The next thing you know. It's bumper cars. Bumper carts. Because you're having so much fun. You want to run your friend right off the road. Well if somebody gets run off this road. They could end up right into that water. As you know. That track is right next to the water. If any of you have not seen it. I highly recommend you do see it. And those kids will probably have a seat. belts on when they hit that water and what's going to happen then it's going to happen it's just a freak accident and freak accidents happen little planes crash into a building the other day freak accident so uh you know uh i mentioned the dec over you know about the go-kart track what you don't know about the go-kart track i know councilman rothwell you're a hiker you like the woods and all that they took down almost 100 trees to build that track so the cart to make that black top go through there those trees are 80 feet tall 100 probably 100 years old 80 of them if the track were ever to be pulled back up and taken away those 80 trees won't come back i'm a tree loader i do a lot of hiking i do a lot of camping i get very upset when i see massive clearings in this town and if you ever drive down the lie just west of exit 67 take a look to your left side you'll see a thousand acres of trees gone and sand it's all just sand and where did that sand go but there's no building going on i go down the lie five times a week because i commute to nassau county it's unbelievable every time i look over to see where's there a truck there's never a truck there where did all that sand go uh the go you know the ball you know the water park is just it's unfortunate that i wish more kids would use it but they're not and the reason probably is because when they get there they'll just say splish splash is so much better the road is so much better and they'll just say splish splash is so much better and the rides they have there are so much more entertaining for any child and the first thing they'll say is mom can we go back to splish splash because this is too much work i gotta wear a life preserver i gotta climb on this and do that and it's just it's just not right the pickleball courts say they took the trees down for those also obviously and uh you know pickleball's a big sport so was windsurfing years ago but i'm sure pickleball's gonna last a lot longer than windsurfing uh i'm sorry about that uh i'm sorry the last thing i meant forgot to mention earlier was the storage upstairs the second floor well that's a change i mean i think you know with this fifty thousand dollar fine that you're thinking of settling with which i honestly hope that it all gets thrown out the window but he's going to make fifty thousand and three wedding receptions everybody knows on wedding receptions extremely expensive and he'll be advertising for wedding receptions and he'll be advertising for conference centers he's going to make that money back in a month or two if the if it's good and people recommend it that have a wedding there and say it's great you should do it there who knows but uh in the big picture sorry i get a little nervous up here john i would ask you to wrap it up please i will uh not really sure why the town received the 70 000 for the emergency road or how that's working out with you guys i ride my bike over there council councilman rothwell this is an emergency road for fire trucks is that correct yes do the fire trucks have bolt locks because they're two dead bolt locks to get that you have to go through a gate and a fence to arrive the fire chiefs for multiple departments have been given the keys yeah i mean and the roadway is also about five feet in width shorter on your emergency trail than their main driveway i've been there a bunch uh sorry i got two more things to say and i'll rip it up real quickly the ida has been to scott's point more than once i've been there a probably never oh sorry the ida i've been to scott's point more than once and probably never again after my words today if i'm not asked to leave the property but how can the ida again give this corporation all these tax breaks when they do not meet their promises the amount of full-time jobs they sold to the ida as i'd say is about 85 below forecast that was during the summer curly please correct me if i'm wrong i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm wrong given today's resolution which will obviously pass why would the operator of scott's point respect the town's orders codes rules why should he he makes a mockery of the town law as well as the town officials who have the time again to let things slide for reasons about which town residents can only speculate because we the residents just took a big jump in our taxes thank you thank you john thank you mark we have one more online

