Town Board as Police Commission/ Public Hearing/ Town Board Meeting

Agenda

New Paltz Town Board

September 23, 2021 6:30 pm

via videoconference

The meeting will be live streamed and available for later viewing at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx_gKl1M_G1YAumRIihs__Q

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*PLEASE NOTE: Persons wishing to provide public comment can attend via Zoom or email clerk@townofnewpaltz.org . Emailed comments for the public hearing will be entered into the public record. In the interest of time, we request that comments be kept to three minutes or less in length.

6:30 p.m. Town Board as Police Commission Meeting

Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of Agenda

Announcements

Public Input* (see note above)

1. Monthly Report

2. Presentation by UCERT Commander Lt. Joseph Sciutto regarding the UCERT Team weapon transition and rationale. Review and forward to the Town Board: request to use up to $2,300.00 from the seized asset account to purchase a new patrol rifle with suppressor and suppressor adapter for ESU member, as well as approval to trade in the existing ESU patrol rifles as credit to go toward the purchase of the new weapon

3. Review recommendation of the NPPRRC: The NPPD, as well as the community at large (town and village boards, school board, emergency services, public service departments (public works, library, all local businesses in the community) accept a shared glossary of terminology around systemic racism such as https://www.racialequitytools.org/glossary

4. Review recommendation of the NPPRRC: New Paltz move toward a public safety model and away from a law enforcement operations model. The following resources offer detailed, researched, and practiced philosophy and methodology for such a switch. https://civilrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Policing_Full_Report.pdf, https://civilrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Toolkit.pdf, https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/10/how-one-city-provides-public-safe...

Adjourn

7:30 pm Public Hearing: A local law to REPEAL Chapter 34, “Police Commissioners, Board of” of the Code of the Town of New Paltz and to add a new Chapter 34, “POLICE COMMISSIONERS, BOARD OF”

Followed by Town Board Meeting

Call to Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Approval of Agenda

Announcements

Public Input* (see note above)

1. Consent Agenda

a. Approval of minutes: 09/02/2021

b. Release of escrow, PB#21-183; Montessori Site Plan in the amount of $232.50

c. Approval to hire the following employees as pool laborers from 09/12/21 through 11/27/21 at the rate of $13.00 per hour: Sophie Gallo, Campbell Heiz, William Mergl, Joshua Pappace, and Alyssa Puleo

d. Authorization of tuition reimbursement for John Wilson, NPYP, in the amount of $1,714.94

e. Appointment of Rebecca Whitaker to the Ethics Board

f. Authorization for the Supervisor to sign three-year renewal agreement between the Town of New Paltz and Roemer Wallens Gold & Mineaux LLP

g. Authorization for the Supervisor to sign contract for Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) for Selected Parcel on Brickner Lane at Plains Road to be performed by Walden Engineering

h. Acceptance of resignation: Fred Riley, Building Department; authorization to canvass for replacement hire at a starting salary of $24.038/hr beginning 10/07/21

i. Authorization of the following budget modifications: (see attached pdf)

2. Short term rental discussion: authorization for Supervisor to sign IMA with County for information sharing

3. Amendment to IGA between Town and Village – Water District #5

4. . Authorization to use up to $2,300.00 from the seized asset account to purchase a new patrol rifle with suppressor and suppressor adapter for ESU member, as well as approval to trade in the existing ESU patrol rifles as credit to go toward the purchase of the new weapon

5. Buildings and Grounds hiring request: Authorization to hire Municipal Worker II at $25.14 per hour with a  $0.50 per hour raise at six months and $0.50 per hour raise after one year

6. September Warrant

Adjourn