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September 1, 2009 CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS City Council Meeting Agenda 6:30 PM P.H. – 2010 – 2015 Capital Budget/Program 7:00 PM CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL SALUTE TO FLAG PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD / 15 MINUTES PRESENTATION(S) EXECUTIVE SESSION CONSENT AGENDA 1. Approval of Capital Budget Public Hearing & City Council Minutes for 8-24-09 2. Approval of Capital Program Presentation Minutes 8-14-2009 3. Approval of City Council Minutes 8-18-09 4. Approve Budget Amendments 5. Approve Budget Transfers 6. Approve Capital Budget Transfers 7. Approve Payroll 8/21/09 $444,715.83 8. Approve Payroll 8/27/09 $439,939.42 9. Approve Warrant 2009 Mid MC3AUG09 $509,468.68 10. Approve Warrant 2009 Regular 1SEP09 $1,218,965.65 MAYOR’S DEPARTMENT 1. Discussion and Vote: Adoption of Proposed Capital Budget/Program 2010 - 2015 2. Discussion and Vote: Approval for Mayor to Sign 2009 CDBG Entitlement Subrecipient Contracts 3. Discussion and Vote: Modification to Temporary License Agreement of May, 2009 – Niagara Mohawk Entry on City Property - Firehouse ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT 1. Award of Bid: Extension of Bid to Complus Data Innovations 2. Discussion and Vote: Increase Legal Fee Line for Glaser Article 78 3. Award of Bid: Pump Station Upgrade to Lash Contracting Inc. City Council Meeting 9/1/09 FINANCE DEPARTMENT 1. Discussion and Vote: Department of Public Works Payroll Transfer 2. Discussion and Vote: Accounts Payroll Transfer 3. Discussion: City Finances PUBLIC WORKS DEPARMENT 1. Discussion and Vote: Approval for Change Order – Stantec – Nelson Avenue Drainage 2. Discussion and Vote: Approval for Mayor to Sign a Contract with Highlander Construction 3. Discussion and Vote: DPW Sick Bank 4. Discussion: Authorization for the Mayor to Sign an Agreement with Barton & Loguidice PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARMTENT 1. Discussion: Traffic Light Malfunction 2. Discussion: SEMS Contract SUPERVISORS Joanne Yepsen 1. Proud to be an American Day 2. US Army Field Band 3. Board of Supervisors September Committee Meetings 4. NYSAC Conference – September 16th – 18th Matthew Veitch Nothing at this time ADJOURN CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS Page 2 of 12 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY COUNCIL ROOM City Council Meeting 9/1/09 PRESENT: Scott Johnson, Mayor Ken Ivins, Commissioner of Finance John Franck, Commissioner of Accounts Ron Kim, Commissioner of DPS Anthony Scirocco, Commissioner of DPW PRESENT: Matthew Veitch, Supervisor Joanne Yepsen, Supervisor (arrived 7:08 p.m.) STAFF PRESENT: Shauna Sutton, Deputy Mayor Kate Jarosh, Deputy Commissioner, Finance Michele Boxley, Deputy Commissioner, Accounts Eileen Finneran, Deputy Commissioner, DPS Patrick Design, Deputy Commissioner, DPW Joe Scala, City Attorney RECORDING OF PROCEEDING The proceedings of this meeting were taped for the benefit of the secretary. Because the minutes are not a verbatim record of the proceedings, the minutes are not a word-for-word transcript. PUBLIC HEARINGS 2010 – 2015 Capital Budget Program Mayor Johnson opened the public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Commissioner Ivins re-stated how the capital program is affecting the tax rate. It is a little over a nickel per thousand. If you have a 200,000 home it is $10.77, a $300,000 home is $16.15, and a $400,000 home would be $21.53 additional. John Krause of 227 Grand Avenue stated he was the one who was asking for the tax rate impact so that the public would know. At the first public hearing he raised the question of the potential funding of the items listed below the line. He still has concerns about the items below the line. It was suggested that the capital budget be amended during the year to include additional funding that might be needed if we did get grant money for one of those projects and needed money to cover the balance of the project. He is concerned there is no flexibility according to the Charter to provide additional funding. He asked when the Council votes on the capital plan, are they voting on the items below the line being formally included or not. If only we could have acted on the Bonacio parking garage and public safety facility, his issue and point would have been mute. Page 3 of 12 City Council Meeting 9/1/09 Mayor Johnson closed the public hearing at 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. PUBLIC COMM IENT PERIOD Mayor Johnson opened the public comment period at 7:01 p.m. Mayor Johnson said the public comment period is limited to a total of 15 minutes and individuals are limited to two minutes each according to the rules approved in February of 2004 by the City Council. John Krause of 227 Grand Avenue stated he noticed on tonight’s agenda there will be discussion on the SEMS contract. At a meeting last November, he remembers Commissioner Scirocco threatening to provide everyone’s home phone number to all the newspapers when the next storm came