2026-10-07 - Common Council Study Session

05:10Uh hello. Can you hear me? Can you hear

05:12me?

05:13>> Good afternoon everybody. We're going to

05:15start our study session.

05:19>> And with that,

05:21>> Council Catwell.

05:25>> Good afternoon every

05:28Hello. Hello. Yes, there I guess. Okay.

05:30Good afternoon everyone. Blessings to

05:32all. I have item number 10 and 11. Hey

05:35Katie, did we get the letter yet?

05:40>> Sign agreement.

05:40>> Yes.

05:43>> You got you got it. So, we're all set.

05:45>> She sent it to you and she sent it to

05:46me, too.

05:47>> Okay.

05:48>> So, we're all set.

05:49>> Mhm. And then

05:52number 11.

05:54>> Mhm.

05:58Yeah. Who's here for 11?

06:09>> Hi, Mike Messer Smith, HR.

06:11>> Hi. Tell me your name.

06:13>> Mike Messer Smith.

06:14>> Oh, hi Mike.

06:14>> Hi.

06:16>> So, talk to me about 11, please.

06:18>> All right. So 11 is just a um we are

06:21asking to pick up the one-year extension

06:24of the three-year contract we had with

06:26NCA comp, who are workers comp

06:27providers. Um they've done a really good

06:30job and been very integral in us getting

06:32our claims numbers down and some of the

06:34savings we've seen under um Lisa

06:36Schmidt's time as safety.

06:39>> Okay. So this is just an annual this is

06:41an annual renewal.

06:42>> It is an annual renewal. It's it's a

06:43one-year renewal.

06:44>> Have we um looked into other companies?

06:47Has this been RFP lately?

06:49It is not. We'll need to RFPA next time

06:51around, but this is one of our

06:52contractual extensions.

06:56>> Okay.

06:58>> Human resources.

07:00>> Okay.

07:03>> Human resource.

07:05>> Thank you.

07:05>> Thank you.

07:07>> Thank you, Council Catwell. Councelor

07:09Muck.

07:10>> Thank you, Madam Preston. I have item 12

07:14to 20.

07:17Mary.

07:18>> Good afternoon, councilors. Mary

07:19Robinson, city engineer. Um, this is

07:22requesting to authorize a temporary

07:24easements to National Grid, Verizon, and

07:27Charter Communications to install,

07:30operate, and maintain electric and

07:32communication facilities for the new 800

07:34South Wilbur subdivision. So, this is

07:38for phase 1 A, which is buildings A and

07:41B. Um,

07:44these utilities are going to be

07:46partially in the new right ofway Jensen

07:50A and partially on private property. So,

07:53we're granting them temporary easements.

07:55We are requesting asbuilt drawings from

07:57each of the utilities and then we will

08:00come back to you for the permanent

08:01easements. They don't need easements

08:03when they're in the dedicated street

08:05rightway. Um, but they will also be

08:08installing utility on Helen Hudson

08:11Boulevard.

08:12>> Yes.

08:12>> Say it again.

08:13>> Yes.

08:13>> Helen Hudson Boulevard.

08:15>> Yes.

08:17>> Um, which is not a dedicated right of

08:20way yet. So, that will be maintained as

08:22an easement until we dedicate it as a

08:24rightway. We

08:25>> voted yes.

08:27>> Go ahead. [laughter]

08:30>> So, Mary, that's going to all be done

08:31before they start all the um recon and

08:35all of the David Mill and that's going

08:37to all

08:38>> that that we really do need you to vote

08:41on this on Monday so that they can get

08:42their utilities in and minimize

08:45interference

08:46um with our work. They're not going to

08:48get it all done, but um there is one

08:51crossing that we already installed the

08:53piping because it was blocking us. We

08:57have deadlines on prov getting pavement

08:59done this year in certain areas.

09:03>> Any other questions? Jimmy, you good?

09:06>> Okay. Thank you, Mary.

09:08>> So, [clears throat] um item 13, 14, 15,

09:1216, 17, and 18.

09:16>> Um we have sent out a a request to have

09:22a committee meeting collectively for

09:24those items. So, okay.

09:28>> You know, they're annuals, right?

09:29>> Yes. Okay. But can you talk about them a

09:31little bit? Tell like

09:35So you don't want to are you?

