EDWARD SIM Village of Colonie DEPUTY MAYOR VILLAGE HALL PATTY SCHWARZ 2 THUNDER ROAD LOCKART COLONIE, NY 12205 TRUSTEE (518) 869-7562 FAX (518) 464-0389 ART WHITE THOMAS J. TOBIN TRUSTEE MAYOR JAMES RUBINO TRUSTEE villagehall@colonievillage.org www.colonievillage.org JAMIE BLOT CLERK MINUTES MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 The meeting of the Mayor and Board of Trustees was held on Tuesday, September 6th, 2022, at 2 Thunder Rd, Albany, NY 12205. Mayor Tobin opened the meeting at 10:02 a.m. with the pledge of allegiance. Roll Call: Mayor Tobin Present Deputy Mayor Sim Present Trustee Lockart Present Trustee Rubino Present Trustee White Absent Clerk Blot Present Administrative Asst. Curran Present Minutes of the public hearing that was held on August 15th, 2022, were reviewed by the present members of the board. A motion was made by Trustee Lockart to approve the minutes. This motion was seconded by Trustee Rubino. Vote: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee White Absent Deputy Mayor Sim Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Motion passed. The minutes of the regularly scheduled meeting that was held on August 15th, 2022, were reviewed by the present members of the board. A motion was made by Deputy Mayor Sim to approve the minutes. This motion was seconded by Trustee Lockart. Vote: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee White Absent Deputy Mayor Sim Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Motion passed. Clerk Blot mentioned to the board that Administrative Assistants Stacie Douglas and Hannah Curran have recently obtained their Notary Public licenses. They both passed the exams and are awaiting to receive their official numbers before they can begin notarizing. Trustee Lockart added that Clerk Blot has been the only Notary Public for a while, and it is a nice service to offer to residents of the Village. Mayor Tobin stated that the Tuesday Nights in the Park Concert Series concluded this past Wednesday. It was a great season and each week had nice turnouts, with the last concert being particularly successful. He mentioned that the next event coming up for the Village is the Centennial Parade on September 17th, followed by the Centennial Dinner on October 8th. Everyone involved in planning these events have been working very diligently, and the board commended their hard work. Deputy Mayor Sim added that the Centennial Parade is set to begin at 1 p.m. on the 17th. It will run from Central Avenue to Lincoln Avenue, ending in Cook Park with a small reception. As of now, there are 31 units participating in the parade. Mayor Tobin stated that notices have been sent out to neighboring streets to notify them of the parade, and he noticed that the church has a posting on their sign about the event. Trustee Lockart asked Chief Kayser, who was present in the audience, if the firehouse had any plan to make a posting about the parade. Mayor Tobin responded that he has spoken to Mr. Pete Tunny, and they will work on something as it gets closer. Deputy Mayor Sim added that he will be asking businesses on Central Avenue that have electronic signs to post a notice of the parade. Trustee Lockart commended Mayor Tobin on his leadership throughout the process of planning all of these back-to-back Centennial events. Clerk Blot stated that she mailed out parade participant letters on Friday, with information regarding where participants should begin to line up and at what time. Formal invitations for the Centennial Dinner were mailed out on Friday as well, as Clerk Blot picked them up from Katie Ciota and dropped them off at the post office. Chief Kayser read aloud the Colonie Fire Company fire report for the month of August 2022. He also mentioned that the firehouse recently had their insurance inspection with McNeil on August 23rd. The three-hour meeting went well, and they paid close attention to their standard operating procedures. Chief Kayser made note of a few procedures that they’d like to see added. Chief Kayser also thanked Administrative Assistant Curran, who helped with reorganizing the standard operating procedures, not as a Village employee, but on her own time. The following reports were submitted: Senior rev v. exp 8/15/22 to 8/19/22 Senior rev v. exp 8/22/22 to 8/26/22 Senior lunch report 8/15/22 to 8/19/22 Senior lunch report 8/22/22 to 8/26/22 Family recreation center report August 2022 Colonie Fire Company incident report 8/1/22 to 8/31/22 Colonie Fire Company incident report 1/1/22 to 8/31/22 Deputy Mayor Sim made a motion to adjourn the meeting. This motion was seconded by Trustee Rubino. Vote: Trustee Lockart Yes Trustee Rubino Yes Trustee White Absent Deputy Mayor Sim Yes Mayor Tobin Yes Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 10:13 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Hannah Curran Administrative Assistant Village of Colonie