and he couldn’t do the plowing. At the time Commissioner Ivins was trying to produce a flat, no tax rate increase budget and was about $200,000 off to close the gap. Two commissioners came to the rescue. One was Commissioner Kim who said he could probably come up with $100,000, of which the primary source was going to be from a new arrangement with SEMS. The other commissioner who offered up money was Commissioner Franck. He loaned out part of his tax refund reserve to Commissioner Scirocco with the intention that he would be repaid when the Lillian’s parking lot would be sold. The reason for bringing this up is he is not sure if these items were resolved or not when the budget was adjusted. Mayor Johnson closed the public comment period at 7:05 pm. Consent Agenda Mayor Johnson moved and Commissioner Ivins seconded to approve the consent agenda stated as follows with proposed amendment. 1. Approval of Capital Budget Public Hearing & City Council Minutes for 8-24-09 2. Approval of Capital Program Presentation Minutes 8-14-2009 3. Approval of City Council Minutes 8-18-09 4. Approve Budget Amendments 5. Approve Budget Transfers 6. Approve Capital Budget Transfers 7. Approve Payroll 8/21/09 $444,715.83 8. Approve Payroll 8/27/098 $439,939.42 9. Approve Warrant 2009 Mid MC3AUG09 $509,468.68 10. Approve Warrant 2009 Regular 1SEP09 $1,218,965.65 Mayor Johnson has a correction to item #2 on page 4. The amount should be $38,763,357, not $37,763,357. Ayes – All Mayor’s Department Discussion and Vote: Adoption of Proposed Capital Budget/Program (09-259) Page 4 of 12 City Council Meeting 9/1/09 Mayor Johnson moved and Commissioner Scirocco seconded to adopt the proposed 6 year capital program for 2010 – 2015. Mayor Johnson stated this is the 6 year program he has unveiled on August 14, 2009. Since then there has been 3 public hearings – August 24, 2009, August 28, 2009, and tonight. The primary focus of the 6 year program is to highlight capital requests for the upcoming year to be included in the City’s annual capital budget; in this case 2010. The Charter mandates the capital budget to contain recommended priorities, which it does. The recommendation before the Council is to bond $1,650,000 for 2010 of which $400,000 represents water bonds which are excluded from the City debt limit under the Charter. This is the lowest bond in years, driven by the current economy. Commissioner Scirocco stated the buildings projects, Casino, Visitor Center and City Hall are treasures to the City. This money is a start to the revival of these buildings. Commissioner Kim stated he will be voting against the capital project, not because these projects aren’t worth while, but they are no more important than the City’s need to build a safe secure public safety station. This City Council, led by Mayor Johnson and Commissioner Ivins have refused to move forward with that important capital project. They refused to approve the bond funding in February 2008. The prior Council approved $8 million dollars in the capital budget, so the project would have been completed about this time or well along its way. They dismissed that plan stating there are better ways to do this project. Then this Council went through RFPs with a lease/buyback proposal. In April 2009 he sought City Council approval for a lease/buyback arrangement for building the public safety building and a new parking garage. This would have resulted in a one time income of $4.5 million dollars but also would have resulted in annual income for garage paid parking; sufficient to pay the annual lease on the pubic safety building. Mayor Johnson and Commissioner Ivins both voted against this proposal when brought up in April, 2009. They both promised in 2007 when they were candidates to build a new public safety building. What is clear is this capital budget doesn’t have a solution and this City Council doesn’t have a solution for a need that has been documented for 9 different studies that says we need to build a new public safety station. He understands the critical needs of maintaining our historic buildings, but as long as we have not moved 1 step towards a public safety building, he can’t support this budget. Commissioner Ivins stated he would prefer no capital budget this year as it is going to be a very difficult financial year. We used $2.8 million in one time funds to make up the deficit for this year. He is a realist and we have needs that have to be addressed. He did not bond the money back then as there was no plan, design, or anything together. He does not believe in bonding until we need the money; until it is ready to be spent. That was the problem we got into with the recreation center; the money was bonded before it was done. Then we were left with the choice of wasting a million dollars or moving forward. The last Councilset that in place and forced our hand. He refuses to do that with any other project until we are ready to go. He is about to bond for the 2009 items as we hadn’t needed the money until now. There is no sense paying interest on money we are not going to need and some projects