09:36>> No, I I want to have a committee

09:38meeting. But if anyone has question,

09:39please go ahead.

09:40>> No. So I'm saying you're having a

09:41committee meeting, but you're not

09:42holding these. So I

09:43>> No, I'm not holding not holding them,

09:45but just want to have a committee

09:46meeting.

09:47>> Depending on how quick that committee

09:49meeting get arranged between the uh the

09:52administration and us, you know, I I

09:54have no intention of holding them. I

09:56just want to flush out.

09:58>> But I just have one quick question.

09:59Yeah. So Jeremy, when you talk about all

10:01these items, we have enough capacity to

10:04sell the salt.

10:05>> Yeah.

10:06>> Okay. So I mean because I thought we had

10:09brand

10:10>> Yeah. That was a few years ago when

10:13>> the whole nationwide was short in salt,

10:16>> but this is our annual

10:19>> but I was just wondering.

10:22We're good. We got we actually got a new

10:23salt bar getting built. So

10:25>> yeah, that's

10:27>> Yeah. So, um, soon as we get that going,

10:30>> we should be good.

10:31>> All right. And so, item

10:33>> n item 19

10:35>> 19 and 20 is just a name change.

10:37>> Okay.

10:38>> Uh, it was uh, I believe

10:41>> Rubicon, now it's routeware.

10:44>> So, all the agreement stays the [snorts]

10:46same. Nothing changed.

10:48>> So, I I just had a a question. You know,

10:50I I talked to you. I had a question

10:51about um there's two contracts under the

10:55same organization and I guess

10:58>> one is sanitation and one is snow plow.

11:01>> Yeah.

11:01>> So one we have more sanitation trucks on

11:04the road than we do have plows.

11:06>> So that's why it cost a little more in s

11:08the sani side

11:10>> and each each item is built in the based

11:12on how many

11:13>> a tablet

11:14>> right how many the the soft how many

11:17vehicle the software has been installed

11:19in. Yeah.

11:20>> Okay.

11:21>> Yeah. So, all right. So, 1920 they they

11:24are good to go. [clears throat]

11:26>> Uh, thank you. No question.

11:30Thank you.

11:30>> Thank you, Councelor Erin Rick.

11:33>> Thank you, Madam President. I have items

11:3521 through 23.

11:44>> Good afternoon, Sisha Bar Commissioner

11:46Parks. I have

11:49three items. The first one is a donation

11:53um from Friends of Schiller Park for two

11:55concrete chest tables for Schiller Park

11:58through TNT.

12:01Um 22 is um from the Syracuse Park

12:06Conservancy, a donation of five memorial

12:08benches

12:09and um plaques to go with those benches

12:12honoring various community members. um

12:14that will go and pass in James Pass

12:17Arborum to be installed and maintained

12:19obviously by the city not to exceed it's

12:22eight $8,750.

12:25And then our last one is a agreement

12:27with CNY Jazz for the one culture

12:30curriculum. It's a mi miniourse program

12:33that CNY Jazz runs with the kids to

12:36foster leadership um cooperation and

12:39community. They they recently partnered

12:41with Syracuse Community Connects.

12:43They're now partner with us. Therefore,

12:45they have to go through the process.

12:48>> So,

12:50>> any questions?

12:51>> Thank you.

12:52>> Thank you. [clears throat]

12:56>> Uh, councelor.

12:57>> Thank you. I have items 24 through 27.

13:02>> Good afternoon, counselors. Vinnie

13:03Scipion, chief information officer. Uh

13:05item number 24 is uh an an

13:08intermunicipal agreement that we have

13:10with the county uh for an exchange of

13:12services uh relative to systems that we

13:14share with them. So whenever we consume

13:17services uh you know we have an a

13:20defined rate that we uh pay for those

13:22services to the county. Um this is one

13:25that's been amended quite a few times.

13:26Uh I think this is like the sixth or

13:28seventh amendment of this one. Uh we're

13:31looking to get this uh uh you know

13:33amended one final time to get us through

13:35the end of this fiscal year. That way uh

13:38you know it buys us time to work with

13:39corporation council get a new one

13:40drafted so we're not amending you know

13:43in perpetuity here. So um we uh that's

13:47what we're seeking is uh for that uh to

13:49be extended and the uh you know

13:52increased of the total amount by 90,000.