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good afternoon mike foley reeves park can you hear me okay tim yes we can hear you fine um good afternoon i'd like to uh get some clarification on on two resolutions uh one is resolution nine that sets the salaries of general town employees uh i want us i want to wholeheartedly support all of the salary increases and the stipends that were added to the salary increases in order to try and get our town competitive with neighboring towns we've got great employees in order to keep them we need to pay them and i'm thankful that you guys have started that And I think the town should be aware that this is not the end of the process. It's really the beginning Our employees are woefully underpaid comparative to other towns and in future budgets I trust Tim and board that you guys are going to try to continue to add money to contractual Agreements in order to keep all valued people here There is one exception to that and that is on resolution 9 where Jeff Murphy is mentioned on page 38 on the on the packet at least on the packet that I read Where Jefferson Murphy is getting a hundred and fifty thousand dollars in? 2025 Eric, I just have one question actually. It's a two questions just to clarify this As most people that are involved in the town know This was based on the prior supervisors handling of What she considered at the time to be an incompetent and an insubordinate employee unfortunately When Jeff sued the town his attorneys were easy to punk poke holes in it Because evaluations were done on Jeff just before he was considered incompetent that he was in fact a good employee and as a People involved in labor law are aware progressive discipline is a very important part of Establishing a reason to impose discipline up to and including dismissal and there was no progressive discipline at all contemplated on Murphy's thing so I know at the time I'm going back again either late 22 early 2023 That Jeff had been suspended without pay and I know the court case took a period of time but now that Jeff's Eric Now that Jeff's salary appears on the budget line item for 2025. I guess the two questions are Number one did Jeff in addition to the money he's going to be getting in 2025 get any retroactive pay from the time that he was suspended without pay and number two is Jeff going to be entitled to any more compensation after the 2025 payout of 150,000 so so so so so so so so so so so so so But he's budgeted for this year because technically he's still on the town roster as an employee. So once his resignation becomes effective at or around the end of March, the remainder of the funds that were budgeted for his salary would be available for use towards other planning department personnel. Thanks, Eric. That's great. And finally, on Resolution 88, the litigation that was settled, I read on page 375 of the packet, the resolution. And as it's written, there was no explanation afterwards that you could really drill down to see exactly what was, you know, what the the [transcription gap] the answer them just one two three four so first answer is yes i am great uh did island waterpark mention any time frame for attempting to uh to conform uh to the code on changing the second floor of their structure it was it seemed that they obviously have to do things to be in compliance to expanding the second floor from what everybody thought was going to be storage to what now will probably be a catering hall to be continued and discussed at a later time but did they give any time during your settlement discussion eric on how long they think it would take for them to put the second floor in compliance to my knowledge there hasn't been a specific discussion as to the time frame for that but they have submitted the site plan application to legalize that space to fit the use that they'd like to use it for their site plan application and they've been able to do that for a long time so i think it's a good idea to do that so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so Did our office handle this entire litigation in-house, Eric? We did. That's good to hear. And finally, one of the things... And I'll just say Deputy Town Attorney Danielle Hurley handled it primarily, and she did a very, in my assessment, I think she did a very nice job. Thanks, Eric. And finally, one of the things that concerned me the most about the Riverhead Local article was the fact that the DEC did not respond to any inquiries that Riverhead Local made to the DEC of their ongoing complaints and violations with Island Water Park. Eric, did they communicate with you at all or coordinate enforcement efforts with you at all during this time frame? Are you guys working on parallel tracks? On different tracks? I'm really concerned that the DEC can blow off Riverhead Local and hope they don't try to do it with you. So when the violations originally came to our attention, our code enforcement and fire marshals responded to the property. They also communicated with a DEC officer, and I spoke with them one time on the phone and exchanged, I think, one or two emails, just indicating our willingness. I didn't have clear headings about what's going to happen next. [transcription gap] conversations with our planning department their site plan approval from from the Planning Board did a lot or from the town board did allow them to use the the lake for non-motorized recreational purposes now to the extent that the DEC takes a different position on that I would defer to the DEC for any kind of enforcement but that being said I'm not aware of any specific enforcement actions taken by the DEC subsequent to issuing those initial violations thanks Eric you know I am aware that this resolution once passed puts a period on the litigation it does not put a period on what I'm in water park will ultimately look at the town board is charged with working at these site plan applications and I am confident that the town board will listen to the residents of this town and if the residents of this town are is outraged as I think they're going to be when they see what's happening I hope that all five of you will vote no to this go try this go car track and the pickleball love court and I thank you very much for your time and all your responses Eric thank you you're welcome thank you Mike so can I just clarify for the 2025 budget we did not budget a full year for Jefferson Murphy's salary that was his full salary we were able to get a full year for the