may end up getting cancelled. If he had bonded the money, we would be looking at bigger tax increases. He is going to vote for this because he believes these projects are necessary. He will not be bonding this money until the money is actually needed. Mayor Johnson stated his record on the need for the police station is public knowledge. He stands by those statements and when they were made they were accurate and made in good faith. There have been many discussions about building a recreation center in these difficult and tough economic times and why. He has said a number of times and will continue to say it is not a choice of recreation or public safety. It is about what makes sense, dollars and economic sense. The recreation center was fully bonded for $6.5 million when he took office. Because of that he thought it was fiscally prudent to get it built. There is still a need to address police safety needs; the facility does need work and is not be argued by this Council. What is being argued is how do you afford it, how do you pay for it. As chair of the capital program committee, he requested each department to submit its source of funding for projects it was requesting to be approved. Public Safety indicated that $12 million dollars of the police station would be financed by federal and/or the state sources. Not by the City, not through bonds, or any other source. Indicating there is still a need for it, it was included in the 6 year capital program, but in the category of contingent funding. If funding from those outside sources is received than we will proceed with the project. The funding from outside sources Page 5 of 12 City Council Meeting 9/1/09 hasn’t happened yet. He will not recommend that the City bond a police station when the figures are at a minimum of $12 million dollars to go forward. That figure keeps changing; we can’t get a handle on it. He in good conscience will not advance that project until we know how we are going to pay for it and we certainly can’t put it on the backs of the taxpayers by bonding it. That is why it is not in the 2010 category under something that must go forward. We had the same problem with the recreation center of bonding money before we knew how much it was going to cost to build or what we were going to build. He will not repeat that mistake in this Council or in good faith to the taxpayer. Roll Call: Commissioner Franck – Aye Commissioner Ivins – Aye Commissioner Scirocco – Aye Commissioner Kim – Nay Mayor Johnson - Aye Discussion and Vote: Approval for Mayor to Sign 2009 CDBG Entitlement Subrecipient Contracts (09-260) Mayor Johnson moved and Commissioner Ivins seconded to accept the recommendations as presented 2009 CDBG Entitlement Subrecipient contracts as presented. Mayor Johnson stated this is the funding the City receives annually through the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. We do have a committee that reviews the requests and makes the recommendations to the Council of who will receive the money. The total amount to be awarded is $386,139. This is all federal money and no money coming from the City. The recommendations are as follows: 1. Race Course Housing and Services Advocate Program - $12,000 2. Catholic Charities of Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties - $10,000 3. Saratoga Springs Homelessness Prevention Project - $12,000 4. Adult Literacy Tutoring – 8,000 5. Rehabilitation of Allen Drive Apartments - $150,000 6. Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Grant Program - $15,200 7. Revitalization Project - $14,700 8. Transitional Housing - $5,000 9. Multi-Cultural Services - $8,000 10. Case Management Services - $15,000 11. Public Facility Improvements - $15,000 12. Historic Building Preservation - $12,000 13. Rehabilitation Projects - $10,000 14. Allen Drive Affordable Housing Infrastructure Project - $99,239 Commissioner Kim recused himself as he sits on the Legal Aid Board. Ayes – 4 Abstention – 1 (Commissioner Kim) Discussion and Vote: Modification to Temporary License Agreement of May, 2009 – Niagara Mohawk Entry on City Property – Firehouse (09-261) Mayor Johnson moved and Commissioner Scirocco seconded to approve the modification to the temporary license agreement of May, 2009 with Niagara Mohawk regarding their entry on city property. Mayor Johnson stated this is a modification to a temporary license agreement with Niagara Mohawk. The request is to enter into a revised agreement originally made by this Council on May 14, 2009 that will now be more demanding of Niagara Mohawk in the investigation and remediation of areas of contamination found behind the Saratoga Springs fire house on Lake Avenue. The amendment requires them to remove and test soil in the area of the fire house due to a clean up order from ENCON. The fire house site was a Page 6 of 12 City Council Meeting 9/1/09 power plant site many decades ago. The treatment of the fire house parking lot needs to be more extensive and the entire document now takes into account the obligation of Niagara Mohawk to remedy and restore the area from which soil is