13:54>> And when you say a new one are we going

13:56to RFP it going to look for a new

13:58company?

13:59This [clears throat] is a new IMA with

14:01the county. So, just as opposed to

14:03amending one that's, you know, seven

14:05versions old. Uh just re-upping it,

14:08making sure that it's reflective of all

14:11the services that we share with the

14:12county or utilize from the county. And

14:14>> and one question for you, Vinnie, how

14:17many people are actually able to use how

14:20many people use Peopleoft?

14:22>> Use Peopleoft. Um

14:25I don't have a exact count of like you

14:28know off the top of my head of how many

14:30users we have in that system but uh I

14:32mean every department uses it across uh

14:35you know of course finance and and BOA

14:37are going to be using you know probably

14:39everybody there uses it but uh different

14:41department users uh you know budget

14:43analysts for individual departments so

14:45on and so forth use utilize it.

14:47>> Do we have our vendors inoft as well? Uh

14:50yes, our vendors are entered into

14:52people's soft or suppliers there is the

14:54you know kind of term that is used

14:56within the platform. Yeah.

14:57>> Any um really quick question are we so

15:00the county ourselves and is school

15:03district using that too.

15:04>> Are we all

15:05>> I'm not positive on what the school

15:07district you

15:07>> but they're not.

15:09>> Oh they they've shifted over to the

15:10Oracle product.

15:12>> Oh everything is Oracle with them now.

15:13Correct.

15:14>> Okay.

15:15>> Just a question. Any more questions?

15:18>> All right. Um 25 is an amendment uh to a

15:22an ordinance from earlier this year. Uh

15:24my projections were off at the end of

15:262026. Uh we ended up uh being short

15:29$11,733

15:31uh from uh the not to exceed amount that

15:34was set for Nton. Uh we just ended up

15:36consuming more services towards the end

15:38of the fiscal year than what was

15:40anticipated. Um the just to you know

15:43reflect this is um a change to the not

15:46to exceed amount. I don't want to be

15:48confused with the um going over budget

15:50per se. There's funding available in our

15:52uh you know or in the remainder of our

15:54budget from FY26. It's just uh amending

15:56the not to exceed amount for this

15:57specific vendor to reconcile you know

16:00the end of 2026.

16:03>> Questions?

16:05>> All right. Uh last one I think I got

16:06here for you is an amendment to uh a

16:09piece of legislation not too long ago uh

16:11with um Cisco uh authorizing us to enter

16:14into an enterprise agreement with uh

16:16Cisco. They're the way they work is that

16:18they have local resellers that uh you

16:20know act as a liaison between Cisco and

16:22and the uh customer. So Tom Source is a

16:27uh local supplier that we have on

16:28contract for IT professional services

16:30and they're the you know in our vicinity

16:33the uh you know reseller that we

16:35typically work with for these products.

16:37So it's naming it's not changing the not

16:39to exceed amount or anything. It's just

16:40naming uh uh comp source as the

16:42authorized reseller for

16:43>> Cisco. Sorry.

16:45>> Removing Cisco nav and com source.

16:47>> Uh it's it's uh still a Cisco enterprise

16:51agreement but it's sold through coms

16:52source. So we need to have that you know

16:54uh noted on for the authorization to

16:57enter into that agreement with them.

16:59>> I don't have a question about this. I

17:01have a slightly different question.

17:02>> My understanding is that some government

17:04entities outside the United States are

17:06moving away from Microsoft products

17:08>> due to security and privacy concerns.

17:11Do you have any security or privacy

17:13concerns about Microsoft or the city of

17:14Syracuse?

17:16>> Uh, in particular, no.

17:17>> I have functional concerns. It's very

17:19difficult to search in the Microsoft

17:21Outlook universe in terms of finding

17:23emails that you know people sent you.

17:25>> Okay.

17:25>> Do we have any other options moving

17:27forward from that?

17:28>> Is in terms of replacements for

17:30Microsoft? Uh, I mean there's a couple

17:32options out there. Uh, I think Microsoft

17:36is generally the most uh utilized

17:39platform. widely used platform that is

17:42available

17:42>> whichever way. Sure.

17:44>> Is there any way we could look into

17:45those options?

17:46>> Uh I we can certainly next year of

17:49thinking through technology needs.