only budgeted through March that was with the agreement stipulated so it's roughly about thirty seven thousand five hundred and we are not planning on filling that position we added some other positions that we utilize that those funds for those positions instead so just oh that's great look I don't do on self it and I know Greg and Matt are very much involved in planning I think they're doing a wonderful job and you know hopefully we can give them a little more in a stipend as well thank you very much Tim okay do we have anybody else online chip nobody do we have anybody in the audience who would like to comment hi Mark yeah uh not about Island water park is that okay yeah as long as it's a resolution okay thank you uh I've done this wrong before great cameras and my mother used to tell me I had a great face for radio now I know why uh Happy New Year my name is Mark hobner I'm from uh aquabug but I'm here on behalf of the town's environmental advisory committee and the North Coast environment environmental Council today uh first and foremost this is about the resolution number 2025-83 about the expansion on the West wastewater treatment plant um first and foremost I'm not here to speak against this project in the least I will applaud certainly we all applaud Mr Reichel's amazing progress improvement and management of a revenue bearing facility for our town over several decades I'd like to see that continue I do however want to remind the makers that the perfluoro and polyfluoroalkyl substances PFAS issues of the world are vast and they're called forever chemicals they include some 2 000 compounds in this family and that if we are proactive in our treatment of these compounds and a few more coming down the pike we can ensure the safety of our soils crops and water and ultimately the health of our residents overall and protect ourselves against future litigation as this trend progresses around the world I've got 12 minutes I'm going to submit these to Mr Wooten after I'm done and I'd like to discuss these in detail and get some answers some of them I believe that we're currently dewatering or dehydrating these on site I believe I remember hearing the Mr Reichel speak to our committee at one point that they're involving a polymer agent to mix with them to make them more frangible to be able to be spread I know that we're working our way up to a class A exceptional quality biosolid and that's remarkable all by itself I know we're using the water for the for the golf course next door and I think this is all good my personal future for that would be that we were able to create potable water for gray water use not for drinking necessarily but to take the strain off the water supply that we're using fresh water and our irrigation our toilets and that kind of thing I need I would like to know are we selling the minerals so that's clear so I'll head over to you next head over to you next would be the ones doing this, but the EPA has not set standards for PFAS. And I know we've talked to Frank over time, and PFAS in the water, PFX, any one of the 2,500, 2,300 of these fluorine substances, they move from parts per million to parts per billion to parts per trillion in safety. Just to give you an example, one drop of red food dye in an Olympic-sized swimming pool is parts per billion. Two Cheerios in Brookhaven is the parts per trillion. All right, so there are not a lot of labs that are capable of testing for this. It's expensive, I know. Does anybody know the projected cost of the facility? Just ballpark? No? Nobody? No? All right. I'm hoping that we're going to be able to do that. We're not planning on the sale of the biosolids to support a great portion of whatever funding we need for that or ongoing operations. I've been in touch with several attorneys around the country that are mentioning that we would have an exposure to liability for the wastewater treatment plant's biosolids sold in the market if they are out of limit, right? Not that they will be or not. I just want to know. All right? If it's eight parts per trillion, we're pushing the limit, that's okay. I understand. But by the same token, is this going to be cost effective if we're no longer allowed to sell the biosolids as a soil amendment? Would we better to err on the side of caution, gather much more information before releasing a possibly destructive chemical into our soils, especially for our food, our water, our human systems? And they're called forever. They're full of minerals. [transcription gap] minerals. minerals. representatives in making this important decision. Mark, Michael just sent me something, let me. Oh no. Alright, he said the current plan for the biosolids use is to continue to landfill the product. Oh, alright, well that changes a few questions. Okay, can we? And submit your questions. I will, I will. And we'll make sure Michael gets back to you on all of it. Cool, yeah, like I said, we're not against this project. Yeah. This isn't the issue. Just want to make sure we're safe in the back end. Understood. 20 million acres of farmland in Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kentucky have now been deemed brownfields because we've been using this stuff for fertilizer, for soil amendment. I don't want to be there. I hear you.

Thank you, Mark.