removed and tested. Niagara Mohawk met with the fire department and Brad Birge. Plans have been found acceptable to all parties. Ayes - All Accounts Department Award of Bid: Extension of Bid to Complus Data Innovations (09-262) Commissioner Franck moved and Commissioner Kim seconded to extension the bid to Complus Data Innovations for the parking ticket management system for 1 year at the same terms and conditions. Ayes – All Discussion and Vote: Increase Legal Fee Line for Glaser Article 78 (09-263) Commissioner Franck moved and Commissioner Ivins seconded to increase the legal fee line for an additional $5,000 for the Glaser Article 78 . Commissioner Franck provided background stating Glaser filed a FOIL with the city attorney on 7/3/2008. The first city response to the FOIL was mailed 09/29/2008. At that point Glaser filed an Article 78 on 11/20/2008. Late last year, 12/16/2008, we approved hiring John Aspland and set a limit of $5,000 for the initial proceedings. On 3/11/2009, Judge Ferradino found for the City; Glaser filed an appeal on 04/14/2009. The second FOIL was filed on 07/29/2009. The City did its second response on 08/27/2009. This litigation involves 51 Windingbrook, also known as Saratoga Property Development. Ayes – All Award of Bid: Pump Station Upgrade to Lash Contracting, Inc. (09-264) Commissioner Franck moved and Commissioner Scirocco seconded to award the bid for the pump station upgrade to Lash Contracting, Inc in the amount of $474,600. Ayes – All Finance Department Discussion and Vote: Department of Public Works Payroll Transfer (09-265) Commissioner Ivins moved and Commissioner Scirocco seconded to approve the Department of Public Works payroll transfers as pre viously distributed to the Council. Commissioner Scirocco stated this is a transfer for payroll. Commissioner Ivins further explained the position was created under engineering and should have been created under DPW administration. This is just a correction. Ayes - All Discussion and Vote: Accounts Payroll Transfer (09-266) Page 7 of 12 City Council Meeting 9/1/09 Commissioner Ivins moved and Commissioner Franck seconded to approve the Accounts payroll transfer as previously distributed to the Council. Commissioner Franck explained one person replaced another. The new person was at a higher grade so to cover the salary difference we made an adjustment, from within our budget. The adjustment was for $4,036; we moved it from our equipment line to the deputy registrar line. Ayes - All Discussion: City Finances Commissioner Ivins stated budget workshops are scheduled for September 15th at 6 p.m. and September 21st at 7 p.m. On the 15th, we will hear from the Mayor, Recreation, and Finance Departments. Public Works, Public Safety, and Accounts will present on the 21st. The state comptroller is going to announce later this week the employer pension contribution rates for 2011. He will update the Council at the next meeting as to what impact this is going to have on us – it may be significant. Sales tax was reported for the county as being down 12% for the year so far. This number does not include July and August. Track attendance is off a little; handle is up just a little. The streets have been busy so hopefully we can make up a little of the shortfall going into the last quarter. Figures for July will be available late in September and August numbers will be available some time in October. Commissioner Ivins stated the DPS budget retained the 10 dispatchers. He was wondering if the sheriff met with the police and fire chief yet and if so how those meetings went. Commissioner Kim stated they met but he has nothing to report regarding the meeting. Public Works Department Discussion and Vote: Approval for Change Order – Stantec – Nelson Avenue Drainage (09-267) Commissioner Scirocco moved and Commissioner Ivins seconded to approve the change order for Stantec in the amount of $ 16,800. Commissioner Scirocco this is for supplement services for design work of the storm drainage on Nelson Avenue from Wright Street to Lincoln Avenue. The detail design phase is in the amount of $16,800. He believes this amount is in the capital budget. Commissioner Ivins stated he has certified these funds. Ayes – All Discussion and Vote: Approval for Mayor to Sign a Contract with Highlander Construction (09-268) Commissioner Scirocco moved and Commissioner Ivins seconded to authorize the mayor to sign a contract with Highlander Construction for the Gilbert Road waterline project in the amount of $351,265.00. Commissioner Scirocco stated he is glad they put this out to bid and got this price. He is sure those people will have water this year. Ayes - All Discussion and Vote: DPW Sick Bank (09-269) Commissioner Scirocco moved and Mayor Johnson seconded to allow 4 days for use from the sick bank. Page 8 of 12 City Council Meeting 9/1/09 Commissioner Scirocco stated this has been approved by the CSEA union. Ayes - All Discussion: Authorization for the Mayor to Sign an Agreement with Barton & Loguidice Commissioner Scirocco stated they hired Barton & Loguidice to do an audit. Steve