17:51>> Yeah. For what it's worth it I mean that

17:52would be a substantial uh you know

17:55undertaking for our department. I'm not

17:56saying it's not worth looking into but

17:58it would be a multi-year uh you know

18:00endeavor to consider changing or just

18:04Yeah.

18:05>> Understood. But with due respect, I

18:07don't think it's a great product and I

18:08don't think that it protects our

18:09security or safety.

18:10>> Okay. Yeah. Happy to follow up with

18:12discussion on, you know, what those

18:14concerns are.

18:16>> All my questions.

18:18>> Any more questions?

18:20>> All righty. Thank you.

18:21>> Thank you. I have item 27 and it's the

18:25installation of an honorary street sign

18:28at the intersection of South Avenue and

18:29West Cin and it's for um Miss Ona

18:33Gathers who has been in our community

18:35for decades.

18:37>> Miss GS is a very prominent funeral

18:40director. She has compassion. She's

18:43worked with our families when they

18:45didn't have anything to get them through

18:47the services for their family members.

18:50And I am just looking to honor her

18:54because she's been doing a lot

18:55throughout the community. So I just want

18:58to ask is anybody else want to sign?

19:01>> Sign on.

19:03>> Thank you.

19:06Are you all set?

19:07>> Yes.

19:08>> Okay. Councelor Moore.

19:10>> Thank you, Madam President. I have items

19:1228 through 32.

19:16>> Counselor is Richard Al, the deputy

19:17chief at the police department. Um,

19:19first item is we're looking for your

19:21approval to enter into an agreement with

19:22uh Sky is not the limit um to host a

19:25guest speaker by the name of Fletcher

19:26Cleaves. Mr. Mr. Cleaves was an

19:2818-year-old football scholarship uh um

19:31attendee um got hit by a distracted

19:34driver um and was paralyzed from the

19:36chest down. Since then, he is a national

19:38speaker on the platform of distracted

19:41driving. So, through our cooperation

19:43with um a traffic safety coordinator,

19:46we'd like to bring him in and have him

19:48present at all the high schools um in

19:50order to reduce distracted driving.

19:52>> That's 8,000 wasn't my idea. I'm just

19:55commenting on it.

19:58That's Lacy Leonardi. Um but uh we'd

20:00like to bring him in and uh see if we

20:02can reduce that's the number one cause

20:04of teen um crashes is that uh distracted

20:07driving.

20:08>> So you guys are working hand inand with

20:09the school district to have it all

20:12schools, right?

20:13>> Yep. All six high schools at five

20:15locations. I don't So one of the high

20:16schools is coming to the other location.

20:18I don't know exactly how that works, but

20:19>> Yeah.

20:20>> Yes. Um 29 is an agreement with Lexapole

20:23for our LETA suite that has a a number

20:26of different products within that suite.

20:28This is a renewal. It handles all of our

20:30use of force. It handles all of our um

20:32FTO training, all of that. Um that cost

20:35is just a hair over 28,000.

20:39Um number 30 is related to number 28.

20:42This is our yearly renewal with our um

20:44traffic safety uh coordinator Lacy and

20:48her firm to provide that uh outreach and

20:51education um on traffic safety. Uh

20:54number

20:55>> who does she outreach and who does she

20:59>> um it's it's a it's all drivers. Um it's

21:02a um in Anadaga County the entire

21:04entirety of Anadaga County. um as an

21:07example is the the students, but she may

21:09uh do something regarding uh uh impaired

21:12driving to the adult population. So,

21:13it's it's um multiaceted the kind of

21:16outreach.

21:17>> Do we know how many I'm sorry,

21:19>> do we know how many um actual things she

21:22did for outreach the past year? Like how

21:24many schools and organizations did she

21:26go visit?

21:26>> I'm sure we have that and I I can get

21:28you that. Absolutely. I don't have it

21:29off the top of my head, but yes, I can

21:30actually do that.

21:31>> Thank you.

21:32>> And and why are we not RFPing?

21:34um this is a renewal. This is something

21:36that she's been doing with for us for

21:38two years now. She's um familiar with um

21:42the work um in it. That's why

21:46my only question with this is how can we

21:48is there

21:50if you could send it to um our

21:52secretaries how we can get in contact

21:54with her so we can share this

21:56information to other places that are

21:58just like schools like the community

21:59centers and things for this information.