Good afternoon, Barbara Blass. I live in Jamesport. I've nine pages of questions, concerns, issues, irregularities, illegal procedural steps taken in connection with Island Water Park but I've learned my lesson. You really don't necessarily pay attention to details and I don't want to waste my valuable time writing. right now and in giving you this information I will send it for to become a part of the record and communications to the town clerk but I did want to come up here and correct something that I just heard that I believe is also an incorrect statement and that is that the DEC is concerned about the inflatable watercraft was the concern and that is not actually true they there is concern because they are powered by lithium-ion batteries I don't know if everybody knew that that that they were powered powered by batteries in the in the lake and there's also some discrepancy as to whether they're going to be used in the future or not but my point was this the DEC has two concerns in addition to what was mentioned by counsel according to the DEC's inspection reports which are all online by the way very interesting read you you'd be surprised at who shows up for some of these inspections as well DEC inspection report dated 6 12 24 quote also on site during the inspection Chris Bees the New York State DEC region one enforcement coordinator DEC staff observed go-kart track which had been built at least partially in the LOM that's land life of mine in the southern half of the property the approved mined land use plan which includes the land use plan which includes the land use plan which includes a reclamation plan and final reclamation objective does not include the construction of a go-kart track in the life of mine the go-kart track constructed in the life of mine is a violation of permit condition number one conformance with that's the condition is conformance with plans DEC also explained to the permittee Mr. Scott Cody Scott and other mine staff that a go-kart track in the life of mine doesn't comply with the approved mined land use plan permit separate document DEC staff observed that the site's parking lot is significantly larger than the approved plans and is also a violation of permit conditions so in response to Mr. Foley's question about have you coordinated with the DEC obviously you coordinated because wisely you chose in an unlisted action to go through coordinated review but I believe the applicant has to have an amended reclamation plan and a mining permit that needs to be amended and needs an application to be submitted to them because they are out of compliance and there's nothing about the original reclamation plan that includes the things that were illegally built there right okay so that but that extent that that's a DEC permit that would still be up to the DEC to pursue and oh I'm not saying that but my point when when Mr. Foley mentioned about the DEC the only concern you mentioned in response to that was the inflatable and so there's an outstanding application and these things are actually part of a site plan so whether the DEC has permitting Authority is one thing they are part of your site plan and they're going to have to be coordinated. I would imagine they would have comments if not substantial comments in connection with their amended site plan application. and. when. we. coordinate seeker on that just want it as I said to clarify and put that information now on the record but I will be submitting this even though it's a fait accompli and as I said I've learned in the past most of the time especially when it pertains to secret you're not necessarily interested in detailed information but thank you for your time

just want to put a couple of things onto the record for the current site plan application for Island Water Park for the current amendments that we're reviewing secret coordination was sent to the DEC region one office on December 18th of 2024 that was a day after we adopted the resolution authorizing the secret coordination and then you know the the conversation about everything that we're doing is that we're going to be doing a lot of work on the land go-kart track I went back and looked through my records to see if there was any discrepancy because I understand there's some you know what are the DEC approved what do we look at I have an email from Robert Yeager who was worked for the New York State DEC division of mineral resources he and I had gone out to the site along with the project sponsor there was a email from March 5th 2021 which said Greg everything that they are doing with the lake is approved under the current mining permit there is no new activity that is not permitted the mining permit only deals with the lake and should not be tied into the other parking building Etc giving them a new two-year reclamation permit will allow the lake part of the project to be completed and the town can deal with the other changes so that sort of just gave me a level of comfort that you know like we didn't miss the ball we were in communication with the DEC they were aware of what was happening on there so to that end I think the applicant can address the items regarding the mining permit through the DEC but again we did send the latest revisions to the DEC on December 18th of 2024. thank you Greg was Mr Yeager who I understand now is retired was he on the site with when the go-kart was um built no he retired yes he retired and has not been on the site since uh I believe 2021 according to the uh inspection reports again that are coming out of the DEC and that's what we're doing so I'm going to go ahead and get back to you Greg thank you Greg [transcription gap] thank you Greg or online so thank you very much