LeFevre from Barton & Loguidice is here to speak on the issue. We are under a consent order and will need to have someone facilitate the corrective action plan (CAP). We have no one in-house with the expertise to do this so we have to hire someone from the outside. Steve LeFevre stated he is a managing geologist for Barton & Loguidice and the project manager for this project. Barton & Loguidice were hired to respond to certain violations discovered at the garage and compost facility by the DEC. They had to prepare a CAP to address violations observed and prepare an environmental benefits proposal. They performed an environment compliance audit at both locations. Based upon those results, modifications have to be implemented. Their original scope of work did not include engineering design or implementation for any of the corrective actions. They have prepared a modification to the original agreement to provide engineering and design services where required and to assist the City/DPW in implementing some of the required modifications. Commissioner Scirocco asked Steve to explain where we are with the CAP. Steve stated the City entered into a consent order on February 6, 2009 and had 60 days to prepare and submit a CAP for the garage and compost facilities. Then the City had 90 days from the time they hired a consultant to perform the environment compliance audits and submit the documents to the DEC. The DEC has not responded in kind. A time frame has been assigned to each of the items that need to be corrected or implemented. The timeframes vary from 60 days to 120 days. Once the DEC sends correspondence to the City advising they have accepted the CAP, the clock starts and you have to comply with the DEC timeline. It is his recommendation that we have everyone on board so work can begin as soon as they receive word from the DEC. Commissioner Scirocco stated the 90 day clock will start once the DEC gives the word. He doesn’t have any money in his budget to cover the cost of the consultant. Some things will be covered in the scope of services by Barton & Loguidice, but there are other things that will be above and beyond, such as remediation. The spill just found under the gas tanks must comply with federal regulations; a well system needs to be installed. Tonight he would like to ask the Council where we are going to go from here. There is $57,925 that needs to be accounted for. If the DEC calls tomorrow and says they accept the CAP, then the 90 day clock starts. That means everything we have submitted to them has to be engineered or put into a document. Commissioner Ivins stated DPW and finance needs to sit down to find the money and figure out how much. He asked if the Barton & Loguidice initial fees count towards the $185,000 fine or is it on top of the $185,000 fine. Steve confirmed the initial fees are on top of that fine. Commissioner Ivins stated they will need to find over $200,000. Commissioner Scirocco stated they need Barton & Loguidice to facilitate the CAP. He would like to get an idea from the Council what they can do should the state contact the City tomorrow and say the clock has started. Commissioner Ivins stated he has to sit with Commissioner Scirocco to figure out where they are going to find the money. The Council is not going to be able to do this; we need to sit down and crunch numbers. He can meet with Commissioner Scirocco as early as tomorrow. Page 9 of 12 City Council Meeting 9/1/09 Commissioner Scirocco asked again, what if the DEC calls and says they are ready to go. Commissioner Ivins stated they can call a special meeting if they have to. Commissioner Scirocco asked if they can say tentatively that Barton & Loguidice is the consultant on board. Commissioner Ivins stated that calls for a vote for funds that have not been allocated yet. They can’t do that. Commissioner Scirocco asked if they can do it contingent based upon where they are. Commissioner Ivins stated you would have to change the agenda for a vote and the Charter doesn’t allow for that to happen. If the DEC calls tomorrow, we can call for an emergency meeting. Commissioner Scirocco asked where they are going to get the $185,000. He suggested taking the money from contingency and hire Barton & Loguidice from the contingency and move forward. He can’t see any other way. Commissioner Ivins stated there is not enough in contingency to cover that amount. Are we really going to be seeing bills before the end of the year? Steve was going to offer that. There will always be a lapse between the time they provide services and the time they provide invoices. Commissioner Ivins stated it could come out of the 2010 budget. Steve agreed. Mayor Johnson suggested to Commissioner Scirocco that he accept Commissioner Ivins invitation to sit with him, look at the budgets and figure out where the money can come from. Commissioner Kim asked how item #11 relates to the DEC. It seems like a new issue. Steve stated it is a new issue. Commissioner Kim asked why we are putting it in there. Steve explained they performed the environmental compliance audit on June 