22:02>> Absolutely. All of that. Thank you.

22:04>> One other quick question. I'm sorry,

22:06councelor. Um, this right now is grant

22:09funded. What happens if the grant

22:10funding runs out? Are we going to try to

22:12put her on as a staff or what?

22:13>> We would have to look for alternative

22:14funding sources. U maybe partner with

22:16other, you know, because like I said,

22:18this is on county fun uh, you know,

22:20partner with other law enforcement

22:22agencies to do that. But I will say this

22:24has been a reoccurring funding source.

22:26Um, has been pretty stable. But we'd

22:28have to we'd have to do something

22:29different.

22:30>> Okay.

22:30>> To provide that same level of service.

22:33Thank you.

22:36>> So, I'm I'm just confused about the

22:38contract. It's a one-year renewal

22:39contract based on the grant that is

22:41gotten from the Highway Safety

22:42Administration.

22:43>> So, her position and her as a traffic

22:46safety coordinator is funded through the

22:47grant. Yes.

22:49>> But it renews every year.

22:50>> Yes.

22:51>> But we don't RFP it.

22:53>> We have not. No.

22:53>> So, there's no way of knowing if there's

22:55other places that are qualified to do

22:57this with us for the next round of grant

22:58funding

22:59>> at this point. No.

23:00>> Okay.

23:02I don't know that I'm conclusive that I

23:04feel like that's a sufficient reason to

23:06wave an RFP process.

23:07>> I understand.

23:12>> Okay. I'm sorry. Uh, next one is 31 is

23:15with our AIS corporation. We have uh

23:17radio frequency um devices in all of our

23:20patrol cars that monitor speeds, where

23:22they are, that sort of thing. This is

23:24again a renewal of a multi-year uh

23:27contract with them um to provide that

23:29RFIDs in those cars.

23:32And then uh in terms of number 32,

23:34Driver's Village, an RFP did go out

23:36locally put out by the county. There was

23:38no local vendors that applied for it.

23:40Driver's Village um and you can see the

23:43schedule that was attached to this in

23:44terms of the different makes. Um they

23:47have all of the um car manufacturers at

23:50one location allowing us to bring in um

23:54uh vehicles for service to Driver's

23:56Village. So, one one question that

23:57Chief, last year um we authorized or

24:01this year we authorized $75,000. How

24:03much did we spend last year?

24:06>> I believe it was right around that same

24:07amount. We didn't increase it, but I can

24:08get you the exact amount that we spent.

24:11>> Uh Chief,

24:13um a lot of our vehicles are Fords

24:17are Ford vehicles. So, Driversville

24:20doesn't have a or do they have a Ford?

24:22They don't have a Ford dealership at

24:23Driver's Village. So, are they able to

24:26>> Let me just double check that because

24:29>> it's in the back here.

24:30>> It says

24:31>> Yeah, they they do have a Ford

24:33dealership.

24:33>> Oh, they do. So, they have one. Okay.

24:35Not there, but they can they can do

24:37those.

24:38>> Yeah, they do.

24:39>> Okay.

24:39>> And the prime, you know, our fleet is

24:41largely Dodge and Ford, and that's why

24:42those those two numbers are higher for

24:44those two makes of vehicles.

24:46>> Okay. Thank you.

24:48>> Okay. Thank you.

24:52>> I'm sorry, Deputy Chief. One more quick

24:54question.

24:55the RFID IDs. So, those are internally

24:58generated, right?

24:59>> I'm not sure what you mean by that.

25:00They're they're a a mechanism that gets

25:02installed in each of the uh cars.

25:05>> They're a piece of hardware,

25:07>> right? So, your department knows where

25:10all of our cars are or all of our

25:11offices are based on what the RFID tag

25:13is telling them. Yep.

25:15>> That's not something that people can

25:17look up generally.

25:18>> No.

25:19>> No. No. That's an internal system.

25:22>> That's an internal system.

25:23>> Yeah.

25:24Okay.

25:28Item 38.

25:32>> Nobody here from the fire department.

25:34>> 31.

25:3631.

25:36>> I'm sorry. 31.

25:38>> Where am I?

25:39>> 31.

25:40>> I apologize. We just did 32.

25:43>> 32.

25:47>> Apologies.