anybody else online chip nobody anybody else in the room that would like to comment on resolutions I haven't seen nobody we will move on to the reading of the resolutions okay resolution number one establishes capital project number one two four two six meeting house Creek restoration so moved second vote please so moved second vote please [transcription gap] wasky yes very field yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution number three X acceptance of 2023 audited financial statements so moved seconded vote please wasky yes very field yes Kern yes well yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution number four ratifies waiver of building department fees for Habitat for Humanity not pro-tank so moved seconded vote please wasky yes very field yes yes yes yes yes yes resolution is adopted resolution number five ratifies authorization for employ me to employee to buy back a cured vacation time so moved second vote please wasky yes very field yes yes yes yes yes yes resolution is adopted resolution number six sets fees for the 2025 recreation winter brochure so moved seconded vote please wasky yes very field yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution number seven authorization to publish a help wanted advertisement for part-time and police officers so moved seconded vote please wasky yes very field yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes I just a plea to the community if you have any interest whatsoever in becoming a police officer this is an excellent step to take to becoming a police officer of course you have to take the civil service test but if you get hired part-time you get to see what it's really like and the police department gets to see what you're really like so it's a win-win for both and I implore you especially people of color people of Hispanic nationality we need to be more reflective of our community and I implore you if you're interested at all in a career in police work that you sign up to become a part-time police officer I vote yes is there an age requirement I don't think yeah do any why you have to be six months short of 21 and no more than 35 resolution is adopted resolution number eight set salaries of elected officials for 2025 so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Maryfield yes Kern yes yes yes resolutions adopted resolution number nine set salaries of general town employees for the year 2025 so moved second vote please wasky yes Maryfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes yes resolution is adopted resolution number 10. I vote yes. set salaries of various boards for the year 2025 so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Maryfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 11. set salaries of police officers for the year 2025 so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Maryfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution number 12. set salaries of highway department for the year 2025 so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Maryfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 13. set salaries of sewer scavenger waste district for the year 2025 so moved second vote please wasky yes Maryfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 12. set salaries of street lighting district for the year 2025 so moved so moved so moved so moved Murrayfield yes turn yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 15 set salaries of water district employees for the year 2025 so move seconded vote please wasky yes Maryfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 16 set salaries for 2025 beach personnel for the Riverhead Recreation Department so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes well yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 17 set salaries for various call and recreational personnel for the year 2025 so moved second vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes turn yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 18 set salaries for 2025 call-in personnel so move seconded vote please wasky yes Maryfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 19 set salaries for 2025 call-in personnel for the year 2025 so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes yes yes resolution is adopted resolution 19 appoints a water treatment plant operator trainee so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Frank treat these people better so they don't leave all the time on us I vote yes resolution is adopted resolution 20 set salaries for 2025 beach personnel for the year 2025 appoints a budget assistant so moved second it vote please waski yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 21 appoints financial advisor so moved second vote please waski yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 22 appoints bond council so moved second it vote please waski yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 23 renews the appointment of legal representation for the Planning Board so moved second vote please waski yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 24 reappoints a zoning officer nunc pro-tunc so moved second it vote please waski yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 25 reappoints members to the anti-bias task force so moved second vote please waski yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yeah I want to thank all them for coming back and for the time that they all volunteer for the anti-bias task force resolution is adopted resolution 26 reappoints member to recreation advisory committee winter so moved second vote please waski yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard again thank you Justin winter for the time you volunteer on the board yes resolution is adopted resolution 27 reappoints the member to the town of Riverfield yes

