City Council

CLOSE CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS City Council Meeting Music Hall, Third Floor January 17, 2023 City Council Meeting : P.H. - Amend Chapter 225 - Do Not Enter : P.H. - Amend Chapter 225 - Parking Prohibited on Ashley Place : P.H. - Amend Chapter 225 - Time Limit Parking : P.H. - Amendments 1- 4 of the UDO : P.H. - Restore New York Application 06:40 PM P.H. - Enhancing Union Avenue Print 7:00 PM CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL SALUTE TO FLAG PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD / 15 MINUTES PRESENTATION(S): 1. Presentation: Poet Laureate Appointment 2. Presentation: Enhancing Union Ave 3. Presentation: Shelters of Saratoga EXECUTIVE SESSION: 1. Discussions regarding Proposed, Pending or Current Litigation: Teva/New York Statewide Opioid Settlement Agreement CONSENT AGENDA 1. Approve Payroll 01/06/23 $391,773.64 2. Approve Payroll 01/13/23 $717,138.93 3. Approve Warrant 2023, 23JAN2 $133,267.05 4. Approve Warrant 2022, 22DEC4 $1,722,668.14 5. Approve Mid-Warrant 2022, 22MWDEC5 $162,060.30 6. Approve Mid-Warrant 2023, 23MWJAN1 $21,708.77  7. Approve Mid-Warrant 2023, 23MWJAN2 $627.64 8. Approve Budget Transfers - Regular MAYOR’S DEPARTMENT 1. Discussion and Vote: Appointments to Civilian Review Board 2. Discussion and Vote: Resolution No. 2023-001: Appointing Dr. Joseph Bruchac Poet Laureate of the City of Saratoga Springs 3. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign MOA with Poet Laureate (pending department approvals) 4. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Lease Agreement with Shelters of Saratoga (pending department approvals) 5. Discussion: UDO Amendments One - Four 6. Announcement: Mayor's Office to Receive Climate Smart Communities Grant in Amount of $37,500.00 7. Discussion and Vote: Resolution No. 2023-002: Restore NY Grant Application 8. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Delta Addendum Two (pending department approvals) 9. Discussion and Vote: Irrevocable License to reconstruct front porch on City property - 191 Grand Avenue (pending department approvals) 10. Discussion and Vote: National Grid WR 30665038 Underground Primary Relocation for Ice Rink at 30 Weibel Avenue, Saratoga Springs 11. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Enrichment Co-Sponsor Agreement with BeTa Community Programs 12. Discussion and Vote: Facility and Session Rules Updated 13. Discussion and Vote: Updated Scholarship Application Approval 14. Discussion and Vote: Accept the 2022-2023 Basketball Sponsors 15. Announcement: Re-appointment of Bill McTygue to Planning Board 16. Announcement: In Memoriam: Russell Banks ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT 1. Award of Bid: Horticulture Supplies to Dehn's Flowers 2. Update: Downtown Advisory Committee 3. Announcement: Next Short Term Rental Workshop 4. Announcement: Special Events 5. Announcement: Business Milestones FINANCE DEPARTMENT 1. Update: City Finances 2. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Avaya Agreement with Carousel Industries for City-wide Telephone Maintenance 3. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign SHI Addendum #3 4. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign ClearGov Addendum #1 5. Discussion and Vote: Use of IT Assignment Resolution No. 2023-003  6. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for the Mayor to Sign Contract with ePlus Technology, Inc. in the amount of $112,063.52 for VxRail Equipment Sales, Installation and Support 7. Discussion and Vote: 2023 Bond Resolution No. 2023-004 8. Discussion and Vote: Use of Insurance Reserve Resolution No. 2023-005 9. Discussion and Vote: Use of Reserve Resolution No. 2023-006 - Payment of Bonded Indebtedness 10. Discussion and Vote: Use of Reserve Resolution No. 2023-007 - Retirement Reserve 11. Discussion and Vote: Budget Transfers - Payroll 12. Discussion and Vote: Budget Amendments - Use of Fund Balance PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 1. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Contract with HL Gage Sales Inc. for Parts and Service for International Dump Trucks 2. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Contract with Dehn’s Flower’s for Horticulture Supplies 3. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Contract with Adirondack Tire Corp. for Tires, Tubes and Services 4. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Contract with Milton Cat for Parts and Service for Caterpillar Equipment 5. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Contract with Core & Main, LP for Sensus Products 6. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Memorandum of Agreement with Senior Citizen’s Center of Saratoga Springs (Pending Departmental Approvals) 7. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for the Mayor to Sign Addendum #2 with Designated Engineers 8. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Addendum #2 with CPL for Building Conditions Survey. 9. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for Mayor to Sign Addendum #1 with Greenman Pedersen Inc (GPI) for Buff Road Storm Pipe Reconstruction 10. Discussion and Vote: Approval to Pay Invoice # 12771 to Resurfix In The Amount Of $2,434.10 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT 1. Appointment: City Health Officer 2. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for the Mayor to sign an agreement with State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins Company 3. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for the Mayor to sign a contract with MES (Municipal Emergency Services) 4. Discussion and Vote: Authorization to issue a purchase order in 2023 using 2022 funds to MES 5. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for the Mayor to sign EMS Agreement with the University of Vermont Health Network, Elizabethtown Community Hospital 6. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for the Mayor to sign an application and agreement with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services to participate in the Law Enforcement Agency Accreditation Program 7. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for the Mayor to sign a contract with Better Powers Inc. 8. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for the Mayor to sign change order #7 to Hueber Breuer for Fire Station 3 9. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for the Mayor to sign change order #8 to Hueber Breuer for Fire Station 3 (Pending Departmental Approvals) 10. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for the Mayor to sign change order #9 to Hueber Breuer for Fire Station 3  11. Discussion and Vote: Amend Chapter 225, Article IX, Section 225-81 of the City Code entitled "Vehicle and Traffic - Schedule XVI: Parking Prohibited at All Times" 12. Discussion and Vote: Amend Chapter 225 of the City Code to add Section 225-15A entitled "Prohibited Entry to Public Ways" and Section 225-97, Schedule XXXII, entitled "Entry to Certain Public Ways Prohibited" 13. Amend Chapter 225, Article IX, Section 225-97 of the City Code entitled "Vehicle and Traffic - Schedule XXXII: Entry to Certain Public Ways Prohibited" 14. Discussion and Vote: Amend Chapter 225, Section 225-87 of the City Code entitled "Vehicle and Traffic - Schedule XXII: Time Limit Parking" 15. Discussion and Vote: Authorization for the Mayor to sign a Addendum with the Saratoga Springs City School District SUPERVISORS 1. Matt Veitch 1. Saratoga County Organizational meeting and Committee Assignments for 2023 2. Tara Gaston 1. Board 2023 Organizational Meeting 2. Upcoming Community Conversation ADJOURN