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July 24, 2025 — Town Board

Special Town Board Meeting
4 min  ·  CivicClerk page
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0:00Thank you.
0:30Thank you.
1:00Thank you.
1:12Thank you.
1:12Thank you.
1:13Thank you.
1:14Thank you.
1:16Okay.
1:18We're going to open the town board meeting up with comments on the resolution, and the resolution is 2025-643.
1:28It authorizes funding.
1:30Application to New York State for Consolidated Funding Application, CFA 2025 Pro Housing Program.
1:38So would anybody like to comment on this resolution?
1:42Not seeing anybody in the audience.
1:44Do we have nobody online?
1:47Okay.
1:48Then we will go to the resolution.
1:50Clerk?
1:52No?
1:53Disregard?
1:54All right.
1:57Read the resolution, please.
2:00Okay.
2:00Authorizes funding application to New York State for Consolidated Funding Application, CFA 2025 Pro Housing Program.
2:08So moved.
2:09Second.
2:09Vote, please.
2:10Waske?
2:11Yes.
2:12Merrifield?
2:14Yes.
2:14Kern?
2:15Yes.
2:15Rothwell?
2:16Yes.
2:17Hubbard?
2:17Yes.
2:18Go ahead, Jim.
2:20Resolution is accepted.
2:21It's passed.
2:22I should have asked Dawn to come up to the microphone just to go over this real quick before we voted, but if you would do it now.
2:28Sure.
2:29Yeah.
2:29So this is a pass-through grant that will go to, if awarded, go to Georgia Green Ventures for the development of a new mixed-use building at 426 West Main Street, which will be a market-rate apartment with retail and restaurant on the first floor.
2:46It's directly across from the river on the north side of West Main Street, sort of near Farm Country Kitchen.
2:54Really would be a nice bookend to downtown.
2:56This provides money for infrastructure.
2:58The state.
2:59When we connected with the pro-housing program, which we did last year, and we were able to get funding for infrastructure for the Suffolk Theater and also for the amphitheater project.
3:12This gives us access to funds that if you are not a pro-housing community, you cannot get.
3:17So we have the opportunity to work as a pass-through for funding for infrastructure for this project.
3:22It'll help pay for sewer connections, water connections, and electrical traffic work and things like that.
3:28And make that project a success.
3:29And make that project a reality, which we think is a good one.
3:32Good.
3:32Okay.
3:34Thank you.
3:39All right.
3:40At this time, I will open it up for comments on any matters.
3:44Comments from the public on any matters.
3:47Not seeing anybody in-house.
3:52And not having anybody online.
3:54Okay.
3:55At this point in time, we will adjourn.
3:59We will close the special town board meeting.
4:02We'll close it out.
4:03And then we will shortly go into our work session agenda for today.
4:09So can I have a motion to close the town board meeting?
4:12So moved.
4:12Seconded.
4:13All in favor?
4:14Aye.
4:15All opposed?
4:16Special town board meeting for Thursday, July 24th, 2025 is closed.
4:21We'll be back shortly at 10 o'clock to go with our work session.
4:26Thank you all for tuning in.
4:29We'll be right back.

Full Transcript

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. We're going to open the town board meeting up with comments on the resolution, and the resolution is 2025-643. It authorizes funding. Application to New York State for Consolidated Funding Application, CFA 2025 Pro Housing Program. So would anybody like to comment on this resolution? Not seeing anybody in the audience. Do we have nobody online? Okay. Then we will go to the resolution. Clerk? No? Disregard? All right. Read the resolution, please. Okay. Authorizes funding application to New York State for Consolidated Funding Application, CFA 2025 Pro Housing Program. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Go ahead, Jim. Resolution is accepted. It's passed. I should have asked Dawn to come up to the microphone just to go over this real quick before we voted, but if you would do it now. Sure. Yeah. So this is a pass-through grant that will go to, if awarded, go to Georgia Green Ventures for the development of a new mixed-use building at 426 West Main Street, which will be a market-rate apartment with retail and restaurant on the first floor. It's directly across from the river on the north side of West Main Street, sort of near Farm Country Kitchen. Really would be a nice bookend to downtown. This provides money for infrastructure. The state. When we connected with the pro-housing program, which we did last year, and we were able to get funding for infrastructure for the Suffolk Theater and also for the amphitheater project. This gives us access to funds that if you are not a pro-housing community, you cannot get. So we have the opportunity to work as a pass-through for funding for infrastructure for this project. It'll help pay for sewer connections, water connections, and electrical traffic work and things like that. And make that project a success. And make that project a reality, which we think is a good one. Good. Okay. Thank you.

All right. At this time, I will open it up for comments on any matters. Comments from the public on any matters. Not seeing anybody in-house.

And not having anybody online. Okay. At this point in time, we will adjourn. We will close the special town board meeting. We'll close it out. And then we will shortly go into our work session agenda for today. So can I have a motion to close the town board meeting? So moved. Seconded. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Special town board meeting for Thursday, July 24th, 2025 is closed. We'll be back shortly at 10 o'clock to go with our work session. Thank you all for tuning in. We'll be right back.