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Resolution 32. Ratifies the reclassification of a heavy equipment operator to construction equipment operator. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Congratulations to Andrew Dick. Resolution adopted. Resolution 33. Ratifies the reclassification of an office assistant to a senior office assistant. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Congratulations to Kenda Pecone. Resolution adopted. Resolution 34. Ratifies the reclassification of a groundskeeper to maintenance mechanic to. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Congratulations to Robert Felici. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 35. Ratifies the reclassification of a groundskeeper to maintenance mechanic to. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Congratulations to Danny McMillan. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 36. Approve salary adjustment for legislative secretary. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 37. Approve salary adjustments for public safety dispatchers. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yeah, just a big shout out to our public safety dispatchers. That's not an easy job. They do a great job at it. It's thankless at times. The hours are horrible. But to all those that show up to work every day, we appreciate what they do. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. All right. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 38. Approve salary adjustments for named water district employees. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 39. Approve salary increase for a heavy equipment operator. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 40. Approve salary increase for a water district maintenance crew leader. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 41. Approve salary increase for a senior cook. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 42. Approve salary increase for a cook. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 43. Approve salary increase for senior citizens' program supervisor. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. is adopted resolution 44 approved salary increase for a minibus driver so moved seconded vote please Flosky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted now for the second half resolution 45 I'm safe we want to take a dinner break here we're halfway through the resolutions where you want to just keep going off keep going marching on approved salary increase for a community relations specialist so moved second vote please Flosky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 46 approved salary increase for a cultural affairs supervisor so moved seconded vote please Flosky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes yes yes yes yes resolution is adopted resolution 47 approved salary increase for for a recreation leader so moved seconded vote please waski yes very field yes turn yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 48 approved salary increase for a recreation supervisor so moved seconded vote please waski yes very filled yes turn yes Rothwell yes yes resolution is adopted resolution 49 who salary increase for a planner so moved second vote please waski yes very field yes turn yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 50 approved salary increase for a senior planner charters so moved seconded vote please waski yes very filled yes turn yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 51 approved salary increase for a senior planner Bergman so moved second vote please waski yes very filled yes turn yes Rothwell yes Hubbard I just want to say for the last three Heather Trojan ow ski Matt charters and Greg Bergman the work that they put in on the comprehensive plan was insurmountable and they did a fantastic job and I really thank and appreciate you so much so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's so she's [transcription gap] with the comp plan it took a long time but it's done the worst parts over and we appreciate what you did so thank you Greg's the only one in the room that was waking sure to see how we voted today

resolution is adopted resolution number 52 approved salary increase for an associate administrator so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 53 approved salary increase for a grants analysis so moved second vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell go get the money yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 54 approved salary increase for a cheap building inspector so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 55 approved salary increase for personnel assistant so moved second vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 56 approved salary increase for a town personnel officer so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard I'm going to recuse myself because it involves Eric Howard who happens to be my son-in-law resolution is adopted resolution 57 who've Sally increased for principal office assistant so moved second vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 58 approves a salary increase for a senior justice court clerk so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes well yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 59 approves the salary increase for a youth counselor so moved seconded oh please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes yes resolution is adopted resolution 60 approves a salary increase for a network and systems specialist to so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 61 approves a salary increase for a maintenance mechanic to so moved second vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes yes resolution is adopted resolution 62 approves a salary increase for a maintenance mechanic 3 so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 63 approves a salary increase for deputy tax receiver Lisa Richard so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 64 approved salary increase for chief of staff so moved seconded vote please wasky absolutely yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes yes she does a fantastic job thank you resolution is adopted resolution 65 approved salary increase for deputy town attorney Prudente so moved second vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes absolutely yes did you call my name I did yes and you were very hesitant no I wasn't speaking and I I didn't hear exactly what you said all right Kern Rothwell yes Hubbard if you look up workaholic in the yes Hubbard if you look up workaholic in the yes Hubbard if you look up workaholic in the dictionary that Anne Marie's pictures there she does a fantastic job yeah and she will debate you exactly what resolution is adopted resolution 66 approves a salary increase for a deputy town attorney Hurley so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard 66 we're on yes sir yes the Amory's picture is there she does a fantastic job yeah and she will debate you exactly what this