25:48>> I had a question on 38. That's why I

25:50started.

25:51>> We're not there yet.

25:54I will say all

25:56>> councelor Williams.

25:58>> Thank you.

26:00[laughter]

26:01>> Um I have item items 33 through 39. Um I

26:06believe 33 34 will be discussed in

26:08executive session.

26:09>> Um and we already have one scheduled for

26:11Monday. So can we tack on to that?

26:13>> Do it on Monday.

26:14>> Yep. All on Monday if that works.

26:15>> Tuesday, right?

26:16>> Tuesday.

26:17>> Tuesday.

26:17>> Tuesday.

26:20>> Then on Tuesday,

26:22people.

26:23>> Um, so we'll move on to item 35.

26:27[clears throat]

26:30>> Councilors Eric Anderson in the mayor's

26:32office. Uh, so item number 35 is a

26:34donation and contribution of items that

26:37have been for a very long time been

26:38stored in the city hall basement. Uh

26:40this is a number of items including from

26:42the engineering department including

26:44surveying tools that are no longer

26:46functional and used that are historic as

26:48well as uh law department records uh

26:50dating back to the late 1800s. Uh the

26:53New York State Archives uh have reviewed

26:55these materials that would be

26:56contributed to the OA and have um given

26:58their sign off. Um so we just the

27:00authorization would allow us to then

27:02transfer these items to the OA.

27:05>> Eric, one quick question. Uh the OA has

27:09recently been a period of transition in

27:11terms of moving into their new

27:12facilities and everything like that. But

27:13I do believe that the clerk reached out

27:14to them about changing out the artwork

27:16in city council chambers. And if you

27:19wouldn't mind following up on that, that

27:20would be fantastic. Thank you very much.

27:22>> Who said that?

27:23>> Who said that?

27:27>> No. Um you behalf of

27:29>> Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Let's hold

27:30up. Why don't we just talk about this in

27:33um separately and um we can talk about

27:35what council enlight [clears throat]

27:42>> all right we can talk about this

27:44offline. Thank you Eric.

27:45>> Okay.

27:45>> All right. Thank you.

27:47>> Thank you. Item 36.

27:54>> Good afternoon all. Matt OJ,

27:55Commissioner of Assessment. We've got

27:56one rule change to correct today. 15 24

28:00Valley Drive, the current 2627 year.

28:02We're looking to wave um an erroneously

28:05applied board up cleanup charge.

28:08>> Uh could you repeat all that? I was

28:11having a conversation with Commissioner

28:13[laughter]

28:15Councer.

28:16>> Uh 1524 Valley Drive uh has a board up

28:20cleanup charge assessed on the 2627

28:22role, the current assessment role. We're

28:23looking to get that uh waved from uh

28:26$541 and change to $0. It was

28:29erroneously assessed.

28:32>> Good.

28:34>> Hold on. We're we're googling.

28:36>> Thanks all.

28:44[laughter]

28:47[clears throat]

28:48>> Okay. Thank you.

28:49>> Good afternoon, counselors. Michael

28:50Layman, deputy commissioner with the

28:52assessment department. Item 37 is uh

28:55assessment department is requesting a

28:56lease agreement uh from the city of

28:58Syracuse with uh Zamir Equities in

29:00Surah. This is for the parking lot at

29:02109 Washington Street. Um the address

29:06isn't uh familiar. It's right behind the

29:08Chase building where Darwin's is. And

29:11this would be leased to Zamir for until

29:14the summer of 28. um 70 spaces, $95 per

29:18month per space, revenue of $6,650.

29:22>> Yeah. And Michael, would you mind giving

29:24a little broader context for the council

29:26about how we got to this agreement?

29:28>> Uh yes, my understanding is that due to

29:30the uh demolishing of the garage across

29:33the street here, um you may the folks

29:35over at One Park Place, which is owned

29:36by Samir Equities, uh looking for more

29:40parking and more convenient parking.

29:42This would be a better option for them,

29:43an opportunity for the city to make some

29:45money. would still be open to the public

29:47for paid parking after business hours.

29:49>> Yeah. And in addition, we lost 800

29:52spaces or will be from the atrium

29:56garage. And so just trying to meet the

29:58the parking needs of our downtown

30:00tenants.

30:03>> Yes.