3rd. The next day, Chris Dahl identified a leak that he had to call in a spill to the DEC. They are proposed they assist the City in addressing the 2 new spills along with the current work. Commissioner Scirocco stated when they agreed on the consent order that if there is anything over there that needs to be addressed, they will address it. That gave us immunity from further penalties. Commissioner Kim confirmed that #11 is part of the $57,000, but not part of the $185,000; so there could be more liability for #11. Steve stated the spills that occurred were minor. There was a leaky gasket in the gasoline pump and was repaired right away. The only thing that needs to be done is to collect soil samples where the leakage occurred and they might have to dig up some of the soil and dispose of it. It is not a big remediation effort. Barton & Loguidice did a very detailed compliance audit of the garage and compost facilities because the DEC said if any additional violations are reported now, there will not be any additional fines. If they miss something and the DEC finds something a year later not included in the report, they have the right to fine the City. Commissioner Scirocco stated he will sit down with Commissioner Ivins and work out the funding. Page 10 of 12 City Council Meeting 9/1/09 Addition to Agenda: Paving Schedule Commissioner Scirocco moved and Commissioner Franck seconded to add an item to the agenda regarding paving. Commissioner Scirocco stated he will not be here for the September 15th meeting, therefore would like to add this to tonight’s agenda. Ayes - All Commissioner Scirocco stated the paving schedule is also on the web. The schedule is as follows: o Sept. 21st – High Rock Avenue from Nelson Avenue to Excelsior Avenue and East Harrison from Lake Avenue to York Avenue o Sept. 22nd – preparing High Rock Avenue and East Harrison for paving o Sept. 23rd – pave High Rock Avenue from Nelson Avenue to Excelsior Avenue o Sept. 24th – pave East Harrison from Lake Avenue to York Avenue and Excelsior Avenue from Excelsior Spring Avenue to Veteran’s Way Public Safety Department Discussion: Traffic Light Malfunction Commissioner Kim explained a controller was directly hit by lightning. There was substantial damage to the controllers and electronic components. Mark was out of the area where there was no cell service. DOT did try to repair the lights but were not able to. They also tried a private contractor who has done work for the city in the past; he too was not able to fix it. When Mark returned, he fixed the signals immediately. They did have police out to direct traffic and coned up areas to slow people down. They will look into how to address something like this in the future. Discussion: SEMS Contract Commissioner Kim stated he wanted to provide an update. He was contacted by an attorney, around August 20th, who represents SEMS in connection with the contract, and asked if they could address what they thought were changes in the contract. They presented DPS with a new contract. Their attorney was very helpful and an expert in this area of the law. He has not had a chance to review the brand new contract with his staff yet. They will review and he will present to the Council very soon regarding what the next steps are. Supervisors Joanne Yepsen Proud to be an American Day Supervisor Yepsen reported that there is free entrance to the race track tomorrow for all veterans in the county. It is called Proud to be an American Day and is sponsored by the County Board of Supervisors. US Army Field Band Supervisor Yepsen reported that September 25th is the free concert at SPAC with the US Army Field Band. Free tickets can be obtained in the Mayor’s Office. There will also be a fireworks display. There will be a World War II Veteran’s Night on October 26th. There are 1,400 WWII veterans in Saratoga County. This will be held at the City Center. Page 11 of 12 City Council Meeting 9/1/09 Board of Supervisors September Committee Meetings Supervisor Yepsen reported the 3rd Tuesday of every month is when the board votes on resolutions. There are committee meetings leading up to that point where the public can come to ask a supervisor to stand up for an item. Copies of the September meetings are available here tonight. NYSAC Conference – September 16th – 18th Supervisor Yepsen reported that New York State Association of the Counties will be holding their annual conference at the City Center on September 16th, 17th and 18th. They are expecting 600 – 700 people to attend. Additional information is on the County website. Matt Veitch Supervisor Veitch thanked Deputy Jarosh and others for helping out at the Saratoga County Day at the Races. There was free admission to all County residents. The 8th race was named for the County. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Johnson moved and Commissioner Ivins seconded to adjourn the meeting. Ayes - All There being no further business, Mayor Johnson adjourned the meeting at 8:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lisa Ribis Clerk Approved: 9-15-2009 Vote: 4 - 0 Page 12 of 12