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72. Ratifies and accepts the resignation of a public safety dispatcher. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 73. Authorizes the Community Development Department to apply for the New York State ADU Plus One Program. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 74. Authorizes the release of security for East End Disability Associates, Inc. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 75. Authorizes the supervisor to execute an agreement with the seed clam administrator. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. They're having tremendous success with the seed plan program, so absolutely yes. Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 76. Authorizes the supervisor to execute a 2025 Musical Works License Agreement with CESAC. So moved. Four secondings. Should we hear the supervisor sing? It's S-E-E. Let's see if this musical works. What did I say? Any music you put on video. Oh, S-E-S-A-C. CESAC. S-E-S-A-C. So moved. Yep. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 77. Authorizes the supervisor to execute a stipulation with Local 1000 AFSCME AFL-CIO Riverhead Unit of the Suffolk Local Government. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 78. Authorizes execution of a license agreement with Research Foundation of State University of New York for installation of fish passage camera at Grand Jebel Park. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 79. Authorizes the chief of police to execute an agreement with the County of Suffolk. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 80. Authorizes the supervisor to issue a letter to the Suffolk County Department of Health Services allowing the use of Pine Barrens Corp. of Pine Barrens credits originated from property located in Riverhead, Expressway Plaza 1, LLC, and Farmingville Associates Phase 1, LLC. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 81. Adopts 2025 investment policy. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 82. Adopts a local law amending chapter 103 of the Riverhead Town Code, code titled, Town Offices and Employees, Article 6, Term Limits for Town Justices. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Mark, I've got a subsequent text from Michael Reichert. I'll pass by Mark's head. Mark's head. [transcription gap] from Michael Reichel said he'd love to meet with the committee to go everything over everything with you yep resolution is adopted resolution 84 pays bills second it vote please waski yes Maryfield yes Kern yes Rothwell gonna do all these resolutions we got to pay him yes yes resolution is adopted resolution 9 yeah resolution 925 it's from 2024 awards rebid for the meeting house Creek stormwater wetland and habitat restoration project so moved second on table this first this I have it listed as being table yes yeah I will make a motion to untable please okay second it's both please to untable waski yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is untabled awards rebid for the meeting house Creek stormwater wetland and habitat restoration project so moved second vote please waski yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 85 me me Yep. Oh, sorry. Hold on. Ratifies the provisional appointment of a senior wastewater treatment plant operated 2A. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 86. Resolution setting fees for taxi cabs and vehicles for hire pursuant to Chapter 281 of the Riverhead Town Code. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yeah. This is why I got jammed up. I love that this is happening, Jim. Definite yes. Well, it's your persistence, Bob. It's all you. Hubbard. Yes. Did I do you last? You skipped me. I'll do you last. Rothwell. I want to be part of the game. Yes. So carried. Resolution 87. Rejects all bids and authorizations. Town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for rebid number two for Meeting House Creek stormwater wetland and habitat restoration project. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 88. Ratifies authorization for the town attorney's office to execute settlement of legal action against Island Water Park. Second. américano. américano. américano. américano. américano. [transcription gap] américano. [transcription gap] américano. [transcription gap] américano. [transcription gap] with a civil penance penalty of $50,000 I think that that is a game for Riverhead so I vote yes Mary few I vote no and I'd like to place my reasons on the record first and foremost I thank everyone who came out and spoke and I've listened to a lot of people with what they've had to say about this business they have a long history of violating our town code they and our town is moving forward with a great deal of development happening and I want to let individuals know if they're going to do business in the town of Riverhead they're going to pay the consequences for being repeat violators and as a former prosecutor for 30 years I know from experience that people that are bad actors that repeat over and over again they need to pay a heavy consequence for their actions I oppose the secret going forward I wished that we had continued the lawsuit and stayed the secret application I wish that we had in fact followed through with this lawsuit and forced them to tear up the pickleball courts and the water and the go-kart track in order that they would learn a lesson that you don't continuously violate our town code and just pay a fine afterwards I don't agree that $50,000 is a sufficient amount for what they've done and I do feel that moving forward that repeat offenders need to know that you're going to pay heavy court ! actions for those reasons I oppose this settlement Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard I agree with a lot of what Denise Merrifield just said but in this litigious world we live in court cases are always looking to be cleared and settlements are always looking to be made and at times you have to weigh whether the settlement is worth it or whether going all the way to the end is worth it and at this time I truly believe that the settlement although I wish it were more it would cost us a lot more to continue on and there's never a guarantee in a court action that it's going to fall into your favor I