30:03>> And making a revenue in the process.

30:05>> There you go.

30:06>> Thank you.

30:07>> Thank you.

30:09>> I also have

30:12item 38. This is another lease agreement

30:14with the city of Syracuse and uh APQ LLC

30:17is the owner of the property at 690

30:20State Fair Boulevard in the town of

30:21Gettis. Uh this is an industrial

30:23property that the uh city is looking to

30:26lease uh for use for fire maintenance

30:28operations while 312 State Fair

30:31Boulevard is being repaired.

30:33>> Hi, questions on that. Michael?

30:35>> Yes, please. Um, so I see the cost of

30:38the 273 cost, but um, it says we include

30:4250% of the property taxes. Is that

30:45included in the cost or is that

30:46additional expenses that we're going to

30:48be spending?

30:49>> Uh, that is

30:51[laughter] that's a separate cost uh,

30:53not identified in appendix B.

30:57>> It's it's it is identified that's in

31:00it's in addition to the monthly rent.

31:02Yes. The reason it's 50% is because

31:03there's another tenant there uh

31:05currently occupying the building. We'd

31:07share the space with them.

31:09>> Okay.

31:11>> All right. Thank you.

31:13>> And Madam President, did you have your

31:15concerns addressed related to this item?

31:18>> Yes.

31:18>> Okay.

31:21>> Thank you.

31:21>> Oh, thank you.

31:24And finally, um item 39 is legislation

31:28to enter into an engagement with the

31:30Bonado group to review the department of

31:33audit. Um section 3-112 of the charter

31:37reads that at the beginning of the third

31:39year of the term for which the city

31:40auditor is elected, the council shall

31:43engage a certified public accountant to

31:46review the manner in which the auditing

31:48department is performing its duties.

31:51Such accountant shall also audit the

31:53expenses of the department of audit.

31:55Reports by such accountant shall be made

31:58available to the mayor and the council.

32:00>> Thank you.

32:02>> Thank you, Madam President.

32:04>> Okay. Councelor Jones Rouser.

32:08>> Madam President, I have item 40 and 41.

32:13>> Good. Good afternoon, councelor. Bianca

32:15Hill, deputy commissioner of business

32:16development. Uh so item 40 is related to

32:20accepting a scholarship to send an

32:23employee to Baltimore for the CF

32:25convening related to the financial

32:27empowerment center. Um it's centered

32:30around best practices as well as

32:32trainings um and overall staff

32:35development. Um this scholarship is

32:37valued at a little over $1,000. One

32:40thing to note, this request is a bit

32:42unusual as it is being submitted while

32:45the conference is currently happening.

32:47Um it is um one of those situations

32:50where we unfortunately weren't able to

32:52get it in ahead of time to get approval

32:56due to the fact that there were some

32:57medical concerns related to this staff

33:00member, but in the last hour they were

33:02able to get clearance to attend.

33:04>> I I have a question. Um, I've tried to

33:07send clients to the financial

33:08empowerment center and it's nobody

33:10answers the phone. Is it open?

33:12>> So, we did just recently relaunch the

33:15financial empowerment center under

33:17United Way. Um, was this recently or was

33:21this how long?

33:22>> It was recently.

33:22>> Okay.

33:23>> But it's been for several months.

33:25>> Gotcha. Um, if you're able to pass along

33:28their contact information, we can make

33:29sure that they're connected with a

33:30counselor for sure.

33:32>> Thank you.

33:33>> And I have one question for you. So, um,

33:35is this going to be an annual event?

33:38[clears throat]

33:39>> So, um, it does typically happen

33:41annually. Um, I do know that like with

33:46this one, due to the timeliness of the

33:49relaunch of the program, um, I think

33:52that's when we started working through

33:54like identifying what individuals would

33:56be most appropriate to.

33:57>> So, we won't be going into the

33:59conference approving it next year.

34:01>> Correct. Okay. All

34:05right. Thank you.

34:08[clears throat]

34:10>> 41.