also want to say it was never an intention to shut down Island Water Park but it was an intention to send a strong strong message out to developers who think they can come into town and do what they want to do and ask for forgiveness later and I think a fifty thousand dollar hit is not quite sufficient but I'm willing to live with it and hopefully this will deter other developers that come in and want to do things to know that we're serious about this and we're not just going to forgive and forget we're going to go after your wallet and for that reason I vote yes resolution is adopted that concludes our resolutions for our first meeting in January I would like to take this opportunity now to on table one particular resolution I'd like to make a motion to untable town board resolution 2025 you have the wrong whistle sorry okay with me I don't have any other motion 2025 dash 88 and I want you to be 2024 so I'm not going to vote on that. I'm sorry Eric I have the incorrect number I'm gonna I'm gonna find that resolution quickly but while I'm doing that Devon has yeah just one point of clarification I just had a quick chat with the purchasing director we have to just go back if we could mr. clerk to resolution in the queue today number 85 2024 dash 925 it was the resolution that we that we untabled yes so we needed to have untabled that and then voted that down because it was the resolution that we had to vote on and voted on it. So we just goofed by approving that we needed to have voted that down so mechanically counselor can walk us through how we need to do that in terms of so it's 88 I'm sorry 85 85 in your packet today which is 2024 dash 925. That was the role you you don't want to award the rebid because you're sending out for a rebid. That's correct. That's correct. So. [transcription gap] So. So. So. ! That awards the, oh, you don't want to award the rebid because you're sending out for a rebid. That's correct. That's correct. So rather than just leave it kind of hanging in tabled form for eternity, I think as a matter of cleanup, we want to just untable it, vote it down. And rescind it, right. Rescind it or reject it. And then. Just a motion to recall the resolution. A motion to recall town board resolution 2024-925. Second it. Okay. Now vote. Vote to recall. Vote for recall. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution 2024-925 has been recalled. Okay. And we're recalling that for the reasons that Deputy Supervisor Higgins just put on the record. Now my recommendation is to vote, is to move this resolution. Second it. Okay. And then vote no on it. When we're ready to award this rebid, we'll have a new resolution done. Got it. So make a motion to move resolution 2024-925, awards rebid for Meeting House Creek Stormwater Wetland and Habitat Restoration Project. So moved. Second it. Vote please. Waske. No. [transcription gap] Merrifield. No. Sorry. No. Kern. No. Rothwell. No. Hubbard. No. That resolution has been defeated unanimously. Okay. Now we are looking to untable. Okay. So you're looking to untable resolution 2024-1009, schedules public hearing for the site plan amendment application of Island Water Park 5835 Middle Country Road, Calverton, New York, Suffolk County Tax Map number 600-135-1-7.34. So I'm making a motion to untable that. Obviously with the settlement we can move forward on their application. So moved. Second. Vote please. Okay. Waske. Yes. Was that? Yes. Merrifield? No. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. is it no we have to on table table table that needs to be moved seconded and voted upon or further debated so make a motion to move it second vote please waski yes Murrayfield no turn yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution has been adopted after being untabled I believe that concludes and that would be resident that concludes our resolution so again I'll reiterate but the supervisor has said and what councilman waski has said throughout today it's a great day to kind of when you're looking over all these resolutions there's so many talented individuals so the men and women of our check great town that perform these tests every day so thank you very much for all your help everyone is surely more than deserving of these resolutions that were passed today to increase salaries so that we can keep great talent here in the town Riverhead City. thanks for doing a great job. agreed. ditto ditto. yeah we can't afford to lose employees the way we have in the last three years that I've been here it's just been a revolving door and this this puts a stop in there and you know gets people up to where they need to be. it's it's helping. we have no work. yeah. okay that commits that we complete our resolutions now we're going to open up for comments from the public on any matter. comments from the any. any. so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so I believe they're right on point and I believe they echoed at least two other town board members in prior discussion so I'm going to continue to be optimistic that when this issue of Island Water Park getting forgiveness for their racetrack and for cutting down all those trees that John Collin talked about not only for the racetrack but for the pickleball courts that the entire town board understands that what you said is exactly what Tim has said since he started his time as supervisor we have to change the attitude in this town and with the vendors to understand that if they are not going to comply with our rules they are going to get a hard no when asking for forgiveness so I'm sure the site plan is going to be coming up sometime in calendar year 2025 as far as I'm concerned the sooner the better you know I think that's the only way that we can get this to the floor and we can see exactly what the residents have to say about it and see exactly what the comments and the votes are going to be for all five of you so Denise again I thank you very much for it thanks I'm done thanks Mike anybody else nobody online nobody in the audience okay I would like to make a motion to close the town board meeting second Happy New Year yes all opposed okay Happy New Year everybody thank you

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