34:22>> Good afternoon, council. Jake Dishaw,

34:23deputy commissioner of code enforcement

34:25and zoning. Uh item number 41 is for a

34:29porch uh repair at 549 Courtland A um

34:33sort of on the corner where South A

34:35connects to it. Um and the replacement

34:38does [clears throat] have to encroach

34:39about 1.4 ft into the city owned

34:42rightway. Um but this is a it was

34:46needed. The porch was in decay. Um they

34:49work with home headquarters for a loan

34:51and a contractor. So

34:53>> this will be much better. Okay. So, um I

34:56have one concern

35:00um

35:03which is

35:04the individual that we're granting

35:07permissions to. I don't think he's with

35:10us anymore. So, that's something you can

35:13find out.

35:14>> He's deceased, but everything is being

35:18>> He don't have a He don't have that

35:24I will I'll check the legal status on

35:27that and

35:28>> get back to you.

35:34>> All right.

35:47>> If it's with if it's with his estate, it

35:49might be that's why it's written that

35:51way. Oh, I'll double check everything.

35:58>> Council Montto.

35:59>> Thank you, President Piagua. I have

36:00items 42 through 47. Uh 42 is an

36:04increase to the rate for the council's u

36:07external attorney. We have questions on

36:09that. We can do it in executive session

36:10Tuesday. Um 43. Owen.

36:18Good afternoon, councelor Owen Kernney,

36:20deputy commissioner for planning and

36:21sustainability. Um, item 43 is uh simply

36:25a seeker uh related matter, New York

36:27State's environmental review. Uh this is

36:30for the improvements that we have

36:31proposed in progress park and this is

36:34the envir those plans are complete and

36:36this is the environmental review and

36:38ultimately the actions before this body

36:41to um review that secret documentation

36:44and ultimately it's our request to make

36:46a negative declaration or saying

36:48essentially saying these uh these

36:50improvements will have no significant

36:53environmental impacts. In fact, they

36:54will have some positive envir

36:56environmental impacts once completed.

36:58So, uh, happy to answer any questions,

37:01but otherwise that's that's it.

37:03>> Ow, I have a question only because

37:05someone asked me and I just thought of

37:07it. Are we is the first phase of

37:09construction going to deal with the

37:10railings around the peers?

37:13>> No.

37:13>> Okay.

37:14>> This work will be limited to the park

37:16itself.

37:17>> Okay.

37:18>> And not the pier or the bridge. It's

37:20it's essentially the green space, the

37:22parking lot, and the area adjacent to K

37:25to Kurt Patrick Street where the parks

37:27department's doing the playground. It's

37:29>> it's basically the park space and not

37:31the waterfront space.

37:32>> You know how far out that peer work is?

37:35>> I can get that that info for you. There

37:38there's a lot going on out there and

37:40there there's a lot of coordination

37:41between uh city departments. So, happy

37:44to provide that to council.

37:46>> Thank you.

37:48and Mary might have more details.

37:52>> Yes. Uh the pure work has been bid and

37:55we're in the award process.

37:57>> Okay.

37:57>> So it's it's going to be moving forward.

38:00>> Okay. Thanks, Mary.

38:01>> Thank you.

38:05>> Um 44,

38:0745,

38:09and 46. We're going to have a committee

38:11meeting tomorrow morning on um 47. and

38:15we will discuss an executive session on

38:17Tuesday and I am all set madam

38:20president.

38:21>> All righty. Uh so this brings us to the

38:23end of our agenda.

38:25>> Before we close

38:27>> um I just would like to say that last

38:30month we we missed the opportunity.

38:36>> I'm sorry.

38:37>> Hold on. Hold on. Are are we are we set?

38:40Okay. Go ahead.

38:41>> Okay. Last month we did miss the

38:44opportunity to um acknowledge that it

38:47was national um blood cancer month um

38:51which is also known as leukemia. Um so

38:54that was celebrated last month. Um for

38:56many of you may know that we have two

38:59young men in our community under 12

39:02years old brothers um Ace and King that

39:06are currently dealing with um their

39:10blood cancer situation and in in search

39:13of donors. Um, so I just wanted to

39:15acknowledge that and I'm going to try to

39:16get something on the waiver agenda for

39:18next week if I can get them to come in

39:20and speak about their um their current

39:24situation and how someone could get swab

39:27to see if they are a donor match.

39:29>> Thank you.

39:30>> And [clears throat] as we're recognizing

39:31recognize October is breast cancer

39:34awareness as well.

39:36>> Thank you. [clears throat]

39:37>> All right. So motion motion to adjurnn.

39:40So

39:40>> all in favor I

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